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Published 1995
Interpolation in Thucydides /

: The scraps of hard evidence are carefully sifted from the putative so as to uncover the probable extent and nature of interpolation in Thucydides. This gives a coarse but firm "typology," which may be of some use in the study of other MS traditions, and clarifies hard passages many of which are discussed in depth, so that the book's Index Locorum can be a tool for students of this author. Separate chapters examine evidence given by MS disagreement, by a long inscription, by papyri, by scholiasts, by Valla's translation and more. A chapter analyzes the types of mechanical "interpolation" another, the hypothesis of Hellenistic "editing." Constant close attention is paid to the stemma codicum (discussed also in an appendix) and to the smallest idiosyncrasies of Thucydides' style.
: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--1993. : 1 online resource (xxiv, 242 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-233) and indexes. : 9789004329553 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2012
The emergence of reflexivity in Greek language and thought : from Homer to Plato and beyond /

: Contemporary preoccupation with the self and the rise of comparative anthropology have renewed scholarly interest in the forms of personhood current in Ancient Greece. However the word which translates "self" most literally, the intensive adjective and reflexive morpheme αὐτός, and its critical role in the construction of human being have for the most part been neglected. This monograph rights the imbalance by redirecting attention to the diachronic development of the heavily marked reflexive system and its exploitation by thinkers to articulate an increasingly reflexive and non-dialogical understanding of the human subject and its world. It argues that these two developmental trajectories are connected and provides new insight into the intellectual history of subjectivity in the West.
: 1 online resource (316 pages) : 9789004225152 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2014
Ancient documents and their contexts : First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (2011) /

: Ancient Documents and their Contexts contains the proceedings of the First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (San Antonio, Texas, 4-5 January 2011). It gathers seventeen papers presented by scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia at the first formal meeting of classical epigraphists sponsored by the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy. Ranging from technical discussions of epigraphic formulae and palaeography to broad consideration of inscriptions as social documents and visual records, the topics and approaches represented reflect the variety of ways that Greek and Latin inscriptions are studied in North America today. Contributors are: Bradley J. Bitner, Sarah Bolmarcich, Ilaria Bultrighini, Patricia A. Butz, Werner Eck, John Friend, Peter Keegan, Jinyu Liu, Kevin McMahon, John Nicols, Nadya Popov-Reynolds, Carolynn E. Roncaglia, Stephen V. Tracy, Dennis E. Trout, Georgia Tsouvala, Steven L. Tuck, and Arden Williams.
: Includes index. : 1 online resource. : 9789004273870 : 1876-2557 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2008
Kakos : badness and anti-value in classical antiquity /

: The fourth in a series that explores cultural and ethical values in Classical Antiquity, this volume examines the negative foils, the anti-values, against which positive value notions are conceptualized and calibrated in Classical Antiquity. Eighteen chapters address this theme from different perspectives -historical, literary, legal and philosophical. What makes someone into a prototypically 'bad' citizen? Or an abomination of a scholar? What is the relationship between ugliness and value? How do icons of sexual perversion, monstruous emperors and detestable habits function in philosophical and rhetorical prose? The book illuminates the many rhetorical manifestations of the concept of 'badness' in classical antiquity in a variety of domains.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047443148 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1985
Fortress Attica : defense of the Athenian land frontier, 404-322 B.C. /

: This book analyzes the defense policy of Athens in the period after the Peloponnesian War. In order to counter new offensive strategies and to protect vital local sources of revenue, the Athenians instituted a system of territorial defense, based on massive frontier fortresses and a sophisticated signal network. Individual chapters treat Athens' postwar economic situations, the development of Greek military science, the rise of a defensive mentality among the Athenian citizens, theorectical literature on defense, and Athens' military establishment. A major section is devoted to detailed descriptions of the land routes into Attica and of all ancient fortresses, towers, and military highways in the frontier zones. Concluding chapters demonstrate how the defense system worked in practic.
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan, 1980. : 1 online resource (x, 243 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231) and index. : 9789004328198 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1999
Theophrastus of Eresus : sources for his life, writings, thought and influence. Commentary volume 4, Psychology (Texts 265-327) /

: This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh, R.W. Sharples and D. Gutas . Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c. 370-288/5 B.C), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum. This will be the fourth volume of commentary on Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence , and is on the psychological and epistemological material. It includes contributions by Dimitri Gutas on the Arabic passages, and Pamela Huby has covered the rest, including close study of the quotations given by Priscian of Lydia and the extensive but little known medieval Latin passages. Different approaches to the use of medieval material as evidence for Theophrastus' thought are discussed in the Introduction.
: 1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004321069 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2016
Stone carving of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes : displaced pieces and fragments /

: This work presents 230 stone carvings of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes (1309-1522), which for various reasons are no longer in their original setting.
: Previously issued in print:. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781784914790 (ebook) :

Published 2017
The death of the maiden in classical Athens /

: This study examines the death of maidens in classical Athens, combining the study of Attic funerary iconography with research on classical Attic maiden burials, funerary inscriptions, tragic plays, as well as the relevant Attic myths. The iconography of funerary reliefs focuses on the idealised image of the deceased maiden, as well as the powerful bonds of love and kinship that unite her with the members of her family, whereas the iconography of vases emphasises the premature death of the maiden, the pain of loss and mourning felt by her family, as well as the observance of the indispensable funerary rites concerning her burial and 'tomb cult'.
: Previously issued in print: 2017. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784915476 (ebook) :

Published 2018
Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context /

: A presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research.
: Previously issued in print: 2018. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : 9781784917654 (ebook) :

Published 2018
Coins in Rhodes : from the monetary reform of Anastasius I until the Ottoman conquest (498-1522) /

: 'Coins in Rhodes' presents the Byzantine and medieval coins collected by Greek archaeologists in Rhodes over a period of more than sixty years. It includes lists of excavated land plots, stray finds, an illustrated catalogue of all the Byzantine and local coins up to 1309, and a representative sample of the Hospitaller petty coins as well as all the Western coins found.
: Previously issued in print: 2018. : 1 online resource (vi, 444 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784918422 (ebook) :

Published 2018
Commemorating conflict : Greek monuments of the Persian Wars /

: A holistic study of how the Greek peoples (of primarily the classical period) collectively commemorated the Persian Wars. This work analyses commemorative objects, places, and groups for a complete representation of the commemorative tradition.
: Previously issued in print: 2018. : 1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784918408 (ebook) :

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 2017
Greek art : from Oxford to Portugal and back again /

: One of the most fascinating topics in the study of ancient art concerns artistic practices and models and the means of transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. This phenomenon, although well known, has not drawn much attention of scholars of the ancient art. Apart from copies of originals, the practice dates back to the first civilizations and may be even older. The media used could be painted vignettes on papyri, paint on leather, or sketches painted on ostraca, used as pattern books. This issue is practically unheard of regarding ancient Greece, although a few media have been found which may have facilitated the transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. In this study we present some examples that suggest the existence of pattern books in the Greek world.
: Previously issued in print: 2017. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784915872 (ebook) :

Published 2020
Mortuary variability and social diversity in Ancient Greece : studies on Ancient Greek death and burial /

: Brings together early career scholars working on funerary customs in Greece from the Early Iron Age to the Roman period. Papers present various thematic and interdisciplinary analysis in which funerary contexts provide insights on individuals, social groups and communities.
: 1 online resource (ii, 196 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781789694437 (ebook) :

Published 2022
Our beloved polites : studies presented to P.J. Rhodes /

: 28 contributions pay tribute to one of the most remarkable historians of ancient Greece, Professor P.J. Rhodes, to celebrate his life and work which has been and will continue to be a major reference for scholars around the world. The volume is organised in four sections - history and biography, law, politics, and epigraphy.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781803271712 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2015
L'oblique dans le monde Grec : concept et imagerie /

: What could be more evident than the concepts of oblique, horizontal or vertical? In the modern world, these concepts form the basis of our thought system, both from a mathematical and artistic point of view. Everything would suggest that these principles were known to the Greek civilization. However, the study of the surviving texts casts a different light on the matter. Homer did not know the concept of oblique - no word could translate it into the language of his time. Even later, the Greeks had five adjectives approximately meaning oblique. Each discipline (cosmology, optic, geography, art, etc.) had its own way of looking at these five words. This work examines this topic.
: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784911409 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2016
Athens from 1920 to 1940 : a true and just account of how history was enveloped by a modern city and the place became an event /

: During the short interwar period of the early 20th century, Athens entered into a process of meteoric urban transformation which gave her a unique place among European capital cities of the time. This work examines this topic.
: Previously issued in print: 2016. : 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) : Specialized. : 9781784913120 (ebook) :

Published 2018
Settlement and land use on the periphery : the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula, Southern Euboia /

: This survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project provides a wealth of intriguing information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation in the Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the Greek island of Euboia, and how the peninsula's use was connected to that of the main urban centre at Karystos.
: Previously issued in print: 2018. : 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations (black and white) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781784918200 (ebook) :

Published 2019
I Nebrodi nell'antichità : città culture paesaggio /

: The Nebrodi, central-northern part of Sicily, have long remained archeologically unexplored. This volume hopes to increase the knowledge of many aspects of this part of the island: the meeting between indigenous and Greek cultures, their coexistence, the types of settlement and the organization of cities, the trade and the local productions.
: Also issued in print: 2019. : 1 online resource (approximately 360 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781789692655 (PDF ebook) :

Published 2022
Schinkel 'in Athens' : meta-narratives of 19th-century city planning /

: This text offers a fresh appraisal of Karl Friedrich Schinkel's urban design legacy and his involvement in the design of modern Athens in the 1830s. It challenges the common perception of Schinkel's proposed palace atop the Acropolis of Athens (1834) as a utopian scheme, detached from the realities of nineteenth-century Greece.
: Also issued in print: 2022. : 1 online resource (xxi, 269 pages) : illustrations (black and white) : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781803270692 (PDF ebook) :