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John J Winkler,

Rehearsals of Manhood

A bold reconception of ancient Greek drama by one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generationWhen John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a high…

Crafting Race in Plato and Aristotle

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of ground-breaking work to recover historical views on marginalized identities and to incorporate these topics into historical narratives. Yet, there has be…

Mark Daniels

The Classical World Bite-Sized

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of Greek and Roman history, covering the people, events, art, and mythology that have shaped the Western world. Perhaps more than any o…

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social…

Anne Duncan

Tyranny and Theater in the Ancient World

Exploring persistent connections between absolute rulers and dramatic performance in Greek and Roman drama and history, Anne Duncan offers the reader a comprehensive insight into the juxtaposition between…

Robert L O'Connell

Band on the Run

A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity ---when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the "Ten Thousand" mercenary soldiers on a treacherous e…

Jeremy Swist

Julian Augustus

This book argues that Julian's self-construction, in his writings, embraces the identities of a statesman and soldier more than of a philosopher, of a Roman more than a Greek, and of a mere human rather t…

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Songs and Stones

The Greek chorus was central to ancient communal life. Some of the most famous poets of the archaic and classical age, such as Sappho and Pindar, wrote for women and men dancing in a chorus. Greek drama, …

The Oxford History of the Classical Greek World

The Oxford History of the Classical Greek World (OHCGW) offers a new comprehensive account of the history and culture of ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Over seven volumes, the serie…

Ancient Epigraphic Culture on the Aegean and Ionian Islands

Through a series of case-studies of nine Aegean and Ionian islands, the contributors examine the ancient epigraphic culture of each island's political, social and religious history from the archaic age un…

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Ancient Breeze

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social…

Popular Political Participation from Archaic Greece to the Late Hellenistic Period

This volume studies popular assemblies in Greek cities from Homeric to late Hellenistic times. Greek poleis were among the most politically inclusive societies in premodern history, primarily because via …

David Stuttard

Hubris

A new perspective on ancient Athens at the height of its powers, reinterpreting the city's supposed "Golden Age" as a period of ruinous culture wars.The age of Pericles, in the fifth century BC,…

Afroditi Angelopoulou

The Body and the Senses in Greek Tragedy

The Body and the Senses in Greek Tragedy is the first book to approach the corporeality of Greek drama in terms of its capacity to involve audiences in the construction of meaning, not only on an affectiv…

Popular Political Participation from the Early Roman Empire to Late Antiquity

This volume examines popular assemblies in Greek cities under Roman rule up to the late third century CE . Greek poleis were among the most politically inclusive societies in premodern history, primarily …

Ekphrasis in Ancient and Modern Literature

**This volume examines the interaction between literary and visual representation through ekphrasis in contemporary poetry and ancient literature, viewing ekphrasis as a dynamic and evolving concept rathe…

Judith M Barringer

Olympia

A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of one of the most important athletic, religious, and political sites in the ancient Greek and Roman worldThe memory of ancient Olympia lives on in the form …

Peta Ann Fox

Sophoclean Sisters

This book offers a re-evaluation of Ismene in Sophocles' Antigone, challenging the traditional view of her as merely a foil to her sister, Antigone. Through a close analysis of key passages, it argues for…