Classical Studies


Greek Tragedy

Suffering under the Sun
$45.00
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Hardback Feb 2010 ISBN13: 9780199232512ISBN10: 0199232512 Individual essays on all the plays enable the reader to understand each of the texts as well as the general background to the dramas


Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters

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Hardback Apr 2009 ISBN13: 9780195329063ISBN10: 0195329066 New insights into the negotiation and maintenance of political "friendships" in ancient Rome


New Directions in Ancient Pantomime

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Hardback Dec 2008 ISBN13: 9780199232536ISBN10: 0199232539 The first comprehensive study of ancient pantomime dancing in its social and literary context


The Nation and its Ruins

Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece
$125.00
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Hardback Sep 2007 ISBN13: 9780199230389ISBN10: 0199230382 The first investigation of the production and use in Greece of the material, as opposed to the simply literary, classical past

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Paradox and the Marvellous in Augustan Literature and Culture

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Hardback Jul 2009 ISBN13: 9780199231249ISBN10: 0199231249 A new angle on important aspects of a central period of Roman culture and literature


Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds

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Hardback Nov 2007 ISBN13: 9780199296101ISBN10: 0199296103 The first book to discuss the interaction between classical texts and modern culture in a postcolonial setting

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The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans

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Hardback Mar 2008 ISBN13: 9780199233359ISBN10: 0199233357 The only up-to-date account of the problems concerning both Greek and Roman money


Living Classics

Greece and Rome in Contemporary Poetry in English
$99.00
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Hardback Sep 2009 ISBN13: 9780199233731ISBN10: 019923373X Explores the recent renaissance of the Greek and Latin classics in poetry written in English

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Plato and Hesiod

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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199236343ISBN10: 0199236348 A multifaceted account of Plato's hitherto neglected engagement with Hesiod


Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions, Volume IV

Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period
$199.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199252565ISBN10: 0199252564 Enhances understanding of the interface between the Roman and Near Eastern worlds during the first centuries AD



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