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Oxford History of the Classical World
by John Boardman  Publisher Comments From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world has established the foundations of our culture, as well as many of its enduring...
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Women in the Classical World: Image and Text
by Elaine Fantham Publisher Comments Bits of information about women are scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history. The vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged papyrus, riddled with gaps. The inscription on a beautiful fourth century B.C.E. grave...
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Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
by Robin Lane Fox Publisher Comments Eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles the vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus, from the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the...
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Civilization before Greece and Rome
by H.W.F. Saggs Publisher Comments "Saggs has a knack for drawing together the most telling details from the jumble of cultural data and presenting them in such a way that we truly see each culture as it was at its zenith, and its heritage to the world. An especially informative look at...
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Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World
by Vicki Leon Publisher Comments Vicki Leon, the popular author of the "Uppity Women" series (more than 335,000 in print), has turned her impressive writing and research skills to the entertaining and unusual array of the peculiar jobs, prized careers and passionate pursuits of ancient...
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Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
by Simon Goldhill Publisher Comments In Love, Sex & Tragedy Simon Goldhill lifts the veil on our inheritance of classical traditions and offers a witty, engrossing survey of the Greek and Roman roots of everything from our overwhelming mania for "hard bodies" to our political systems...
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Uppity Women of Ancient Times
by Vicki Leon Publisher Comments In a witty and informative way, Vicki Leon profiles 150 women who made their mark around the Mediterranean between 2800 B.C. and 450 A.D.--3,200 years of history from a female vantage point. Among those featured are the Assyrian queen of Babylon who is...
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Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
by Charles Freeman Publisher Comments Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions that span the centuries. In this unique and comprehensive introduction...
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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction
by James S Romm Publisher Comments For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout...
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Who's Who in the Ancient World: a Handbook to the Survivors of the Greek and Roman Classics
by Betty Radice Synopsis For those who would like to understand references to the ancient world, this text provides: concise life histories of the major dramatists, politicians, poets and philosophers; entries on Greek and Roman gods; facts about major figures; and summaries of...
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Egypt, Greece and Rome (2ND 04 Edition)
by Charles Freeman Publisher Comments Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions that span the centuries. In this unique and comprehensive introduction...
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Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World
by Norman Cantor Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-232) and index....
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The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean
by John Julius Norwich Publisher Comments This lively, beautifully illustrated history of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art, eye, and scholarship. John Julius Norwich is...
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
by S. Wise Bauer Publisher Comments Spanning the earliest accounts to the fall of Rome, this work is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight...
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Who Was Who in World Exploration
by Carl Waldman Book News Annotation A comprehensive survey of the lives, expeditions, and significant contributions of some 800 explorers from around the world, including the renowned (e.g. Roald Amundsen, Daniel Boone, Columbus, Magellan, and Marco Polo) and the lesser known but no...
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Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity
by Jonathan A Draper Book News Annotation Religious scholars take up various questions relating to the relationship between orality and literacy in the context of colonized people in antiquity, and explore the role of orality in relation to this hegemony. Among the topics are theoretical and...
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Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook
by Ross Shepar Kraemer Publisher Comments This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity...
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
by J W Roberts Publisher Comments Authoritative, wide-ranging, and unrivalled in its accessibility, The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is a concise and lucid survey of life in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning 776 BC - AD 180, from the first Olympic games to the death of Marcus...
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Libraries in the Ancient World (Yale Nota Bene)
by Lionel Casson Publisher Comments Telling the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets, a renowned classicist takes readers on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient Near East to the private and public libraries of Greece and...
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
by Simon Hornblower Publisher Comments Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to architecture, ancient law to mythology, the sciences to the...
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