Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Contents: Part 1. The Traditional Helen: The Helen of the Iliad, Sappho's Helen & the Problem of the Text; Part 2. The Revised Helen: The Helen of the Odyssey; Stesichorus & his 'Palinode'; Herodotus & Helen in Egypt; Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision. Includes a glossary of greek terms. ; Myth and Poetics; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 223 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Contents: Frank J. Frost: Tribal Politics and the Civic State; Susan Treggiari: Jobs for Women; E. Badian: Rome, Athens and Mithridates. ; 63 pages View More...
Stamped "DUPL" to titlepage. Light foxing to top of textblock and part of spine. Small minor stain to back board. Appears to have been publisher's copy. ; Arbeiten Zur Literatur Und Geschichte Des Hellenistischen Judentums; 116 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name in pencil to ffep (Philippa Goold née Forder). DJ tattered with chipping, tears and some loss. ; 351 pages View More...
Gift inscription from author to Jenifer Neils on titlepage in ink. Else minor shelfwear. ; 11.7 X 5.4 X 0.9 inches; 336 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Book is fine. DJ has 1 small closed tear now in mylar. ; 1.23 x 9.46 x 6.36 Inches; 464 pages; Livia (58 B.C.-A.D. 29)-the wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been portrayed as a cunning and sinister schemer, but in this biography (the first in English devoted to her) Livia emerges as a much more complex individual. Achieving influence unprecedented for a woman, she won support and even affection from her contemporaries and was widely revered after her death. Ant... View More...
Book has minor bump to 1 corner. DJ now in mylar. ; 1.23 x 9.46 x 6.36 Inches; 464 pages; Livia (58 B.C.-A.D. 29)-the wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been portrayed as a cunning and sinister schemer, but in this biography (the first in English devoted to her) Livia emerges as a much more complex individual. Achieving influence unprecedented for a woman, she won support and even affection from her contemporaries and was widely revered after her death. Anthony ... View More...
Spine cover is split on one side and half of the other but still attached. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Rubbing to boards. Edgewear to corners. ; 256 pages; Antimachus of Colophon, Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato (Plutarch, Lysander, 18). His chief works were: an epic Thebais, an account of the expedition of the Seven against Thebes and the war of the Epigoni; and an elegiac poem Ly... View More...
Originally published in 1912. Contents: The Amazons in Greek Legend; The Great Mother; Ephesian Artemis; Artemis Astrateia and Apollo Amazonius; Ares; conclusion; Bibliography ; 84 pages View More...
1 page is miscut by publisher and is corner creased. Scholar's name to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Else minor shelfwear. ; Greece and Gender is the title of two interdisciplinary workshops given at the then newly inaugurated Norwegian Institute for classics, archaeology and cultural history at Athens. The first workshop, held in February 1990, brought together people who are interested in the gender aspects of Greek past or present. The next workshop took place a year later, focussing more specifically on the transgressions and ambiguities of gender. Both workshops were initiated by Brit Berg... View More...
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Corner creasing to about 3 pages. Browning to corners of about 2 pages. ; 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages View More...
Very light bump to 1 corner. Else book is fine. Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 280 pages; Xerxes' exploits are famous, but what about Irdabama, a successful landowner who controlled her own wine and grain business? Or the ruthless queen Parysatis who murdered her enemy after a game of dice? By approaching the subject from a near eastern perspective, and thoroughly re-examining the Greek sources, This book is the first to reveal the fascinating picture of women and their economic and political importance in the Persian empire. View More...
Light shelfwear else fine. ; Medea betrayed her father and left her homeland for the love of Jason. Then when he abandoned her, she murdered her children. But did she? And what of Clytemnestra, the conniving adulteress? For ten years she plotted the murder of her husband Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and Conqueror of Troy. How would she have told her story? The Greek myths as we know them were told for men by men. Yet they were the culmination of a long oral tradition in which both men and women shared. Using extant ancient literary sources as her guide, including the works of Homer, Aeschylus, E... View More...
Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; Plutarch, whose works have remained immensely popular through the years, has shaped our ideas about much of the ancient world. His humane sensibilities, his skill in storytelling, and not least his humor have combined to charm readers throughout the centuries, persuading them that he is like them. In the twentieth century he was declared a feminist. In this study Chapman argues that his attitudes towards women were in fact those of his time, and that while he opted for persuasion instead of force in controlling women, his views are nonetheless chauv... View More...
Jenifer Neil's copy with a large note to titlepage in red marker asking for 25 offprints of her contribution. Titlepage is misaligned (by publisher? ) with overhang to textblock. ; Female Characters play various roles in the Odyssey: patron goddess (Athena) , seductress (Kirke, the Sirens, Nausikaa) , carnivorous monster (Skylla) , maid servant (Eurykleia) , and faithful wife (Penelope). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines these different femalerepresentations and their significance within the context of the poem and Greek culture. A central theme of the book is the vis... View More...
Pencil marginalia and underlining to a few pages. Inner hinges are weakened and book is slanted. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; Female Characters play various roles in the Odyssey: patron goddess (Athena) , seductress (Kirke, the Sirens, Nausikaa) , carnivorous monster (Skylla) , maid servant (Eurykleia) , and faithful wife (Penelope). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines these different femalerepresentations and their significance within the context of the poem and Greek culture. A central theme of the book is the visualization of the Odyssey's female charact... View More...
Some light creasing to DJ. ; In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she challenges long-held beliefs to show that priestesses played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. Connelly builds this history thr... View More...
Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; Explores the nature of the Greek household "oikos" in classical Athens. Whereas the "oikos" traditionally has been defined as the household of the nuclear family in Greece, this text argues that it had a more fluid structure, taking care to distinguish between the concepts of "household" and "family". The legal basis of the typical elite household emerges in the description of marriage patterns or strategies among the families represented in Attic orations and funeral inscriptions. Property interests were a strong motivating force, with the elite m... View More...
Rear board is water-stained and front board has light water-stain to edge. Last few pages have light rippling along lower section (water-staining). DJ has mild rippling and water-staining. ; E. M. Craik: Marriage in Ancient Greece; A. S. Gratwick: Free or Not So Free? Wives and Daughters in the Late Roman Republic; J. HARRIES: 'Treasure in heaven': Property and Inheritance Among Senators of Late Rome; Barbara E. Crawford: Marriage and the Status of Women in Norse Society; Ann J. Kettle: 'My Wife Shall Have It': marriage and Property in the Wills and Testaments of Later Mediaeval England; M. Fo... View More...
Very minor shelfwear. ; In-depth textbook study of the everyday lives of the women of ancient Rome. ; Cambridge Introduction To Roman Civilization; 9.0 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 238 pages View More...
Very light bump to 1 corner. Else fine. ; This volume explores the nature of female beauty in ancient Rome by studying depictions of heavenly and earthly women in Pompeiian art. The first section discusses the care of the body: hygiene, cosmetics, coiffure, and perfume. The second section discusses adornments like jewelry and clothing, and explains how such items were distributed in the Roman world. Here, archaeology and art come together to offer numerous insights into this fascinating subject. ; 67 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 0.94 x 9.3 x 6.25 Inches; 360 pages; The Byzantine princess Theophano, who came to the West in 972 to marry the Ottonian emperor Otto II, died as empress of the Ottonian empire in Nijmegen in 991. This commemorative volume of essays, linked to a conference marking the 1000 year anniversary of her death, helps place Theophano in a broad cultural and historical context. The historical, intellectual and artistic background of her age are described by a group of leading early medievalists, with essays on her education, her surroundings, and on ... View More...
Light shelfwear else fine. ; In this book, Dean-Jones gives a close analysis of theories concerning women's bodies in such authors as the Hippocratics and Aristotle. She demonstrates the centrality of menstruation in classical theories of female physiology, pathology, and reproduction, and suggests that this had both negative and positive repercussions in attitudes towards women's bodies in that society. Many of the primary sources dealt with are not yet accessible in English, therefore, her book is important in assembling and presenting both original texts as well as her research on the texts... View More...
Minor creasing to wraps. Lower corner of half-title creased. ; In this book, Dean-Jones gives a close analysis of theories concerning women's bodies in such authors as the Hippocratics and Aristotle. She demonstrates the centrality of menstruation in classical theories of female physiology, pathology, and reproduction, and suggests that this had both negative and positive repercussions in attitudes towards women's bodies in that society. Many of the primary sources dealt with are not yet accessible in English, therefore, her book is important in assembling and presenting both original texts as... View More...
Pencil underlining to a couple of pages. Very light shelfwear. ; Woman's Power, Man's Game is a revealing and thoughtful analysis of women in antiquity, as portrayed in classical literature. The book features essays by 12 classicists who provide provocative examinations of significant aspects of female situations in antiquity. Special Features* The Only Women Who Give Birth to Men: A Gynocentric, Cross-Cultural View of Women in Ancient Sparta - Bella Zweig* Re (de) fining Woman: Language and Power in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Kristina Passman* Women, Fat, and Fertility: Hippocratic Theoriz... View More...
DJ is protected in plastic sleeve that has been taped down to boards. ; Donaldson examines the possible origins of the story, and the many ways in which, over the centuries, it has been interpreted, criticized, elaborated and transformed. The changing fortunes of the story reflect changing attitudes to suicide, republicanism, and the concept of heroism ; 216 pages View More...
Laminate lifting along edges of DJ. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; The number of women who entered religious life in England increased greatly in the twelfth century. Monasteries for women multiplied from approximately a dozen at the centuries' beginning to ten times that many at its close. Holy Women of the Twelfth-Century England is the first systematic study of the most creative and expansive face of women's religious life in English history. Sharon Elkins portrays the women who initiated this growth and the varied forms of religious life they -- and the men cooperating with them -- devised. ; S... View More...
Small sticker to front wrap. Minor shelfwear. ; 144 pages; The mysterious sex life of Ottoman society has remained a taboo subject until recent years, but even now it is not truly unveiled. Beyond the facaed of convnetional relations, the sexual life of the Ottoman was surpisingly rich and colorful. This book reveals the colourful sex lives of the Ottomans, men and women, with photos and colour illustrations, and essays and poetry of the time. An enlightening and amusing read. View More...
Gift inscription to ffep "For Bonnie [Maclachlan] with Love Elaine [Fantham]".; This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society. Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty. Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies each stage of Julia?s life in remarkable detail: her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structure her youth ... View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan). Laminate lifting to wraps. Creasing to wraps. General shelfwear. ; 448 pages; Information about women is scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history: the vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged papyrus; the inscription on a beautiful fourth century B. C. E. Grave praises the virtues of Mnesarete, an Athenian woman who died young; a great number of Roman wives were found guilty of poisoning their husbands, but was it accidental food poisoning, or disease, or something more sinister. Apart from the legends of ... View More...
