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Paperback. An accurate and highly readable new translation with introduction, extensive explanatory notes, and up-to-date bibliography of four of Aeschylus' plays, including the unique historical tragedy Persians and the hugely influential Prometheus Bound. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192832825
ISBN
9780192832825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

hardcover. A study of the ethical underpinning of the rhetoric of citizenship in Plato's Laws and its implementation through ritualized forms of performance. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107072886
ISBN
9781107072886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.04
€ 92.05

hardcover. In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Christians. Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization. Num Pages: 260 pages, 61 b/w illus. 6 colour illus. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521840620
ISBN
9780521840620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630. The Work of Farming. 368 pages, 12 b&w drawings. Palladius wrote in the 5th century AD. His is the latest of Roman agricultural texts and perhaps for that reason was the treatise most widely distributed in the medieval world, being translated into Italian, Catalan and Middle English, among other languages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; TV. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 28. Weight: 620. Translator(s): Fitch, John G.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018927
ISBN
9781903018927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.08

Paperback. Palamedes seeks to provide a forum where, within the frames of cultural history broadly defined, ancient historians, classical philologists, archaeologists, jurists and epigraphists-all those who study Greek and Roman antiquity in its material, linguistic, or intellectual manifestations-can meet with Orientalist and Egyptological counterparts. Editor(s): Berdowski, Piotr; Niesiolowski-Spano, Lukasz; Stebnicka, Krystyna; Wecowski, Marek; Wolicki, Aleksander. Series: Palamedes. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; GBCS; HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Lockwood Press United States
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040444
ISBN
9781937040444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.69

Paperback. Schwartz's analysis of the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia explores the role of education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. Catechesis emerges here as invaluable for comprehending clergy's ability to initiate new members as Christianity gained increasing prominence within the late Roman world. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067035
ISBN
9780674067035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021750
ISBN
9781910021750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. Greek temples captivate anyone with an interest in antiquity, and the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columnar orders that clad them launched the classical architectural tradition down to modern times. This title proposes new theories in both areas as it elucidates the nature and function of Greek architecture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 colour images + 230 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; AMX; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 268 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1426.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300182767
ISBN
9780300182767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.75
€ 49.62

Paperback. Optatus, Bishop of Milevis in North Africa in the late fourth century, wrote a detailed refutation of Donatist claims to be the one true and righteous church, an ark of purity in a world which was still corrupt despite Constantine's support for Christianity. This title presents the translation of Optatus' work. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA; HRAM7; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853237525
ISBN
9780853237525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.73

Hardcover. The aim of the book is to make Socrates' investigation and resolution of the questions that still concern us as human beings more accessible to serious contemporary readers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HPCA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694013
ISBN
9780847694013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.89

Paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. These three dialogues here are among the most accessible of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Griffin, Miriam T. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199644148
ISBN
9780199644148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

hardcover. Translator(s): Newton, Benjamin Patrick. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HPCA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704512
ISBN
9781501704512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.19

Paperback. Translator(s): Newton, Benjamin Patrick. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704529
ISBN
9781501704529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.05

Paperback. A sensitive and original reading of Plato's Republic that foregrounds the power of myth in the shaping of history. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA; JFHF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214850
ISBN
9780253214850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Stanley Lombardo's translation of Homer's classic work aims to offer the distinctive speed and clarity of his other translations. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Number of pages
478
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204843
ISBN
9780872204843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.50

Hardcover. Stanley Lombardo's translation of Homer's classic work aims to offer the distinctive speed and clarity of his other tranlations. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
478
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204850
ISBN
9780872204850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.31
€ 42.12

Paperback. Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work. Translator(s): Beamish, Caroline; Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 168 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366361
ISBN
9780892366361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. Eclipses have long been seen as important celestial phenomena, whether as omens affecting the future of kingdoms, or as astronomical events to help in deriving essential parameters for theories of the motion of the moon and sun. This book collect together all known records of timed eclipse observations and predictions from antiquity onwards. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362982
ISBN
9780792362982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Skjoldal, Hein Rune; Saetre, Roald. Num Pages: 559 pages, colour charts & maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3D; AMKH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
559
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251918411
ISBN
9788251918411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3D; 3F; HBJH; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884024088
ISBN
9780884024088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.33
€ 62.07

hardcover. Employs the concept of 'nonsense' to explore those parts of Greek comedy perceived as 'just silly' and so 'not meaningful'. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107050150
ISBN
9781107050150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Amden, Bettina; Flensted-Jensen, Pernille; Nielsen, Thomas Heine; Schwartz, Adam; Tortzen, Chr. Gorm. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; 3D; DSB; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897783
ISBN
9788772897783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.19

hardcover. Text, translation and commentary for an ancient biographical work on the Emperor Augustus by his contemporary Nicolaus of Damascus. Editor(s): Toher, Mark. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; 3D; BGH; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107075610
ISBN
9781107075610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.72
€ 148.17

Hardcover. Editor(s): Quilter, Jeffrey; Castillo B., Luis Jaime. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 192 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3D; 3F; HBJK; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 182 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023623
ISBN
9780884023623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.05

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