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Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134926200
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook written by Andrew N. Sherwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy * construction and hydraulic engineering * household industry * transport and trade * military technology. The sourcebook presents 150 ancient authors and a diverse range of literary genres, such as, the encyclopedic Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius and the agricultural treatise of Varro. Humphrey, Oleson and Sherwood provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Glossaries of technological terminology, indices of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and a recent bibliography make this volume a valuable research and teaching tool.

Greek and Roman Technology

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317402405
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology written by Andrew N. Sherwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a history and analysis of the origins and development of technology in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully revised Sourcebook collects more than 1,300 passages from over 200 ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus, as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and current bibliographies are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society.

Greek and Roman Technology: a Sourcebook

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138927902
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology: a Sourcebook written by Andrew N. Sherwood and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a history and analysis of the origins and development of technology in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully revised sourcebook collects more than 1300 passages from over 200 ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus, as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details and current bibliographies are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society. to, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus, as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details and current bibliographies are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society.

Greek and Roman technology

Author : John W. Humphrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415061360
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman technology written by John W. Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Author : S. Cuomo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521810736
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity written by S. Cuomo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses five case-studies to set ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context.

A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, 2 Volume Set

Author : Georgia L. Irby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119100704
Total Pages : 1111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, 2 Volume Set written by Georgia L. Irby and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 1111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Brings a fresh perspective to the study of science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives Begins coverage in 600 BCE and includes sections on the later Roman Empire and beyond, featuring discussion of the transmission and reception of these ideas into the Renaissance Investigates key disciplines, concepts, and movements in ancient science, technology, and medicine within the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of Greek and Roman society Organizes its content in two halves: the first focuses on mathematical and natural sciences; the second focuses on cultural applications and interdisciplinary themes 2 Volumes

Greek and Roman Technology

Author : K. D. White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology written by K. D. White and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era

Author : Georgia L. Irby-Massie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113455639X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Book Synopsis Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era by : Georgia L. Irby-Massie

Download or read book Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era written by Georgia L. Irby-Massie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and renaissance Europe. Now their work is accessible to all, with this invaluable introduction to c.100 scientific authors active from 320 BCE to 230 CE. The book begins with an outline of a new socio-political model for the development and decline of Greek science, followed by eleven chapters that cover the main disciplines: * the science which the Greeks saw as fundamental - mathematics * astronomy * astrology and geography * mechanics * optics and pneumatics * the non-mathematical sciences of alchemy, biology, medicine and 'psychology'. Each chapter contains an accessible introduction on the origins and development of the topic in question, and all the authors are set in context with brief biographies.

The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World

Author : John Peter Oleson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199734852
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World by : John Peter Oleson

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World written by John Peter Oleson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.

Greek and Roman Necromancy

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691207062
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Necromancy written by Daniel Ogden and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language. Daniel Ogden surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. He investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts. He argues that the Acheron oracle has been long misidentified, and considers in detail the traditions attached to each site. Readers meet the personnel--real or imagined--of ancient necromancy: ghosts, zombies, the earliest vampires, evocators, sorcerers, shamans, Persian magi, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, Roman emperors, and witches from Circe to Medea. Ogden explains the technologies used to evocate or reanimate the dead and to compel them to disgorge their secrets. He concludes by examining ancient beliefs about ghosts and their wisdom--beliefs that underpinned and justified the practice of necromancy. The first of its kind and filled with information, this volume will be of central importance to those interested in the rapidly expanding, inherently fascinating, and intellectually exciting subjects of ghosts and magic in antiquity.

Engineering in the Ancient World

Author : John Gray Landels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520034297
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Engineering in the Ancient World written by John Gray Landels and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greeks and Romans were considerable engineers. They made many remarkable machines, which where not betttered until the Industrial Revolution. Landels shows how these machines were developed and made. He draws together evidence from archaeological discoveries and from literary sources.

Ancient Technology

Author : John William Humphrey
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780313327636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Technology written by John William Humphrey and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes physical, ideological, and linguistic inventions of the ancient Mediterranean societies.

A Greek Roman Empire

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520253914
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book A Greek Roman Empire written by Fergus Millar and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-07-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This masterful study will have its place on every ancient historian's bookshelf."—Claudia Rapp, author of Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity: The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195151237
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.

Greek and Roman Technology

Author : Kenneth Douglas White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Technology written by Kenneth Douglas White and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women in Ancient Rome

Author : Bonnie MacLachlan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441142428
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Women in Ancient Rome written by Bonnie MacLachlan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Regal Period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included.

Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World

Author :
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624660894
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.