Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1982
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust jacket and edges shows minor shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0521733065 ISBN 13: 9780521733069
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Like New. 2008. Small publisher's mark on bottom of text block. Otherwise, Fine.
Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1982
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. xvi, 164pp., plates. Fine in near fine lightly soiled dustwrapper. Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, XLIV.
Verlag: Princeton Univ Pr, 1982
ISBN 10: 0691035628 ISBN 13: 9780691035628
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. Very Good.
Verlag: Princeton: University Press, 1982
Anbieter: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Deutschland
Original cloth. Zustand: Sehr gut. 164 p., w/ pictures nad maps. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - In perfect condition. - Content: The passage of time fosters the development of legends. When what was once known becomes hazy, it is ripe for embellishment. The greater the separation of the teller from the event the more fabulous the account. Yet no matter how dramatic the deed, heroic the hero, or villainous the villain, a kernel of historical truth remains. This factual element not only distinguishes legend from pure myth and folktale, but also keeps the legend firmly rooted in a political sphere; for legends are told not just for entertaining or didactic purposes, but, like any propaganda, bent to meet contemporary needs. When a diversity of competing groups exists, a golden age of legends results. Such a period occurred in Etrusco-Roman Italy during the later Republic and the beginning of the Empire. Whatever the original catalyst or catalysts, the end of the fourth century B.C. marks an increased interest in bygone events and in particular of the sixth century B.C. a period pivotal for both Etruscans and Romans. It witnessed the height of the power of the Etruscans when they ruled Rome, as well as their expulsion and the establishment of the Roman Republic. While the characters coincide and the basic events agree, much remained open to manipulation not just once but many times. That is, prior to the beginning of the Empire Roman annalists recorded a number of highly biased accounts of rival families, while the Etruscan view can sometimes be reconstructed from their pictorial representations. Even the standard histories, such as those by Livy and Tacitus, sometimes contain stray, almost inadvertent, references that hint at situations differing from the "canonical." Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0521815223 ISBN 13: 9780521815222
Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG shelf worn 253 pp.
Mehr Angebote von anderen Verkäufern bei ZVAB
Neu ab EUR 184,46
Gebraucht ab EUR 40,87
Mehr entdecken Hardcover
Erscheinungsdatum: 1971
Anbieter: Libreria Piani, Monte San Pietro, BO, Italien
Firenze, 1971, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 25/62 con 2 figure e 14 tavole fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : ?extract? or ?excerpt? means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from? ?to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0299139107 ISBN 13: 9780299139100
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. xxxi & 251 pp. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good.
Verlag: Princeton University Press [1982], Princeton, N.J., 1982
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [8], ix-xvi, [2], 3-164, [2], [12] plates with back-to-back black and white photographs of archaeological sites, artefacts, and maps. Beige cloth with gold lettering blocked in maroon. Written by a Director of the U.S. Center of the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae at Rutgers University. A work of classical scholarship concerned with Greek and Southern Italian vase paintings of the myth of Apollo and Marsyas and how they influenced the Etruscan representations of the myth of Cacus and the Vibennae brothers. This work argues that Etruscans purposefully adapted Greek visual imagery to represent their own mythology. Professor Small Penny uses evidence from the Roman forum, the Palentine, the Aventine, Late Roman Republic Coins, and Greek Imperial coins to argue how Marsyas and Cacus are connected, and how the figures were represented in Roman political and religious life. Jacket shows a faint touch of rubbing to the front panel, else Fine.
Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1982
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this interesting work, examining representations of the mythological figures Cacus and Marsyas in classical art. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with thirty illustrations to the rear of the volume. Collated, complete.In this scholarly work, Small uses evidence from the Roman forum, Late Roman Republic and Greek Imperial coins, as well as the Palantine and Aventine, to show the connection between Cacus and Marsyas. She shows how Etruscans adapted art, such as Greek and South Italian vase paintings, to represent their own mythology. The author Jocelyn Penny Small has written many works on classical art and antiquities. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional spot to the end papers and fore edge. Dust wrapper remains bright and generally smart, with the odd spot and a little chipping to the tail of the spine of the wrap. Near Fine. book.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Sep 1997, 1997
ISBN 10: 0415149835 ISBN 13: 9780415149839
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Wax Tablets of the Mind' explores the relationship between literacy, orality and memory in classical antiquity, not only from the point of view of antiquity, but also from that of modern cognitive psychology. Jocelyn Penny Small examines how ancient techniques for improving memory continued well into the era of print. This volume represents a timely insight into the topical areas of literacy and memory, and provides a controversial and challenging analysis of the cognitive processes and their modes of display and retrieval.