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BCE to c 500 CE

Hardback. An eloquent answer to some of the most vexing questions about the myth of Orpheus and its far-reaching ramifications through time and culture, Detienne's work ultimately offers a major rethinking of Greek mythology. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801869549
ISBN
9780801869549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.16
€ 56.39

Hardcover. An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms, techniques and craftsmanship. This book examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery building. Num Pages: 272 pages, 330 b/w & 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193218
ISBN
9781845193218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Paperback. Explains just how and why Augustine came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer and study, leading to a true comprehension of God and the Bible. This title deals with Augustine's own experiences of religion, philosophy and Christian faith. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675037
ISBN
9781904675037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.70

paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 49 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691169842
ISBN
9780691169842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. In this first general book on the Byzantine army, the author traces the army's impact on the Byzantine state and society from the army's reorganization under Diocletian until its disintegration in the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1 half-tone 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731638
ISBN
9780804731638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.66

Hardback. An updated edition of the original, published in 1986 by UPA; the book is divided into four parts: From Byzantium to the Communes, 476-1122; From the Communes to the High Renaissance, 1122-1534; Italy Between the Hapsburgs and the French, 1534-1814; Italy in the Modern World. The author describes recent events in the Epilogue. Num Pages: 430 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819180841
ISBN
9780819180841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.15

Paperback. Readers can discover all the foul facts about the CUT-THROAT CELTS, including why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on, how to preserve your enemy's brain and why the Celts laughed at funerals. Revised by the author to make HORRIBLE HISTORIES more accessible to young readers. Illustrator(s): Brown, Martin. Series: Horrible Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3D; 5AK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 192 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Scholastic
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0019391
ISBN
9781407139203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

This translation of Plato's classic work is published along with an extensive introductory essay, which situates the work in the context of the development of Greek science and discusses points of contemporary interest. Translator(s): Zeyl, Donald J. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204478
ISBN
9780872204478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.31

Multiple-component retail product. Covering prehistoric times to the modern era, this fascinating resource presents pro-and-con arguments regarding unresolved, historic controversies throughout the development of the world. Editor(s): Danver, Steven L. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: 3B; 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 114. Weight in Grams: 3901.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
1424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598840773
ISBN
9781598840773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 357.98

hardcover. Examines the engagement of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae with Parmenidean philosophy to issue a political critique of tragic deception and its effects. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781107040823
ISBN
9781107040823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.05

Hardback. Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b/w images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3D; 3F; HBLA; HRCC; HRKZ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286191
ISBN
9780520286191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.61
€ 69.64

Paperback. An examination of how the Roman past was perceived, and used, by Victorian Britain. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 220 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDAR; 3D; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933358
ISBN
9780861933358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. This work builds a case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. It offers an estimate of this much-maligned historian. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712775
ISBN
9780292712775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Two classic books are brought together here. Editor(s): Menzies, Gordon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 maps, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902930381
ISBN
9781902930381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Hardcover. This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. Num Pages: 250 pages, 70 col. & b/w figs., 1 col. fold-out. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 250 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876619667
ISBN
9780876619667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221155
ISBN
9780253221155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Aimed at classics students and general readers, the book provides an in-depth examination of the fraught relationship between Athens' military commanders and its vaunted sovereign democracy. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12, 4 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416809
ISBN
9781421416809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Hardback. This volume provides a new perspective on the emergence of the modern study of antiquity, Altertumswissenschaft, in eighteenth-century Germany through an exploration of debates that arose over the work of the art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann between his death in 1768 and the end of the century. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black and white in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; 3JF; ACG; HBLA; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199695843
ISBN
9780199695843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.16

paperback. Provides an eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; 3D; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140440072
ISBN
9780140440072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.13

hardcover. Examines Crete's prehistory to find out why the classical city states of Crete differed considerably from those of central Greece. Num Pages: 476 pages, 204 b/w illus. 7 colour illus. 11 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521112048
ISBN
9780521112048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.68

hardcover. Examines how the biographical traditions of ancient poets and artists parallel the creative processes of biographers themselves, both within antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Fletcher, Richard; Hanink, Johanna. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107159082
ISBN
9781107159082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.24

Paperback. Contains 57 documents that introduce many of the major topics of Roman history, from the period of the Twelve Tables (451 BC) to the later Roman empire, including: the structure of Roman society, slavery, the position of women and the nature of family life, farm-management and agricultural practices, and scientific and medical knowledge. Editor(s): Cherry, David. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217848
ISBN
9780631217848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.45

Hardcover. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126526
ISBN
9781405126526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.78

Paperback. This text offers a new perspective on rabbinic discussions of menstrual impurity, female physiology, and anatomy, and on the social and religious institutions those discussions engendered. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3D; HRCM; HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745536
ISBN
9780804745536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.76

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