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Simonides of Keos was one of the most important praise-poets of the early fifth century BCE, ranking alongside Pindar and Bacchylides. In Simonides Lyricus, a group of leading international experts ……続きを見る

Winner of the PROSE Award (2022) for Classics This book argues for a new way of reading tragedy that attends to how bodies in the ancient plays pivot between subject and object, person and thing, li……続きを見る

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol. I, focus on regional developments and interregional relations in western Asia Minor and the Dodekanese during the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic pe……続きを見る

La República es uno de los diálogos más importantes que escribió Platón, en donde expresa su concepción del arte, lo político, la sociedad, la justicia, la inmortalidad, la virtud, el bien y el mal.……続きを見る

How remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek culture Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, and lovers stop having graphic sex in cl……続きを見る

Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived……続きを見る

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Ha……続きを見る

How can we make sense of the innovative structure of Euripidean drama? And what political role did tragedy play in the democracy of classical Athens? These questions are usually considered to be mut……続きを見る

'Thought provoking and captivating' DAVID HORSPOOL History Editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Odysseus' homeland of Ithaca, a breathtakingly beautiful island in the Ionian Sea, still attracts ……続きを見る

The leading elements in this volume are the cultural representation of birth and the forms through which its narration and representation develop in the figurative arts, through historical reference……続きを見る

Mitología Griega Desde los programas de televisión hasta las populares novelas para los jóvenes, las historias de la mitología griega son algunas de las más conocidas y utilizadas hoy en día. Estas ……続きを見る

2500 years ago, in the year that king Darius of Persia died, a man called Euphorion was born in Greece. Witness to some of the most glorious episodes of ancient Athens, the wars, the crimes, the pol……続きを見る

GREEK MYTHOLOGY Greek mythology can be identified as the body of myths that were initially shared by the ancient Greeks in an era of folklore; the tales told at this time often revolve themselves ar……続きを見る

Meet Harley - an antiquated 50cc motorbike, top speed 25mph, who carried me on the backroads of Greece from the island of Evia to deliver the collected Jeeves and Wooster to a Moldovan monk on Mount……続きを見る

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology and our modern understanding of the character and importance of cave sanctuaries i……続きを見る

Xenophon's 'Anabasis: The March of the Ten Thousand' is a gripping firsthand account of the ancient Greek mercenary army's treacherous journey through enemy territory. Written in a clear and straigh……続きを見る

Athens dominates textbook accounts of ancient Greece. But was it, for the Greeks themselves, a model city-state or a creative, even a corrupt, departure from the model? Or was there a model? This bo……続きを見る

The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Gr……続きを見る

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: ou……続きを見る

Dive into "The Plague of Lust, Vol 1" by Julius Rosenbaum, a captivating anthology that uncovers the historical presence of venereal diseases in classical antiquity. In the profound narrative titled……続きを見る

This book analyses why the Italian army failed to defeat its Greek opponent between October 1940 and April 1941. It thoroughly examines the multiple forms of ineffectiveness that plagued the politic……続きを見る

La República es uno de los diálogos más importantes que escribió Platón, en donde expresa su concepción del arte, lo político, la sociedad, la justicia, la inmortalidad, la virtud, el bien y el mal.……続きを見る

Vers la fin du iie siècle av. J.-C., Pairisadès (V), roi du Bosphore cimmérien, céda de bon gré le pouvoir à Mithridate Eupator, ne se sentant pas de force à tenir tête aux barbares qui exigeaient u……続きを見る

John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts compares the Gospel of Luke’s account of John’s ministry with those of Matthew, Mark, and John to make the case for the hypertextual relationship ……続きを見る

Este ensayo histórico de Ángela Graupera versa sobre un exterminio sistemático que ocurrió en Tracia y el Asia Menor en que vivía una nutrida comunidad de griegos, a manos de los turcos. El total de……続きを見る

Uma reflexão sobre o amor em suas diferentes variantes. Um diálogo em busca da verdade sobre a qual muitas vezes acreditamos, principalmente nos mais ternos anos da juventude, era o motor do mundo. ……続きを見る

During the first centuries of the Roman Empire, Greek intellectuals wrote a great many texts modeled on the dialect and literature of Classical Athens, some 500 years prior. Among the most successfu……続きを見る

Alexander the Great and Propaganda explores the use of propaganda - whether literature, coinage, or iconography – in the court of Alexander the Great, as well as those of his Successors, demonstrati……続きを見る

The essence of Aeschylus's famous trilogy in a single play that speaks forcefully to today's audiences. In lean, lyrical poetry, Rob Hardy's adaptation highlights all the glory of the original: With……続きを見る

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymnーas poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophyーwas a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the……続きを見る