Use and abuse of law in the Athenian courts.
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This timely volume brings together leading scholars and rising researchers in the field to examine the role played by the law in thinking and practice in the legal system of classical Athens. The aim is not to find a single perspective or method for the study of Athenian law but to explore the subject from a variety of different angles. The focus of the collection on 'use and abuse' raises fundamental questions about the status of law in the Athenian constitution as well as the use of law(s) in the courts, the nature of law itself, and the elusiveness of a definition of 'abuse'. An introduction sketches the major developments in the field over the last century.
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1 online resource. :
9789004377899
In the path of the moon : Babylonian celestial divination and its legacy /
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Celestial divination, in the form of omens from lunar, planetary, astral, and meteorological phenomena, was central to Mesopotamian cuneiform scholarship and science from the late second millennium BCE into the Hellenistic period. Beyond the boundaries of ancient Mesopotamia, the ideas, texts, and traditions of Babylonian celestial divination are traceable in Hellenistic sciences and philosophies. This collection of essays investigates features of Babylonian celestial divination with special focus on those aspects that influenced later Greco-Roman astronomy, astrology, and theories of signs. A multi-faceted collection of philological, historical, and philosophical investigations, In the Path of the Moon offers Assyriologists, Classicists, and historians of ancient science a wide-ranging series of studies unified around the theme of Babylonian celestial divination's legacy. \'The collected essays in this volume, successive steps in an ordered path, constitute an invaluable contribution to a better understanding of Babylonian divination.\' Lorenzo Verderame, \'Sapienza\' Università di Roma \'The reader interested in the multifaceted presentation of the problems related to the explanation of Babylonian celestial divination and well equipped with the knowledge of Akkadian will certainly be rewarded by the study of Rochberg's latest publication.\' Henryk Drawnel, SDB
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004189614 :
1566-7952 ; :
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Kakos : badness and anti-value in classical antiquity /
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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.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047443148 :
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The Hellenica Oxyrhynchia and historiography : new research perspectives /
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This book involves a new historiographical study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia that defines its relationship with fifth- and fourth-century historical works as well as its role as a source of Diodorus' Bibliotheke . The traditional and common approach taken by those who studied the HO is primarily historical: scholars have focused on particular, often isolated, topics such as the question of the authorship, the historical perspective of the HO against other Hellenica from the 4th century BC. This book is unconventional in that it offers a study of the HO and fifth- and fourth-century historical works supported by papyrological enquiries and literary strategies, such as intertextuality and narratology, which will undoubtedly contribute to the progress of research in ancient historiography.
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1 online resource (xi, 303 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004325784 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Achaios : studies presented to Professor Thanasis I. Papadopoulos /
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In 'Achaios', 35 scholars from six different countries have contributed with 31 papers, as a small token of appreciation, gratitude and affection to a true scholar, who devoted his life studying and revealing the long journeys of the Mycenaeans and their culture.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784913427 (ebook) :
Domi militiaeque : Militär- und andere Altertümer : Festschrift für Hannsjörg Ubl zum 85, Geburtstag /
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This volume, in honour of the Austrian scholar Professor Dr Hannsjörg Ubl, contains 24 contributions covering a wide range of topics. The focus is on Ancient Greece and Rome, but the volume also includes papers about the Langobards, renaissance replicas of classical sculpture, and the archaeology of World War I.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695335 (ebook) :
Philitas of Cos /
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This volume is an edition of the poetical and grammatical fragments of Philitas of Cos, the early-Hellenistic scholar and poet who served as an exemplary model for the great Alexandrian poets. His output includes frivolous Hermes and Demeter which both had fundamental impact on later metapoetic imagery, and the Ataktoi Glossai , a glossary interpreting mainly Homeric idiom in pre-Aristarchean fashion. The body of the book consists of an Introduction discussing life, literary affiliations and metre; an edition of testimonies and fragments along with a commentary elucidating matters of language and influence on the scholar-poets, Propertius and Longus. The study of Philitas is brought up to date with new testimonies and new neglected sources for the fragments. Recent papyrological findings, verse inscriptions, lexicographic sources and inscriptions from Cos are taken into consideration. Passages dubiously ascribed to Philitas are discussed. The book closes with three Appendices and comprehensive Indexes.
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Errata slip inserted. :
1 online resource (xxviii, 454 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004350939 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Die Apostelgeschichte und die hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung : Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Geburtstag /
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This volume - a Festschrift in honour of the renowned Acts-scholar Eckhard Plümacher - contains thirteen articles on Luke's Acts of the Apostles. Presented are essays concerning Luke's language and style (Alexander, Koch, Steyn, Victor), the literary and historiographical technique applied in Acts (Moessner, Koch, Lindemann), on Luke's theology / Christology (Schröter, Vouga) and on the use (and abuse) of Acts for reconstructing aspects of the history of Early Christianity (Breytenbach, Horn, Schmithals) and for constructing theology relevant to modern culture (Vouga). Furthermore it contains a critical edition and commentary of the Martyrdom of Stephen with a discussion of its relationship to Acts (Bovon/Bouvier) and a presentation and discussion of some unknown Coptic Fragments of Acts (Bethge).
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1 online resource (xii, 385 pages) :
"Bibliographie Eckhard Plümacher"-Page.
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047413882 :
0169-734X ; :
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Oral performance and its context /
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This volume is concerned with aspects of orality and literacy in the ancient world. It arises from the tremendous contemporary interest among scholars in questions of how literacy and orality co-exist and interact in the ancient world. The contents of the book are refereed papers originally presented at the fifth biennial 'Orality and Literacy in ancient Greece' held at The University of Melbourne in 2002. Papers are offered by scholars from Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia which deal with a range of periods and genres in antiquity, from Homer through to Roman literature. The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the ancient world.
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Papers presented at the University of Melbourne conference in July 2002. :
1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789047412601 :
0169-8958 ; :
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The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation /
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"Previous edition published as Greek Historical Documents : The Hellenistic Period."
First ed. published : Chico, Calif. : Published by Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, c1981. (Sources for Biblical study ; nomber 16). :
xxix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
1405101326 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Mortuary variability and social diversity in Ancient Greece : studies on Ancient Greek death and burial /
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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.
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1 online resource (ii, 196 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789694437 (ebook) :
Kykeon : studies in honour of H.S. Versnel /
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A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel (\'Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion\'). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical. The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.
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1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004295940 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Liburnians and Illyrian lembs : Iron Age ships of the Eastern Adriatic /
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This title explores the origins of two types of ancient ship connected with the protohistoric eastern Adriatic area: the 'Liburnian' and the Southern Adriatic 'lemb'. An extensive overview of written, iconographic and archaeological evidence questions the existing scholarly assumption that the liburna and lemb were closely related.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699166 (PDF ebook) :
The birth and development of the idealized concept of Arcadia in the ancient world /
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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.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803271651 (PDF ebook) :
Chios dicta est... et in Aegæo sita mari : historical archaeology and heraldry on Chios /
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This work discusses the archaeology and history of the Greek island of Chios during the Byzantine and Genoese periods, focusing on Mount Amani. Harsh, remote, and poor, Mount Amani is nevertheless surprisingly rich in material for the landscape archaeologist and the student of historical topography, yet, until now, unknown in scholarly literature.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789697476 (PDF ebook) :
Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete : a perspective from archaeomythology and modern matriarchal studies /
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This text makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, but there is a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women in Bronze Age Crete. a gap in the scholarly literature which this book seeks to fill.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (xix, 255 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803270456 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Our beloved polites : studies presented to P.J. Rhodes /
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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.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271712 (PDF ebook) :