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Mary Beard

Confronting the Classics

Mary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Alexand…

Michael Loy

Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece

"A new history of Greece in the seventh and sixth centuries BC written for the twenty-first century. It brings together archaeological material from over 100 years, employing experimental modelling t…

Ian Oliver

The Audiences of Herodotus

By recognizing the pervasive influence that Herodotus's career as an oral performer had on his composition of the Histories , The Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Battle Narratives argues …

Dora Vassilikou,

Mycenaean Civilization

The Bronze Age of Greece was unknown until the end of the 19th century, when Heinrich Schliemann's excavations stunned the world by bringing to light the glamour of Mycenaean elite society. This book, by …

Susan Deacy,

The Greek Gods and Their Worlds

Discover the Worlds of the Greek GodsFor centuries, the Greek gods have captivated the imagination of readers with their complex personalities and timeless myths. The Greek Gods and Their Worlds offers a …

Alan J Ross

In Praise of Constantius

In Praise of Constantiusargues that prominent pagan orators in Late Antiquity used the performance of speeches of praise to control and respond to significant shifts in their own careers and in imperial p…

David W F Stifler

Lucian and the Atticists

This book focuses on Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian writer of the Greek language in the second century CE, and his engagement with contemporary debates regarding the form and register of language best suite…

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one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generationWhen John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a high…

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…

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…

Ulf Erlingsson

Finding Akhaia

Was the Iliad a true story? And if so, where did it actually take place?In this groundbreaking study, Physical Geographer Dr. Ulf Erlingsson applies a rigorous scientific lens to the oldest mystery in Wes…

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…

Joseph Lalibela Meets Vibronics & The Mafia & Fluxy Band

Ancient Breeze

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…

Gol&

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, …

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…

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…

Galen

Galen: An Anthology brings together the most comprehensive range of English translations of the works of physician-philosopher Galen of Pergamum, the most influential medical figure of the Graeco-Roman wo…