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Thebes

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1760981788
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Thebes written by Paul Cartledge and published by Picador. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuously inhabited for five millennia, and at one point the most powerful city in Ancient Greece, Thebes has been overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. According to myth, the city was founded when Kadmos sowed dragon’s teeth into the ground and warriors sprang forth, ready not only to build the fledgling city but to defend it from all-comers. It was Hercules’ birthplace and the home of the Sphinx, whose riddle Oedipus solved, winning the Theban crown and the king’s widow in marriage, little knowing that the widow was his mother, Jocasta. The city’s history is every bit as rich as its mythic origins, from siding with the Persian invaders when their emperor, Xerxes, set out to conquer Aegean Greece, to siding with Sparta – like Thebes an oligarchy – to defeat Pericles' democratic Athens, to being utterly destroyed on the orders of Alexander the Great. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, the acclaimed classical historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life, and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks’ achievements – whether politically or culturally – and thus to our own culture and civilization.

Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pharaoh's Land and Beyond

Author : Pearce Paul Creasman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190229071
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Pharaoh's Land and Beyond written by Pearce Paul Creasman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous civilizations from disparate lands. Ancient Egypt as perceived today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it. This work explores the diverse methods of interaction between Egypt and its neighbors during the pharaonic period.

Thebes

Author : Nicholas Rockwell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317218280
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Thebes written by Nicholas Rockwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thebes offers a scholarly survey of the history and archaeology of the city, from 1600 BCE – 476 CE. Discussions of major developments in politics, war, society and culture form the basis of a chronological examination of one of Greece’s most powerful and dynamic cities. By taking a broad view, the book’s account speaks to larger trends in the ancient Mediterranean world while also demonstrating how Thebes was unique in its ancient context. It provides an up-to-date examination of all available information: topographic, demographic, numismatic, epigraphic, archaeological and textual discussions provide the most complete, current picture of ancient Thebes and illustrate the value of an interdisciplinary approach.

Beyond Yahweh and Jesus

Author : Robert Langs
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780765705310
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Yahweh and Jesus written by Robert Langs and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth psychoanalytic study of the Old and New Testaments, Beyond Yahweh and Jesus centers on God's role in enabling humans to cope with death and the anxieties it evokes. Yahweh is seen as tending to increase rather than diminish these death anxieties, while Christ offers near-perfect solutions to each type. Why, then, asks Dr. Langs, has Christ failed to bring peace to the world? Langs' answer is focused on what is, he argues, Western religion's lack of a deep understanding of human psychology-i.e., an absence of the psychological wisdom needed to supplement the spiritual wisdom of religion. This is a void bemoaned as early as the mid-1800s by the Archbishop Temple and by Carl Jung in the early 20th century. The journey on which Langs' study embarks leads through an examination of the related topics of knowledge acquisition and divine wisdom; the failure of psychoanalysis to provide religion with the psychology it needs to fulfill its mission; and a set of propositions that are intended to bring psychological wisdom to religion and thereby to initiate the third chapter in the history of God, in which a refashioned morality and fresh divine wisdom play notable roles. Simultaneously, the book offers a foundation for secular forms of spirituality and morality, as well as for human efforts to cope with death and its incumbent anxieties. The mission of this book is a lofty but necessary one: to reinvigorate religion with new dimensions and insights so as to empower it, at long last, to help bring peace to the world, both individually and collectively.

Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act ...

Author : Herbert Confield Lust
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act ... written by Herbert Confield Lust and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pharaoh's Land and Beyond

Author : Pearce Paul Creasman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190229098
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Pharaoh's Land and Beyond written by Pearce Paul Creasman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of pharaonic Egypt as a unified, homogeneous, and isolated cultural entity is misleading. Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands. In fifteen chapters divided into five thematic groups, Pharaoh's Land and Beyond uniquely examines Egypt's relationship with its wider world. The first section details the geographical contexts of interconnections by examining ancient Egyptian exploration, maritime routes, and overland passages. In the next section, chapters address the human principals of association: peoples, with the attendant difficulties of differentiating ethnic identities from the record; diplomatic actors, with their complex balances and presentations of power; and the military, with its evolving role in pharaonic expansion. Natural events, from droughts and floods to illness and epidemics, also played significant roles in this ancient world, as examined in the third section. The final two sections explore the physical manifestations of interconnections between pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors, first in the form of material objects and second, in the powerful exchange of ideas. Whether through diffusion and borrowing of knowledge and technology, through the flow of words by script and literature, or through exchanges in the religious sphere, the pharaonic Egypt that we know today was constantly changing--and changing the cultures around it. This illustrious work represents the first synthesis of these cultural relationships, unbounded by time, geography, or mode.

Beyond the Fifth Century

Author : Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110223783
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Fifth Century written by Ingo Gildenhard and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Fifth Century brings together 13 scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Ancient History, Mediaeval Studies) to explore interactions with Greek tragedy from the 4th century BCE up to the Middle Ages. The volume breaks new ground in several ways. Its chronological scope encompasses periods that are not usually part of research on tragedy reception, especially the Hellenistic period, late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The volume also considers not just performance reception but various other modes of reception, between different literary genres and media (inscriptions, vase paintings, recording technology). There is a pervasive interest in interactions between tragedy and society-at-large, such as festival culture and entertainment (both public and private), education, religious practice, even life-style. Finally, the volume features studies of a comparative nature which focus less on genealogical connections (although such may be present) but rather on the study of equivalences.

Myth, Literature, and the Creation of the Topography of Thebes

Author : Daniel W. Berman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107077362
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Myth, Literature, and the Creation of the Topography of Thebes written by Daniel W. Berman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the legendary past of Greek Thebes influenced the development of the city's landscape from the time of the oral epics to the Roman period. It will appeal to readers with interests in the relationships between Greek myth, ancient topography and archaeology, and the development of urban space.

Nahum

Author : Daniel C. Timmer
Publisher : Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament
ISBN 13 : 031094242X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Nahum written by Daniel C. Timmer and published by Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authorstrace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say. Each volume offers a set of distinctive features, including: the main idea of the passage, its literary context, the author's original translation and exegetical outline with Hebrew layout, its structure and literary form, an explanation of the text, and its canonical and practical significance.

American Lumberman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book American Lumberman written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democracy beyond Athens

Author : Eric W. Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107377048
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Democracy beyond Athens written by Eric W. Robinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was ancient democracy like? Why did it spread in ancient Greece? An astonishing number of volumes have been devoted to the well-attested Athenian case, while non-Athenian democracy - for which evidence is harder to come by - has received only fleeting attention. Nevertheless, there exists a scattered body of ancient material regarding democracy beyond Athens, from ancient literary authors and epigraphic documents to archaeological evidence, out of which one can build an understanding of the phenomenon. This book presents a detailed study of ancient Greek democracy in the Classical period (480–323 BC), focusing on examples outside Athens. It has three main goals: to identify where and when democratic governments established themselves in ancient Greek city-states; to explain why democracy spread to many parts of Greece in this period; and to further our understanding of the nature of ancient democracy by studying its practices beyond Athens.

Thebes in the Fifth Century (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Nancy Demand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317695372
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Thebes in the Fifth Century (Routledge Revivals) written by Nancy Demand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifth century BC Thebes, faced with the challenges presented by defeat and disgrace in the Persian Wars – it had sided with the invaders – succeeded not only in regaining its former prominence, but also in laying the groundwork for its hegemony of Greece in the early part of the fourth century. In Thebes in the Fifth Century, first published in 1982, Nancy Demand examines the political and military history of this renowned city, as well as a number of other aspects of Theban culture and society: its physical layout, religious cults, poetry and music, arts, crafts and philosophy. Other topics of special interest include a chapter on Pythagoreanism in Thebes, an appendix on the evidence for the participation of women in Pythagoreanism, and an investigation, extending throughout the book, of the role of women in Theban society.

Beyond Decadence

Author : Peter Butler
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024625717
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Decadence written by Peter Butler and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Opolsky has long been considered to be little more than an epigon of the Czech Decadence. By detailed analysis of his prose, this book aims to show that Opolsky is a master of sustained narrative irony and an accomplished writer in his own right. Introduction brings an overview of Czech Decadent/Symbolist literature and art in an European perspective. The first monograph evaluates archival sources, private correspondence with other literary figures and includes classified bibliography of Opolsky.

Beyond the Nile

Author : Sara E. Cole
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606065513
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Nile written by Sara E. Cole and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another’s work, creating cultural and artistic hybrids that transcended a single tradition. Yet in spite of the remarkable artistic production that resulted from these interchanges, the complex vicissitudes of exchange between Egypt and the Classical world over the course of nearly 2500 years have not been comprehensively explored in a major exhibition or publication in the United States. It is precisely this aspect of Egypt’s history, however, that Beyond the Nile uncovers. Renowned scholars have come together to provide compelling analyses of the constantly evolving dynamics of cultural exchange, first between Egyptians and Greeks—during the Bronze Age, then the Archaic and Classical periods of Greece, and finally Ptolemaic Egypt—and later, when Egypt passed to Roman rule with the defeat of Cleopatra. Beyond the Nile, a milestone publication issued on the occasion of a major international exhibition, will become an indispensable contribution to the field. With gorgeous photographs of more than two hundred rare objects, including frescoes, statues, obelisks, jewelry, papyri, pottery, and coins, this volume offers an essential and inter-disciplinary approach to the rich world of artistic cross-pollination during antiquity.