Classical Studies


The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

Introduction, Text, and Commentary
$55.00
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Paperback Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199639496ISBN10: 0199639493 Full commentary draws upon linguistic, literary, historical, and archaeological evidence to throw light on the text and the questions it raises.

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Aegina: Contexts for Choral Lyric Poetry

Myth, History, and Identity in the Fifth Century BC
$160.00
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Hardback Jan 2011 ISBN13: 9780199546510ISBN10: 0199546517 Helps us understand the culture of an important fifth-century Greek society beyond Athens
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Bacchylides

Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition
$175.00
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Hardback Nov 2007 ISBN13: 9780199215508ISBN10: 0199215502 An original and wide-ranging study, throwing new light on Bacchylides' approach to poetic tradition

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The Oxford History of Historical Writing

Volume 1: Beginnings to AD 600
$180.00
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Hardback Apr 2011 ISBN13: 9780199218158ISBN10: 0199218153
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Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions

Volume 1: Analysis
$125.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199607570ISBN10: 0199607575 Divided into two broad sections, the volume contextualises the script in its historical setting, considers its role in the material culture of Cyprus, focuses on a new typology of the inscribed objects, identifies scribal practices, and seeks to assess the influences of the Aegean Linear and the Near Eastern cuneiform traditions on Cypriot writing.
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Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus

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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780195188677ISBN10: 0195188675 This is the first book-length study of the literary artistry of Xenophon's Anabasis in any language.
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Funny Words in Plautine Comedy

$75.00
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Hardback Nov 2009 ISBN13: 9780195341447ISBN10: 0195341449 Combining textual and literary evidence, this book argues that many Plautine jokes, puns, and names of characters were misunderstood in antiquity.
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Thucydides and Herodotus

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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199593262ISBN10: 0199593264 Contains indepth discussions on the relationship and reception of Herodotus and Thucydides
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Compiling the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum in Late Antiquity

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Hardback Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199589401ISBN10: 0199589402 First book-length historical study of the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum
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Greek Ethnic Terminology

$80.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780197264287ISBN10: 019726428X The final work of the leading expert on Greek personal names.
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