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Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114583
- ISBN
- 9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.59€ 63.20
€ 82.59
€ 63.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pocket Essentials
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843445951
- ISBN
- 9781843445951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.04
€ 14.04
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJQ; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632018
- ISBN
- 9780691632018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
Hardback. Unconventionally fusing the the history of faith and reason in Islam, this book traces the Qur'an-inspired intellectual revolution that took off in the Islamic world of the seventh century, revealing its highlights and following it through to its sixteenth-century demise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HPK; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804794619
- ISBN
- 9780804794619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.82
€ 145.82
Hardback. In doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 488 pages, 44, 16 black & white line drawings, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892530
- ISBN
- 9780801892530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.61
€ 93.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDT; 1QRM; HBJD; KCLT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538675
- ISBN
- 9781784538675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91
€ 118.91
Hardback. Wall-paintings dating from the 11th to 15th centuries have survived in only around twenty churches on Crete. This volume contains a thorough investigation of the style and iconography of the paintings in each church. Num Pages: 540 pages, 356 illus, 64 col pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAZ; ACK; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828036
- ISBN
- 9781899828036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.67
€ 149.67
paperback. Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781250495
- ISBN
- 9781781250495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.66
€ 19.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685590
- ISBN
- 9780856685590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
hardcover. Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521194563
- ISBN
- 9780521194563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Series: Journal of Jurisitic Papyrology Supplement. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fundacja im. Rafala Taubenschlaga Poland
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788391825020
- ISBN
- 9788391825020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. The widespread idea that Christian missions went hand in hand with Imperialism and colonial conquest is challenged here by a group of eminent historians. By showing the variety of missions and the vital role played by indigenous men and women, they place missions in a long historical perspective. Editor(s): Etherington, Norman. Series: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199253487
- ISBN
- 9780199253487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.30
€ 72.30
Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299175
- ISBN
- 9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.00
€ 24.99
€ 19.00
Hardcover. Authoritative and fully illustrated account of the ten years of conservation, imaging and scholarship on the world's greatest palimpsest. Editor(s): Netz, Reviel; Noel, William; Wilson, Nigel; Tchernetska, Natalie. Series: The Archimedes Palimpsest Publications. Num Pages: 700 pages, 58 b/w illus. 127 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GM; HBLA1; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 341 x 252 x 79. Weight in Grams: 5040. Series: The Archimedes Palimpsest Publications. 700 pages, 58 b/w illus. 127 colour illus. Editor(s): Netz, Reviel; Noel, William; Wilson, Nigel; Tchernetska, Natalie. Authoritative and fully illustrated account of the ten years of conservation, imaging and scholarship on the world's greatest palimpsest. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GM; HBLA1; PBX. Dimension: 341 x 252 x 79. Weight: 5014.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107016842
- ISBN
- 9781107016842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.73
€ 252.73
Paperback. The Dark Age of Greece is one of the least understood periods of Greek history. This title explores each century from 1200 to 700 BCE through an individual site Mycenae, Nichoria, Athens, Lefkandi, Corinth, and Ascra that illustrates the major features of each period. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 28 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216021
- ISBN
- 9780253216021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 9 maps, 25 figures, 18 plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534680
- ISBN
- 9781931534680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; HBLA; HPCA; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691176352
- ISBN
- 9780691176352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.31
€ 25.99
€ 19.31
Hardcover. * A collection of source material relating to the rich tradition of Roman spectacle. * Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. * Offers snapshots of "a day at the games" and "the life of a gladiator". Editor(s): Futrell, Alison. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115681
- ISBN
- 9781405115681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Paperback. These six diverse and difficult dialogues are seen together as aspects of Plato's project of reformulating his theory of Forms. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107576421
- ISBN
- 9781107576421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201699
- ISBN
- 9780872201699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.11
€ 52.99
€ 37.11
Paperback. Full-colour booklet illustrating the many role played by the horse in Greek life, from myth and early history to its significance as a mark of status and its use in war, transport, games and festivals. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 40 pages, 56 col illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Edition
- Volume XXIV
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616390
- ISBN
- 9780876616390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.93
€ 11.93
Hardback. This book offers both a complete history of Roman slavery and an investigation into finding and interpreting evidence of it. Slavery is a relationship of power; to study slavery we need to see the interactions of individuals. Plautus comedies could be our most reliable source for reconstructing the lives of slaves in ancient Rome. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196284
- ISBN
- 9781405196284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.84
€ 87.84
Paperback. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, this book examines the eighth-century settlements that became the city-states of classical Greece (the polis). The author suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673349
- ISBN
- 9780226673349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Hardback. Illustrator(s): d'Ottavi, Francesca. Series: Nonfiction Picture Books: Egyptian Myths. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 5AJ; YNH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 239 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Capstone Global Library Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474734318
- ISBN
- 9781474734318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33