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| Url: | http://ancientbooks.blogspot.com/ |
| Author(s): | Mary Harrsch |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | books and novels, classical antiquity, medieval period |
| Description: | Posts about books and novels about the ancient world or with ancient settings. |
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| Popularity: | 3 Followers |
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Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property
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This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is its appropriate context? Should the victorious e...more |
2009-11-13
Performance and Cure: Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece and Contemporary America by Karelisa Hart
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In this fascinating addition to the 'Classical/Interfaces' series, Karelisa Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theaters built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries ...more |
2009-11-13
Epic and History by David Konstan and Kurt A. Raaflaub
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With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time p |
2009-11-13
Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires by Walter Scheidel
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Two thousand years ago, up to one-half of the human species was contained within two political systems, the Roman empire in western Eurasia (centered on the Mediterranean Sea) and the Han empire in...more |
2009-11-13
Colour and Meaning in Ancient Rome by Mark Bradley
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The study of colour has become familiar territory in recent anthropology, linguistics, art history and archaeology. Classicists, however, have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to form...more |
2009-11-13
Ethnicity and Foreigners in Ancient Greece and China by Hyun Kim
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Why did the Greeks claim to be superior to their neighbors and yet record, rightly or wrongly, that the founders of some of their most important cities were foreigners from the Near East? Can we fi...more |
2009-11-13
Roman Iberia: Economy, Society and Culture by Benedict Lowe
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This is the first book to examine the economic impact of external cultures - the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans - upon the Iberian peninsula throughout the first millennium BC. Benedict Lowe provid...more |
2009-11-13
The Essentials of Greek and Roman Law by Russ VerSteeg
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Countless books detail the development of Roman law and explain the laws of the ancient Romans. Similarly, many scholars have traced the law of ancient Athens. Written for both students and educate...more |
2009-11-13
A Companion to Roman Rhetoric by William Dominik and Jon hall
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In this authoritative Companion of specially commissioned studies, 31 scholars from nine countries have combined to produce a survey of Roman |
2009-11-13
The Deaths of Seneca by James Ker
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The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured -- and most revisited -- death scenes from classical |
2009-11-13
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