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Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Author : Oliver Taplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192100207
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Oliver Taplin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book--its new perspective--is on the 'receivers' of literature: readers, spectators, and audiences. Twelve contributors, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, explore the various and changing interactions between the makers of literature and their audiences or readers from the earliest Greek poetry to the end of the Roman empires in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean. From the heights of Athens to the hellenistic Greek diaspora, from the great Augustans to the irresistible tide of Christianity, the contributors deploy fresh insights to map out lively and provocative, yet accessible, surveys. They cover the kinds of literature which have shaped western culture--epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, rhetoric, epigram, elegy, pastoral, satire, biography, epistle, declamation, and panegyric. Who were the audiences, and why did they regard their literature as so important? --jacket.

Rome, the Greek World, and the East

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807875082
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Rome, the Greek World, and the East by : Fergus Millar

Download or read book Rome, the Greek World, and the East written by Fergus Millar and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-01-14 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, including The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have enriched our understanding of the Greco-Roman world in fundamental ways. In his writings Millar has made the inhabitants of the Roman Empire central to our conception of how the empire functioned. He also has shown how and why Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam evolved from within the wider cultural context of the Greco-Roman world. Opening this collection of sixteen essays is a new contribution by Millar in which he defends the continuing significance of the study of Classics and argues for expanding the definition of what constitutes that field. In this volume he also questions the dominant scholarly interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the Roman people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power in Republican Rome. In so doing he sheds new light on the establishment of a new regime by the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus.

Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World

Author : Carl J. Richard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585466807
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Book Synopsis Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World by : Carl J. Richard

Download or read book Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World written by Carl J. Richard and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World, Carl J. Richard brings to life a group of men whose contributions fundamentally altered western society. In this compelling narrative, readers encounter a rich cast of characters, including eloquent Homer, shrewd Pericles, fiery Alexander, idealistic Plato, ambitious Caesar, dedicated Paul, and passionate Augustine. As he vibrantly describes the contributions of the individuals, Richard details the historical context in which each lived, showing how these men influenced their world and ours.

The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World

Author : Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521780535
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World by : Walter Scheidel

Download or read book The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World written by Walter Scheidel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-29 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the first comprehensive survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch new directions for research. They reflect a new interest in economic growth in antiquity and develop new methods for measuring economic development, often combining textual and archaeological data that have previously been treated separately.

Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World

Author : Alan Sumler
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498560369
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World written by Alan Sumler and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did the ancient Greeks and Romans use psychoactive cannabis? Scholars say that hemp was commonplace in the ancient world, but there is no consensus on cannabis usage. According to botany, hemp and cannabis are the same plant and thus the ancient Greeks and Romans must have used it in their daily lives. Cultures parallel to the ancient Greeks and Romans, like the Egyptians, Scythians, and Hittites, were known to use cannabis in their medicine, religion and recreational practices. Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World surveys the primary references to cannabis in ancient Greek and Roman texts and covers emerging scholarship about the plant in the ancient world. Ancient Greek and Latin medical texts from the Roman Empire contain the most mentions of the plant, where it served as an effective ingredient in ancient pharmacy. Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World focuses on the ancient rationale behind cannabis and how they understood the plant’s properties and effects, as well as its different applications. For the first time ever, this book provides a sourcebook with the original ancient Greek and Latin, along with translations, of all references to psychoactive cannabis in the Greek and Roman world. It covers the archaeology of cannabis in the ancient world, including amazing discoveries from Scythian burial sites, ancient proto-Zoroastrian fire temples, Bronze Age Chinese burial sites, as well as evidence in Greece and Rome. Beyond cannabis, Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World also explores ancient views on medicine, pharmacy, and intoxication.

The Emperor in the Roman World (31 BC-AD 337)

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801480492
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor in the Roman World (31 BC-AD 337) written by Fergus Millar and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elephant in the Greek and Roman World

Author : Howard Hayes Scullard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Elephant in the Greek and Roman World written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a full picture of the elephant in the Graeco-Roman world, featuring contemporary accounts of elephants performing on the battlefield. The author first traces the natural history of the elephant and then evaluates the references to elephants in the works of Ctesias, Aristotle, and other early writers. He shows the animal in action under Alexander the Great and his successors, under the Carthaginians, and under Hannibal, describing how they were captured and trained and how they were dealt with by opposing armies. He discusses what later writers such as Pliny, Aelian, and Ammianus knew about elephants, and he concludes with an account of the animals' roles in such peacetime activities as circuses and ceremonies.--From publisher's description.

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Author : Beryl Rawson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405187670
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds by : Beryl Rawson

Download or read book A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Beryl Rawson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings Honorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers

Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World

Author : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521002301
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World by : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin

Download or read book Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World written by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study in English of the art of mosaics in antiquity.

Greek Athletics in the Roman World

Author : Zahra Newby
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191515574
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Greek Athletics in the Roman World written by Zahra Newby and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enduring importance of Greek athletic training and competition during the period of the Roman Empire has been a neglected subject in past scholarship on the ancient world. This book examines the impact that Greek athletics had on the Roman world, approaching it through the plentiful surviving visual evidence, viewed against textual and epigraphic sources. It shows that the traditional picture of Roman hostility has been much exaggerated. Instead Greek athletics came to exercise a profound influence upon Roman spectacle and bathing culture. In the Greek east of the empire too, athletics continued to thrive, providing Greek cities with a crucial means of asserting their cultural identity while also accommodating Roman imperial power.

Rome, the Greek World, and the East

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807863696
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Rome, the Greek World, and the East by : Fergus Millar

Download or read book Rome, the Greek World, and the East written by Fergus Millar and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, above all The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have transformed our understanding of the communal culture and civil government of the Greco-Roman world. This second volume of the three-volume collection of Millar's published essays draws together twenty of his classic pieces on the government, society, and culture of the Roman Empire (some of them published in inaccessible journals). Every article in Volume 2 addresses the themes of how the Roman Empire worked in practice and what it was like to live under Roman rule. As in the first volume of the collection, English translations of the extended Greek and Latin passages in the original articles make Millar's essays accessible to readers who do not read these languages.

Greek and Roman Civilizations, Grades 5 - 8

Author : Heidi M. C. Dierckx
Publisher : Mark Twain Media
ISBN 13 : 1580376274
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Greek and Roman Civilizations, Grades 5 - 8 written by Heidi M. C. Dierckx and published by Mark Twain Media. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides lessons and activities on the history, literature, music, geography, and art of the ancient Romans and Greeks.

A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118301277
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE written by Jonathan M. Hall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state, citizen militias, and the origins of egalitarianism Provides a wealth of archaeological evidence, in a number of different specialties, including ceramics, architecture, and mortuary studies

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

Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds

Author : John Drogo Montagu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848327900
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds written by John Drogo Montagu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference book on the battles of the ancient world covers events from the eighth century BC down to 31BC, when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. The author presents, in an exciting and vivid style, complete with battle plans and maps, all of the land and sea battles of the Greek and Roman worlds, based on the accounts by historians of the time. AUTHOR: John Drogo Montagu's love of classical history was fostered in childhood by an inspiring teacher. After a career in medicine, Montagu returned to the classical world and wrote this book. 15 maps and 18 battle plans

Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World

Author : Erik Jensen
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624667147
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World written by Erik Jensen and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did the ancient Greeks and Romans think of the peoples they referred to as barbari? Did they share the modern Western conception—popularized in modern fantasy literature and role-playing games—of "barbarians" as brutish, unwashed enemies of civilization? Or our related notion of "the noble savage?" Was the category fixed or fluid? How did it contrast with the Greeks and Romans' conception of their own cultural identity? Was it based on race? In accessible, jargon-free prose, Erik Jensen addresses these and other questions through a copiously illustrated introduction to the varied and evolving ways in which the ancient Greeks and Romans engaged with, and thought about, foreign peoples—and to the recent historical and archaeological scholarship that has overturned received understandings of the relationship of Classical civilization to its "others."

Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134926219
Total Pages : 616 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 616 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.