The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination. Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy, Paperback - ***

This is a book for readers who are fascinated by the Moon and the earliest speculations about life on other worlds. It takes the reader on a journe...

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds - Michael Scott

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This text sets out to bring to life the Greek and Roman plays and their staging, evoking the visual and emotional character of performances and dra...

Reducere. DescriptionIn a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and myt...

The Greek and Roman body in all its (surprisingly human) glory.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Caroline VoutIllustration(s): full colour int...

Reducere. Architecture in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Design, Deep Time, Science and Philosophy, edited by Etienne Turpin, brings together a provocati...

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Reducere. A wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world.

Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe, " of the ancient Greeks and R...

The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature - Dr David D. Leitao

This compelling collection illuminates new models and metaphors taken from the contemporary sciences and philosophical thought to revitalize and re...

Reducere. A great mathematician and teacher bridges the gap between science and the humanities in this exposition of the philosophy of science. Philipp Frank...

Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World explores the use of cannabis and hemp in medicine, religion, and recreation in the classical period. ...

Explores the deep connection between music and memory in Graeco-Roman culture, and how this connection was understood and experienced by ancient au...

Reducere. 33. AFRICAN DIONYSUS: FROM EGYPT TO GREECE: The Kamitan Origins of Greek Culture and Religion ISBN: 1-884564-47-X FROM EGYPT TO GREECE This insight...

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Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales are fully decodable so children can read some of the best known stories from around the world for themselves!...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collect...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes in Greek and Roman science, medicine, mathematics and technology. It will spark renew...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Amy HollywoodIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 200Collection: TRIOSPublication date...

Reducere. In one of the most famous Greek myths, Ariadne betrayed her father, King Minos, to help Theseus defeat the Minotaur. But Theseus in turn betrayed h...

Tracing the myths surrounding plants used as medicine within the very temples where worship of the god Asclepius took place.Publisher: John Hunt Pu...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Marco Benoit (University College London, UK) CarboneIllustration(s): 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 280...

For more than two thousand years the art of Greece and Rome has been hugely influential throughout the Western world. This book recaptures the pass...

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Reducere. Every pocket in Greek & Roman Myths Grades 4-6 begins with a two-page reproducible retelling of a tale. About the book: - There is a teacher resour...

In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the de...

Reducere. During most of the history of architecture, architects had to be artists, engineers, and scholars. This three-volume series of books is about what ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Amy HollywoodIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 200Collection: TRIOSPublication date...

We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzing...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Massimo ScaligeroTranslator: Eric L. BisbocciThe Logic Against Humanity is considered by many to be Massimo Scaligero's mos...

Reducere. A juggernaut in the literary world at the apex of history, culture, politics, and art, the Greeks altered almost every facet of Western ideology an...

Reading stories of powerful creatures never fail to attract a child's attention. Made-up worlds are simply too fantastic to ignore. But did you kno...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Thomas WiedemannNumber of pages: 302Collection: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient WorldPublication da...

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare - Philip Sabin, Hans Van Wees, Michael Whitby

Discover the exciting and fascinating world of Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, monsters, and heroes, from Zeus and Athena to Hercules, Medusa, and...

A quiet holiday in Crete turns into a thrilling romantic adventure in one of the most famous novels by the beloved novelist Mary Stewart.Publisher:...

Greek Myth and Western Art: The Presence of the Past - Karl Kilinski II

A fertile study of convergences in early monastic and ascetic thought in Ireland and Byzantine Greece, revealing theological insights into ecclesio...

This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the hum...

Reducere. Offering a sample of the surviving works of philosophers of the Hellenistic Age such as Lucretius, Epicurus, and Philo of Alexandria, this text sho...

Mosaic has been called "painting for eternity, " and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condi...

Reducere. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The Ethiopian image was always rendered with great realis...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): Kostas VlassopoulosNumber of pages: 400Collection: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient HistoryPublication d...

This book shows how British Enlightenment writers and thinkers used science as a metaphor to reconfigure evidence and authority, to reimagine the s...

This second edition includes an updated review of sexuality in Greece and Rome, an expanded bibliography, and numerous new passages with original t...