Classical Studies


Water Engineering in the Ancient World

Archaeological and Climate Perspectives on Societies of Ancient South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia
$150.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199239092ISBN10: 0199239096 Uses the latest computing methods to understand water resource problems and solutions developed in ancient civilizations.


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



The Marlborough Gems

Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
$315.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199237517ISBN10: 0199237514 A complete documentation and illustration of one of the greatest collections of classical gems


Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome

$135.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199545674ISBN10: 0199545677 Explores the relation of Roman literary productions to the cultural life of the city.


Horace: Odes and Epodes

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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199207695ISBN10: 0199207690 A collection of recent articles representing some of the best recent writing on Horace's Odes and Epodes .

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Reflections in a Serpent's Eye

Thebes in Ovid's Metamorphoses
$90.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199556922ISBN10: 019955692X Promotes a dialogue between students of modern critical theory and of classical literature, by showing how (e.g.) Lacanian readings can illuminate ancient texts.


Lucan

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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199277223ISBN10: 0199277222 A collection of groundbreaking essays that introduce the reader to recent critical views of Lucan

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Lucan

$65.00
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Paperback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199277230ISBN10: 0199277230 A collection of ground-breaking essays that introduce the reader to recent critical views of Lucan

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Cratinus and the Art of Comedy

$110.00
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199569359ISBN10: 0199569355 Presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the lost great poets of fifth-century Athenian comedy and a canonical author of the classical world


Truly Beyond Wonders

Aelius Aristides and the Cult of Asklepios
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Hardback Dec 2009 ISBN13: 9780199561902ISBN10: 0199561907 Synthesizes art historical analysis with literary criticism to give a more rounded understanding of Graeco-Roman society


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