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Published 1990
Logic and Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics in Medieval Arabic Philosophy /

: This book examines a widespread, and often misunderstood, doctrine within the medieval Aristotelian tradition, namely the inclusion of Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics within the scope of the Organon. It studies this doctrine, as presented by the Islamic philosophers Al- Fārābī, Avicenna, and Averroes, from a purely philosophical perspective, and argues that the logical construal of the arts of rhetoric and poetics is both interesting and illuminating. The book begins by examining some prevalent misconceptions regarding the logical interpretation of the Rhetoric and Poetics. Chapter two considers the Greek background of the doctrine, first through an examination of the Aristotelian divisions of the sciences, and then through an examination of the beginnings of the logical classification of the Rhetoric and Poetics among the Greek commentators from the school of Alexandria. The remainder of the work is devoted to a detailed consideration of the Arabic philosophers' development of the doctrine, both their understanding of its general epistemological and logical underpinnings, and their elaboration of the specific logical structures upon which poetical and rhetorical discourse is based. Consideration is also given to the relationship between contemporary philosophical views of rhetoric and poetics, and the views of these medieval authors.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004452398
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Published 2022
Santa Cristina in Caio : la lunga durata di un insediamento pubblico viario tra età romana e medioevo /

: This volume collects the results of the 2009-2015 excavation campaigns in Santa Cristina in Caio (Buonconvento, Siena) and contextualises the site in the wider phenomenon of mansiones, Roman secondary settlements, and their reuse between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803273495 (PDF ebook) : : Open access.

Published 2022
The birth and development of the idealized concept of Arcadia in the ancient world /

: Bringing together for the first time all the available evidence for the origination and development of the concept of Arcadia, from the Homeric period to the early Roman Empire, this book brings to light a treasure-trove of evidence, both well-known and obscure or fragmentary, filling a significant gap in the scholarly bibliography.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations (colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781803271651 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2022
Thirsty seafarers at Temple B of Kommos : commercial districts and the role of Crete in Phoenician trading networks in the Aegean /

: The island of Crete was an important place for cultural and economic exchanges between Greeks and Near Easterners in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. This book aims to understand the Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from East to West.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803273235 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2022
The maritime transport of sculptures in the ancient Mediterranean /

: With a focus on the underwater context of sculptures retrieved from beneath the sea, this volume examines where, when, why and how sculptures were transported on the Mediterranean Sea during Classical Antiquity through the lenses of both maritime and classical archaeology.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations (colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781803273310 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2022
Il sito della Rocca di Oratino : dieci anni di ricerche : un'area funzionale all'aperto nell'età del Bronzo /

: This volume presents excavation results pertaining to the final stages of occupation (late Subappennine period) of the Bronze Age site of Orantino-La Rocca (Campobasso), located in the upper Biferno river valley. These layers are marked by the presence of a series of cooking slabs and hearths, dedicated to food preparation and consumption.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803272962 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2023
Bronze age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery : archaeological excavations on land adjacent to Upthorpe Road, Stanton, Suffolk : November 2013-March 2014 /

: Revealing the remains of a prehistoric round barrow and a cemetery containing the remains of 67 inhumations with associated grave goods, this book provides detailed analysis of the archaeological features, skeletal assemblage and other artefacts.
: Also issued in print: 2023. : 1 online resource : illustrations : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803273198 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2023
Villas, sanctuaries and settlement in the Romano-British countryside : new perspectives and controversies /

: This volume brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as 'villas', mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century.
: Also issued in print: 2023.
"This volume has been financially supported by a generous subvention from the Association for Roman Archaeology"--Title page verso. : 1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803273815 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2022
Histoire des textiles en Babylonie, 626-484 av. J.-C. : Production, circulations et usages /

: Textiles were one of the most celebrated products of Near-Eastern craft in Antiquity. In Histoire des Textiles en Babylonie, 626-484 av. J.-C. , Louise Quillien offers an analysis of textile manufacturing, exchanges and uses in Babylonian society. In a context where archaeological textile remains are rare, cuneiform texts provide rich information on this craft. The book demonstrates that through the study of objects, it is possible to highlight a whole section of the economy, culture, religion and social customs of an ancient society, and proposes to immerse the reader in the daily life of the inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004463936
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Published 2023
Paul's Declaration of Freedom from a Freed Slave's Perspective /

: This project attempts to listen to voices that have seldom been heard. While others have explored Paul's theology of Christian freedom, they have not considered how Paul's declaration of freedom would have been received by those who most desired and valued freedom: the slaves and freedpersons in the Galatian churches. In this study, Robin Thompson explores both Greek and Roman manumission, considers how the ancient Mediterranean world conceived of freedom, and then examines the freedom declared in Galatians from a freed slaves's perspective. She proposes that these freedpersons would likely have perceived this freedom to be not only spiritual freedom, but - at least in the Christian communities - individual freedom as well.
: 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004532601
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Published 2014
Thinking being : introduction to metaphysics in the classical tradition /

: In Thinking Being , Eric Perl articulates central ideas and arguments regarding the nature of reality in Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Aquinas. He shows that, throughout this tradition, these ideas proceed from and return to the indissoluble togetherness of thought and being, first clearly expressed by Parmenides. The emphasis throughout is on continuity rather than opposition: Aristotle appears as a follower of Plato in identifying being as intelligible form, and Aquinas as a follower of Plotinus in locating the first principle "beyond being". Hence Neoplatonism, itself a coherent development of Platonic thought, comes to be seen as the mainstream of classical philosophy. Perl's book thus contributes to a revisionist understanding of the fundamental outlines of the western tradition in metaphysics.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004265769 : 1871-188X ;

Published 2010
Hippocrates and medical education : selected papers read at the XIIth International Hippocrates Colloquium, Universiteit Leiden, 24-26 August 2005 /

: The collection of writings known as the Corpus Hippocraticum played a decisive role in medical education for more than twenty-four centuries. This is the first full-length volume on medical education in Graeco-Roman antiquity since Kudlien's seminal article of 1970. Most of the articles in this volume were originally presented as papers at the XIIth International Colloquium Hippocraticum in Leiden in 2005.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047425953 : 0925-1421 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2010
Hesiod, the other poet : ancient reception of a cultural icon /

: Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opposed to or simply without Homer. Following this approach, Hesiod is investigated as a moral and philosophical authority, a locus informed with values and qualities, a concept in literary-critical discourse, and more generally as a cultural and panhellenic icon constructed and reconstructed by later Greek authors who employed and so re-created him in their own texts.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004189812 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2013
A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios /

: In A Commentary on Selected Speeches of Isaios , Brenda Griffith-Williams offers a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work.
: Revision of the author's doctoral thesis, University of London, 2009. : 1 online resource (xx, 272 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index. : 9789004260184 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2012
Inscribed Athenian laws and decrees 352/1-322/1 BC : epigraphical essays /

: This book collects eighteen papers which make original contributions to the study of the inscribed laws and decrees of the city of Athens, 352/1-322/1 BC, the most richly documented period of the city's history. Originally published in academic journals, conference proceedings and Festschriften between 2000 and 2010, they lay groundwork for the author's new edition of these inscriptions, IG II³ Part 1, fascicule 2. The papers, which are based on fresh comprehensive autopsy of the stones and study of squeezes, photographs and early transcripts, report important epigraphical findings (e.g. new readings, restorations, joins and datings), and include studies of onomastics and of the chronology and the history of the period.
: 1 online resource (xii, 434 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004228528 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2014
The prehistoric burial sites of Northern Ireland /

: Much has been written about the history of Northern Ireland, but less well-known is its wealth of prehistoric sites, particularly burial sites, from which most of our knowledge of the early inhabitants of this country has been obtained. This work brings together information on all the known sites in Northern Ireland that are in some way associated with burial.
: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784910075 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2015
Le décor architectural Artuqide en pierre de Mardin placé dan son contexte régional : contribution à l'histoire du décor géométrique et végétal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe siècle...

: This volume studies the architecture of the city of Mardin in South-east Anatolia produced under the patronage of the Artuqids, whose influence held sway from c. 1101-1409.
: Previously issued in print: 2015. : 1 online resource : illustrations (colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784911232 (ebook) :

Published 2015
Sharma : un entrepôt de commerce médiéval sur La Côte du Hadramawt : (Yémen, ca 980-1180) /

: Cited by al-Muqaddasi in c.985 and then by al-Idrisi in c.1150, the medieval port of Sharma was discovered in 1996 at the extremity of the Ra's Sharma, 50km east of al-Shihr on the Hadramawt coast of Yemen; it was excavated in 2001-2005. This unique site was actually a transit entrepôt, a cluster of warehouses probably founded by Iranian merchants and entirely devoted to the maritime trade. It knew a rather short period of activity, between around 980 and the second half of the 12th century, which may be acknowledged as the Sharma horizon. Excavations proved that this settlement experienced six occupation phases, which are closely related to the political and economic developments in the region at that time.
: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781784911959 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2016
Medieval rural settlements in the Syrian coastal region (12th and 13th centuries) /

: This text is the result of more than a dozen years of research in the field of the hitherto unstudied medieval settlement pattern of the Syrian coastal region in the 12th and 13th centuries.
: Previously issued in print: 2016. : 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. : Specialized. : 9781784912055 (ebook) :

Published 2016
Social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese : the evidence from burials /

: Classical and Hellenistic cemeteries can give us more than descriptions and styles of pottery, art and burial architecture; they can speak of people, societies, social conventions as well as of social distinctions. This book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese.
: Previously issued in print: 2016. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : 9781784915070 (ebook) :