Adventures in Ancient Greece

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The Seer in Ancient Greece

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The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills. This book looks at the socioreligious ...

Art and Myth in Ancient Greece (World of Art)

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The Greek Myths are so much of our visual and literary culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. Here is the first scholarly, comprehensive and succinct ...

If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece: Children of the Ancient World (If I Were a Kid in. . .)

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Reminders of Greek culture are everywhere evident today, from bubblegum to plays (Greeks invented both). But what was ancient Greece like for children? As this book explains, youngsters were well ...

Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece

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An examination of olive cultivation as a way of understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings. Lin Foxhall assembles evidence from written ...

Politics and Society in Ancient Greece

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Every aspect of life (citizenship, business, literature, drama, art, sports, religion, and private life) in the ancient world was affected by political motives.

Myth and History in Ancient Greece: The Symbolic Creation of a Colony

$42.66 - $65.00

Surely the ancient Greeks would have been baffled to see what we consider their "mythology." Here, Claude Calame mounts a powerful critique of modern-day misconceptions on this front and the lax ...

Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece

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Talks about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book first examines the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power." Then, it scrutinizes three points in the ...

The Sacred And The Feminine In Ancient Greece

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In classical Greece women were almost entirely excluded from public life. Yet the feminine was accorded a central place in religious thought and ritual.This volume explores the often paradoxical ...

Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition

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Encompasses all aspects of ancient Greek life-from the beginnings of the Minoan civilization in Crete to the defeat by the Roman world in 30 BC. Coverage includes government, religion, music, art and ...

Written Texts and the Rise of Literate Culture in Ancient Greece

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From the sixth through the fourth centuries BCE, the landmark developments of Greek culture were accompanied by an explosive growth in the use of written texts. This book considers how writing, ...