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Paperback. Contains 17 of the papers presented at the IAS International Workshop on Reefs and Carbonate platforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans held in Sydney (July 1995). The book covers disciplines related to carbonate geology: sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, reef ecology and modelling. Editor(s): Camoin, G. F.; Davies, P. J. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 170 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSP; PSVS; RBG; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 830.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632047789
- ISBN
- 9780632047789
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Condition: New
€ 155.47
€ 155.47
Hardcover. Ancient Greek thought provides the basis for the intellectual, ethical and political civilization of the West. This collection of over 60 essays explores the full length and breadth of Greek thought - showing the Greeks looking at themselves, their knowledge, poetics and rhetoric. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Lloyd, G. E. R. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 76 color illustrations, 5 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2126.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002616
- ISBN
- 9780674002616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.93€ 88.57
€ 93.93
€ 88.57
Hardcover. The Ionian city of Priene, the most extensively excavated Hellenistic city in western Asia Minor, was in its day a model of town planning. This study presents a comprehensive look at the architecture of the city, combining both the first excavation of 1894 and more recent work at the site. Editor(s): Dontas, Nikos A.; Ferla, Kleopatra. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 49 halftones, 142 drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AM; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012721
- ISBN
- 9780674012721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.09
€ 53.99
€ 45.09
Paperback. Brings together studies of Ephesos - a major city in the Greco-Roman period. These were presented at a spring 1994 Harvard Divinity School symposium on Ephesos, focusing on 100 years of archaeological work at the site by members of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Editor(s): Koester, Helmut. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 387 pages, 23 line illustrations, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013490
- ISBN
- 9780674013490
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.10
€ 33.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Schowalter, Daniel N.; Friesen, Steven J. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016606
- ISBN
- 9780674016606
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. Explores the context of theological speculations and political aspirations through the medium of dreams to present insights into the social history of the pre-modern Islamic world in its cultural diversity. Editor(s): Marlow, Louise. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021228
- ISBN
- 9780674021228
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Looks at the anthropology of the Greeks and other cultures across space and time, and in the process discovers aspects of the art of comparability. This book tries to see how cultural systems react not just to a touchstone category, but also to the questions and concepts that arise from the reaction. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021259
- ISBN
- 9780674021259
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.09
€ 20.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. Hephaistos created an ornately decorated shield for Achilles. At the Shield's centre lay two walled cities, one at war and one at peace, surrounded by fields and pasturelands. Viewed as Homer's blueprint for an ideal, or utopian, social order, the Shield reveals that restraining and taming Nature would be fundamental to the Hellenic urban quest. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 6 line drawings, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023741
- ISBN
- 9780674023741
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.09
€ 20.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. Focusing on the ancient modalities and conceptual filters through which the figure and the songs of Sappho were perceived, this book offers the anthropological and systematic investigation of the pluralities of what ancient discourses defined as the songs of Sappho. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026865
- ISBN
- 9780674026865
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Oral intertextuality is an innate feature of the web of myth. This title argues that just as the erased text of a palimpsest still carries traces of its previous writing, so the Homeric tradition unfolds its awareness of alternative versions in the act of producing the signs of their erasure. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026872
- ISBN
- 9780674026872
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.07
€ 27.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. Offers a different perspective, suggesting that the crisis that finally brought down Sparta was in important ways a result of centrifugal impulses within the Peloponnesian League, accompanied by a general awakening of ethnicity in various areas of the Peloponnese. Editor(s): Funke, Peter; Luraghi, Nino. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031999
- ISBN
- 9780674031999
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.07
€ 32.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048317
- ISBN
- 9780674048317
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Condition: New
€ 59.54€ 55.08
€ 59.54
€ 55.08
Hardback. Aiming to bring the study of Greek and Near Eastern cosmogonies to a new level, this book analyzes themes such as succession myths, expressions of poetic inspiration, and claims to cosmic knowledge, as well as the role of itinerant specialists in the transmission of theogonies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAG; HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049468
- ISBN
- 9780674049468
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Condition: New
€ 52.66€ 48.36
€ 52.66
€ 48.36
Paperback. Explores the place of the sophists within the Greek wisdom tradition, and argues against their almost universal exclusion from serious intellectual traditions. This book offers a revised history of the development of Greek philosophy, as well as of the potential - yet never realized - courses it might have followed. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055919
- ISBN
- 9780674055919
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.77
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€ 23.77
Hardback. This richly illustrated volume examines monuments of Sardis and environs in the context of contemporary developments in Lydia and throughout the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. It illuminates traditions of Anatolian kingship, technological exchange between Lydia and Greece and the Near East, and the origins of Persian imperial architecture. Series: Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Reports. Num Pages: 320 pages, 170 black-and-white photographs, 116 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Archeological Exploration of Sardis United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060609
- ISBN
- 9780674060609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.32€ 74.00
€ 81.32
€ 74.00
Paperback. This book--the first full-length study of Theodoret's Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies--examines Theodoret's arguments against Greek religion, philosophy, and culture. Its analysis of the interaction between Hellenism and early Christian culture offers insights into the broader late Roman and early Byzantine world in the fifth century. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRAB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060678
- ISBN
- 9780674060678
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062344
- ISBN
- 9780674062344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.07
€ 32.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062399
- ISBN
- 9780674062399
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.07
€ 32.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. In 1482 Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over 100 folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse interleaved with lavishly engraved maps. Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDT; 1QRM; 3JB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066489
- ISBN
- 9780674066489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.83€ 57.02
€ 61.83
€ 57.02
Hardback. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 106 includes "A Picnic, a Tomb, and a Crow: Hesiod's Cult in the Works and Days"; "Sapphica"; "A New Manuscript of Classical Authors in Spain"; "The Dates of the Dramatists of the Fabula Togata"; "The Coroebus Episode in Virgil's Aeneid"; "Herod's Last Days"; and other essays. Editor(s): Coleman, Kathleen M. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072015
- ISBN
- 9780674072015
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.05
€ 53.99
€ 45.05
Paperback. Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, metonymy connects something familiar with something else already familiar. Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy in the arts of Greek and other cultures. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088320
- ISBN
- 9780674088320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.07
€ 32.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. Series: Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monographs. Num Pages: 217 pages, 66 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AFPC; HDA; HDDK; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1189.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Archeological Exploration of Sardis
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674171602
- ISBN
- 9780674171602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.80€ 90.97
€ 100.80
€ 90.97
Hardcover. Translator(s): McLintock, David. Num Pages: 305 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674362321
- ISBN
- 9780674362321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.22€ 85.61
€ 96.22
€ 85.61