Cambridge Ancient History

Paul Cartledge (ed.): The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece, Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2002 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0-521-52100-6
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Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with fascinating information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in a revised paperback edition. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic, sexual and intellectual aspects as to politics and war. Paul Cartledge and his team ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in 'the glory that was Greece'. They examine the influences of the environment and economy; the effect of interstate tensions; the implications of sexuality; the experience of workers, soldiers, slaves, peasants and women; and the roles of myth and religion, art and culture, and science and education. This is a cultural history which reveals the far-reaching linguistic, literary, artistic and political legacy of ancient Greece, and seeks justification for Shelley's claim that 'we are all Greeks'. Contents Introduction: The glory that was Greece? Paul Cartledge; Part I. The World of Greece: 1. History and tradition Paul Cartledge; 2. Environment Sue Alcock; 3. Peoples: who were the Greeks? Paul Cartledge, Intermezzo: historical outline Paul Cartledge; Part II. The Life of Greece: 4. Rich and poor Nick Fisher; 5. Women, children and men Marilyn Katz; 6. Power and the state Paul Cartledge; 7. War and peace Paul Cartledge; 8. Work and leisure Nick Fisher; 9. Performance Edith Hall; 10. Visual Arts Karim Arafat and Catherine Morgan; 11. Philosophy and science Lesley Dean-Jones; 12. Religion and myth Richard Buxton; Epilogue Paul Cartledge. Printed Pages: 400. First Edition Paperback 22 Cms x 27 Cms; First Edition

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The Cambridge Ancient History. 13 of 14 Volumes. See Below for Contents of Each Volume, CamBRIDGE Cambridge University Press ; fester Einband / hard cover

13 volumes. A very good to near fine set, seven volumes are very slightly rubbed along the bottom edges of the spine and covers and three volumes have slight rubbing of the corners of the covers, in near fine d.j.s. The top edges of all volumes are gilt. The dates above refer to when this set was printed, but the dates 1926 to 1973 represent the dates that the volumes were initially issued. Contents: Vol. 1, part 1: Prolegomena and Prehistory. Vol. 1, part 2: Early History of the Middle East. Vol. 2, part 1: The Middle East and the Aegean Region, c. 1800-1360 B.C. Vol. 2, part 2: In preparation when this set was issued. Vol. 3: The Assyrian Empire. Vol. 4: The Persian Empire and the West. Vol. 5: Athens, 478-401 B.C. Vol. 6: Macedon, 401-301 B.C. Vol. 7: The Hellenistic Monarchies and the Rise of Rome. Vol. 8: Rome and the Mediterranean, 218-133 B.C. Vol. 9: The Roman Republic. Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 44 B.C.--A.D. 70. Vol. 11: The Imperial Peace, A.D. 70--192. Vol. 12: The Imperial Crisis and Recovery, A.D. 193-324. The first three volumes are third editions, later volumes are earlier editions. No plate volumes are present. Once again, for the sake of clarity, Vol. 2, part 2 is lacking. 1962-1973 (when issued) Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 1962-1973 (when issued)

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Cary, Max; Warmington, Eric Herbert: Ancient Explorers, The, Harmondsworth Middlesex Penguin Books Ltd 1963 ; weicher Einband / soft cover
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Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: With Fifteen Maps. BOOK NUMBER: A420. CONTENTS: List of Maps; Preface 1 Introduction 2 The Mediterranean and The Black Sea 3 The Atlantic 4 Indian Waters 5 The Circumnavigations of Africa 6 Europe 7 Asia 8 Africa 9 Results of Ancient Explorations 10 Imaginary Discoveries; Notes; Index. SYNOPSIS: Two eminent scholars - both professors in the University of London - collaborated in the writing of this volume, which remains a standard work on ancient travel and discovery. Concerned with the actual journeys made rather than with the geographical speculations of ancient scholars, they tell how, before Arabic expansion closed the gates of the Mediterranean Sea, men had coasted Western Europe and penetrated the continent south of the Danube and Rhine, sailed from Suez to Canton and probed deeply into Asia, and - even if they failed to circumnavigate Africa - had been as far as Sierra Leone and Port Delgado. They describe, too, the objects of these journeys, the crude equipment of sailors, and the scanty geographical knowledge on which they proceeded. In this "Hakluyt" of the ancient world one reads - often with surprise - of Greeks in India and Romans in China, of the account of the source of the Nile given by one Diogenes, and of Pytheas's extended visit to the boorish inhabitants of Britain. And it is clear that the Great Age of Discovery, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was heavily indebted to these more ancient explorers. Max Cary, D.Litt. was born at Liverpool in 1881 and educated at Liverpool College and Oxford. After a year in Athens and three years as a lecturer in Greek at Birmingham University he was appointed Reader in Ancient History in the University of London in 1908. He was appointed Professor of Ancient History in 1937 and Professor Emeritus on his retirement in 1946. He edited the seven-volume History of the Greek and Roman World and was joint editor of The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Among his books are The Geographical Background of Greek and Roman History, Life and Thought in the Greek and Roman World (with T. J. Haarhoff), and a standard one-volume History of Rome. He also contributed articles to The Cambridge Ancient History and numerous journals. He died in 1957. Eric Herbert Warmington, F.R.Hist.S., was born at Cambridge in 1898 and educated at the Perse School and Peterhouse. After taking a "Double First" in classics and winning the Le Bas English Prize at Cambridge he became Reader in Ancient History at King's College, London, in 1925, and ten years later was appointed Professor of Classics at Birkbeck College, London-a post which he still holds. Besides being Vice-Master of his college since 1954 Professor Warmington has held several senior posts within London University and has been an editor of the Loeb Classical Library for many years. Among his publications are The Commerce between the Roman Empire and India (1928), Greek Geography (1934), Africa in Ancient and Medieval Times (1936), and Remains of Old Latin, in four volumes. Second Edition 1st Printing Mass Market Paperback 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Second Edition 1st Printing

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Woolf, Greg [Ed]: The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World, Cambridge Cambridge Univ Press 2003 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0-521-82775-2
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'From its mythical foundation in 753 BC to its fall in the fifth century AD, the city of Rome had an impact on the world that would be hard to overestimate. Written for the general reader by leading international scholars, this new illustrated history examines Rome's sense of self and its place in the wider world. It vividly explores a broad range of topics, including religion, Rome's relationship with Greece, warfare and Empire, and science and culture. Professor of Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Greg Woolf's research interests include all aspects of the cultural history of the Roman Empire, from food and patronage to literacy and the Roman economy. ". 384p. illus. bibliography.index. First Thus New Hard Cover; First Thus

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