Pages uncut. Light edgewear. Minor browning to wraps. ; Contents: Phönikische und griechische Kosmogonie; Le mythe de Typhée et le problème de ses origines orientales; Die griechischen theogonien und der Orient; Héraclite et l'Iran; die ursprünge des Aphrodietekultes; orient, grèce, Rome, un exemple de syncrétisme? Les "castores" dolichéniens; Aspects du culte et de la légende de la Grande Mère dans le monde grec; Koubaba, déesse anatolienne, et le problème des origines de Cybèle; Cultes indigènes, cultes grecs et cultes orientaux à Chypre; Travaux Du Centre D'Etudes Suparieures Spécialisés D'... View More...
Tears to wraps at spine ends. Browning to wraps. Light tanning to pages. ; Contents: Egyptian Cults in Athens- Sterling Dow; apology of Aristides- a Re-Examination - Robert Lee Wolff; the 'Plain Meaning' of Isaiah 42.1-4. Index of Volumes I (1908) - XXX (1937). View More...
Very faint shelfwear to DJ. ; Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due and set in its full context as no other reference source has done before. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman religious life in fact encompassed a tremendous variety of deities, rites, and belief systems. From the Celtic god Abandinus to the pagan historian Zosimus, Dictionary of Roman Religion contains more than 1,400 entries, covering topics such as festivals, sacrifices, temp... View More...
Very light shelfwear. Faint bump to middle of front board. DJ has edgewear to top of spine. ; 288 pages; Cult activity played an extremely important role in ancient Greece--to the point, historians believe, that the placing of cult centers played a major part in establishing the whole concept of the city-state in archaic Greece. The essays in this collection critically examine the social and political importance of sanctuary placement, extending the analysis back to Mycenean Greece and on to Greece under Roman occupation. Revealing the complexity of relations between religion and politics in a... View More...
Spine sunned. Minor Creasing to lower corner of front wrap and first few pages. Light edgewear to wraps. Chipping to base of spine. ; American Classical Studies 8; 150 pages View More...
Sandpiper Reprint of 1948 edition. Contents: The Antecedents of the Conversion of Constantine; The Vision of Constantine; The Moving Forces in the Religious Policy of Constantine and its Initial Difficulties; The First Period of Constantine' s Independent Religious Policy from the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge to the Second Period of Tension with Licinius: The Attitude of Constantine to Christianity. The Attitude of Constantine to the Pagans; The Religious Policy of Constantine from the Beginning of the Period of Tension with Licinius to the Dedication of Constantinople; Constantine's Last Cont... View More...
Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 207 pages; Analyses the two classic narratives and how they mystify the social, cultural and existential dangers of failed persuastion... View More...
Light edgewear. Minor creasing; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Boreas. Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near East Civilization 18; 10.2 X 7.3 X 0.3 inches; 120 pages View More...
Pen check marks to bibliography. Underlining in pen to 2 pages. Gift inscription from author to Jenifer [Neils] on half title. ; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches; 315 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Very light pencilling to a couple of pages. Minor creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; The supreme god of the ancient Athenian pantheon, Zeus was often the subject of Athenian art, especially in vase painting and sculpture, as well as a dominant figure in Greek myths and legends. This book presents a detailed study of the depiction of Zeus in one particular classical Athenian art for--the red-figured vase. Offering a close comparison of the artistic and literary versions of the myths surrounding Zeus, including the Gigantomachy, births of the other gods, l... View More...
Very minor shelfwear. Creasing to spine. Light shelfwear and tanning to wraps. ; French translation; Bibliothèque Des Textes Philosophiques; 299 pages View More...
Dustjacket is Edgeworn with tears. Light soiling. ; A Rich miscellany of facts, legends and anecdotes about the history of Britain's ancient monuments and their builders. Contains a wealth of facsimile pages, prints from contemporary books. Aubrey's own diagrams and drawings and letters from illustrious correspondents. Considered one of the most important annals of British archeology. Facsimile of original manuscript, which was extensively illustrated by Aubrey, showing stone circles, barrows, Roman camps, artifacts, with clarifications and annotations alongside the appropriate Manuscript Page... View More...
Book is fine. DJ has 1 small tear (1 cm) to lower rear corner and very light shelfwear. ; This edited collection addresses the role of ritual representations and religion in the epic poems of the Flavian period (69-96 CE) : Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Silius Italicus' Punica, Statius' Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid. Drawing on various modern studies on religion and ritual, and the relationship between literature and religion in the Greco-Roman world, it explores how we can interpret the poets' use of the relationship between gods and humans, cults and rituals, religious activities, a... View More...
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to book. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. ; Reprint of 1935 edition. ; 337 pages; Contents: Magic, Omen, and Prophecy; Old Italian Religion--Deities and Cults; Old Italian Religion--Words and Ideas; State-Cult; Graeco-Roman Gods: I. Gods with Roman Names, II. Gods with Greek and Roman Names, III. Gods with Greek Names; Oriental Gods--Cosmological Gods--Worship of the Emperor; Fate and the Gods; The Dead and the Underworld. Appendix: The Meaning of Fortuna in Virgil. View More...
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Philippa Goold). DJ spine a bit sunned. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Book has very light shelfwear. Dustjacket has light shelfwear. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Book has very light shelfwear. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear. Creasing to lower corners of wraps. ; This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life in Rome, from the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. ; Vol. 1; 476 pages View More...
Minor shelfwear. Creasing to lower corners of wraps. ; This book, the second of the two volumes that make up Religions of Rome, presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire (both visual evidence and texts in translation). More than just a "sourcebook," it explores some of the major themes and problems of Roman religion (such as sacrifice, the religious calendar, divination and prediction). Each document has an introduction, explanatory notes and bibliography, and is used as the starting point for further discussion... View More...
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Five of the nine essays in this volume concern the Roman Republic and Empire. Pagan Priests opens with Mary Beard's "Priesthood in the Roman Republic", followed by John North's "Diviners and Divination in Rome" (also Republican in focus). Three pieces by Richard Gordon on Roman Imperial religion close the work: "From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, Religion and Ideology"; "The Veil of Power: Emperors, Sacrificers and Benefactors"; and "Religion in the Roman Empire: The Civic C... View More...
Very Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Five of the nine essays in this volume concern the Roman Republic and Empire. Pagan Priests opens with Mary Beard's "Priesthood in the Roman Republic", followed by John North's "Diviners and Divination in Rome" (also Republican in focus). Three pieces by Richard Gordon on Roman Imperial religion close the work: "From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, Religion and Ideology"; "The Veil of Power: Emperors, Sacrificers and Benefactors"; and "Religion in the Roman Empire: The Civic Compromise and its Limits". Classical Athens, Ptolemaic Memphis, the Babylonian priest... View More...
Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; BAR International Series 1220; 153 pages; The Greek and Roman year were divided into festivals and games even more than our year is today. Politics and competition went together and the spectacle and even danger of games and sports spiced up the lives of Greek and Roman citizens. This volume presents fourteen papers, half of which originated at a conference held in Edinburgh in 2000, which examine the archaeological, material and documentary evidence for ancient sports and festivals, making comparison between Greek and Roman habits and placing the events in th... 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...
Inscription to half-title by author. Chipping and small tears along fore-edges of pages where some pages were a little carelessly opened (does not affect text). Light creasing to one corner of wraps. ; Collection Latomus Volume 248; 404 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Unwrapped in plastic. ; Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; 11.25 x 1 x 8.5 Inches; 438 pages; This volume explores the Iron Age Phrygian rock-cut monuments in Anatolia and defines their role in religion. Among other features this book questions the traditional view of the Mother goddess Kybele being the only Phrygian deity. A detailed analysis based on the monuments provides new interpretations and aspects of Phrygian religion: the Mother goddess was not alone, but rather accompanied by a Superior male god. For the first time all known Phrygian rock-cut monuments are brought t... View More...
Insitution stamp to title page. Ex-lib copy with call number label to spine. Bound in orange boards wtih black spine. No other markings. ; Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, XI. Band 1. Heft; 73 pages View More...
Insitution stamp to title page with a few other markings. Ex-lib copy with call number label to front titlepage. Possibly had paper wrappers at one time. ; Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, XI. Band 1. Heft; 73 pages View More...
Front upper corner bumped and a bit creased. Else light shelfwear. ; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of ar... View More...
Minor creasing and edgewear to DJ. Very light wear to book. ; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Gr... View More...
Faint bump to top of spine. Faint dampstaining to spine. ; Contents: introduction. Aphrodite's Origin in an Indo-European Tradition; Names and Epithets of Aphrodite; Aphrodite and the Chorós; Aphrodite and her Mortal Lover ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava : Supplementum 32; 97 pages View More...
Light bumping to upper corners. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light foxing to top of textbock. Faint scratch to rear board. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1903 ed. ; 564 pages View More...
Edgewear to upper corners. Small tears and wear to spine ends with chipping. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light foxing. ; 211 pages View More...
Spine has been reinforced. Chipping to spine ends. Pencil underlining and a few notes. Light foxing. ; Aus Natur Und Geisteswelt 638; 211 pages View More...
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblocks with faint foxing passim. Scholar's bookplate to inner covers (G. P. Goold). Faint soiling to boards. ; Reprint of 1879-82 edition ; Roman History Series 4 Vols In 2; Vol. 1/4/2023; 9.3 X 6.8 X 3.5 inches; 1616 pages View More...
