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DJ spine and part of front panel are lightly sunned. Faint creasing along edges of DJ. Minor shelfwear. Very light bump to 1 corner else book is fine. ; Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 140 pages
DJ has very minor shelfwear. DJ spine is lightly discolored. Minor bump to base of spine. ; Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 140 pages
DJ is price-clipped. Small abrasion near bottom of DJ spine. Minor shelfwear. ; Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 140 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Faint foxing to top of textblock. DJ has minor shelfwear. DJ spine is sunned. ; Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 140 pages
Minor bumping. Light shelfwear to DJ and book. ; A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence. ; Oxford Studies In Ancient Documents; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 400 pages
Initial in ink to front inner cover 'N' (Jenifer Neils). Else very light shelfwear. ; Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals. Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.8 inches; 320 pages
Light discoloration to spine. Very light chipping to wraps at extremities. Minor shelfwear. ; 58 plates. ; Études De Philologie, D'Archéologie Et D'Histoire Ancieenes. Institut Historique Belge De Rome. ; 305 pages
Light chipping to spine ends. Pages unopened. Minor shelfwear. ; Comprehensive study of Priesthood and priests during the Roman Republic along with list of known priests. ; Collection Latomus; 225 pages
Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Comprehensive study of Priesthood and priests during the Roman Republic along with list of known priests. ; Collection Latomus Volume 127; 225 pages
Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Comprehensive study of Priesthood and priests during the Roman Republic along with list of known priests. ; Collection Latomus Volume 127; 225 pages
Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Comprehensive study of Priesthood and priests during the Roman Republic along with list of known priests. ; Collection Latomus Volume 127; 225 pages
Very light shelfwear. Faint bump to middle of front board. DJ has edgewear to top of spine. ; 288 pages; Cult activity played an extremely important role in ancient Greece--to the point, historians believe, that the placing of cult centers played a major part in establishing the whole concept of the city-state in archaic Greece. The essays in this collection critically examine the social and political importance of sanctuary placement, extending the analysis back to Mycenean Greece and on to Greece under Roman occupation. Revealing the complexity of relations between religion and politics in ancient Greece, these essays show how important tradition, gender relations, and cult identity were in creating and maintaining the religious mapping of the ancient Greek countryside.
Dustjacket is Edgeworn with tears. Light soiling. ; A Rich miscellany of facts, legends and anecdotes about the history of Britain's ancient monuments and their builders. Contains a wealth of facsimile pages, prints from contemporary books. Aubrey's own diagrams and drawings and letters from illustrious correspondents. Considered one of the most important annals of British archeology. Facsimile of original manuscript, which was extensively illustrated by Aubrey, showing stone circles, barrows, Roman camps, artifacts, with clarifications and annotations alongside the appropriate Manuscript Pages. Includes Templa Druidum, Stone Circles, The Bards, Camps, Castles, Pits, Horns, Maps.
Inscription to half-title by author. Chipping and small tears along fore-edges of pages where some pages were a little carelessly opened (does not affect text). Light creasing to one corner of wraps. ; Collection Latomus Volume 248; 404 pages; Signed by Author
Light bumping to upper corners. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light foxing to top of textbock. Faint scratch to rear board. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1903 ed. ; 564 pages
Very minor shelwfear to book. DJ has 1 tiny tear. ; Edinburgh Leventis Studies 5; 448 pages; The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. This book brings together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The book looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity. How do the Greek gods function in a polytheistic pantheon and what is their connection to the heroes? What is the influence of philosophy? What does archaeology tell us about the gods? In what way do the gods in Late Antiquity differ from those in classical Greece? This book presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Slight creasing to wraps. One small tear to wraps (1 cm). ; Studi Ellenistici VII; 230 pages
Bound in black cloth lettered in gilt. Fraying to top of spine. Slight rubbing to boards. Inscribed by author on ffep. ; Fascinating study that looks at the remains of the temple structures and their possible uses with reconstructions. ; 49 pages; Signed by Author
Hard bump to 1 corner. Small corrections in pen to about 8 pages by R. E. Fantham. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; This book explores an aspect of how Romans thought about themselves. Its subject is 'divine qualities': qualities like Concord, Faith, Hope, Clemency, Fortune, Freedom, Piety, and Victory, which received public cult in Rome in the Republican period. Anna Clark draws on a wide range of evidence (literature, drama, coins, architecture, inscriptions and graffiti) to show that these qualities were not simply given cult because they were intrinsically important to 'Romans'. They rather became 'Roman' through claims, counter-claims, appropriations and explorations of them by different individuals. The resources brought into existence by cult (temples, altars, coin images, statues, passwords, votive inscriptions) were visible and accessible to a broad range of people. Divine qualities were relevant to a broader social spectrum than is usually recognized, and this has important consequences for our understanding of Roman society. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 380 pages
Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum 115; 197 pages; Das Thema des Buches ist der Isiskult während der römischen Kaiserzeit, wie er in zahleichen Darstellungen der ägyptischen Göttin und solcher ihr angeglichener Frauen zum Ausdruck kommt. Während sich dadurch zum einen diese Frauen ganz allgemein als Dienerinnen der Isis zu erkennen geben, fällt zum anderen ein besonderes Licht auf die zur Angleichung ausgewählten Bilder der Göttin. Dabei handelt es sich, anders als bei den meisten bekannten Isistypen, um keine mythologisch erklärbaren Gottesbilder. Sie sind deshalb der Forschung ebenso rätselhaft geblieben wie die entsprechend angeglichenen und oftmals auch als Priesterinnen oder Mystinnen bezeichneten Frauen. Das Buch behandelt somit zwei Problemkreise, nämlich die Stellung jener Frauen im Kult sowie die damit verbundene Frage nach Sinn und Bedeutung der für die Angleichung verbindlichen Isisbilder. Das vorwiegend plastische Material ist in einem Katalog mit volständigem Abbildungsteil zusammengestellt. Auf dieser Basis bietet das Buch eine ikonographische und ikonologische Untersuchung des Themas. Die ausschliesslich in statuarischen Kopien überlieferten Isisbilder werden in angemessener Weise auf Originale hin rezensiert; die vorranging sepulkralen Darstellungen der Isisdienerinnen werden sowohl in quellenkritischer als auch archäologischer Hinsicht interpretiert. Daneben kommen auch religionsgeschichtliche Probleme zum Tragen. Ein längeres Exkurs am Ende des Buches ist der Frage nach der sozialen Stellung der Isisdienerinnen gewidmet.
Very light shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has tears, chipping and creasing. DJ not sitting square. ; 836 pages; Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources of archaic Greek myths -- and the only one of its kind available in English. Timothy Gantz traces the development of each myth in narrative form and summarizes the written and visual evidence in which the specific details of the story appear.
Gift inscription from author to ffep. Light creasing along upper edge and corners of wraps. ; CONTENTS: Preface par Pierre Vidal-Naquet - Introduction - De Thessalie en Macedoine - Demeter et la Belle deesse a Lete - Le dromos en Macedoine - Dionysos Agrios, Ertayptos, Pseudanor - Imberbe et travesti - La guerre et la chasse - Initiations, consecrations et affranchissements - En guisse d' epilogue - APPENDICE: Le sanctuaire de Demeter et de Kore pres de. ; Meletemata 19; Centre De Recherches De L'Antiquite Grecque Et Romaine. Fondation Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique; 171 pages; 26 pl. & 2 maps. ; Signed by Author
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and traces of removed pocket to ffep. No markings in text. Else Book is VG. ; Unchanged reprint of 1874 edition. Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 240 pages
Initial in ink to front inner cover 'N' (Jenifer Neils). Else very minor shelfwear. ; Contributors: Lila Marangou; Anton Bammer; Robin Hägg; Birgitta Bergquist; Catherine Morgan; Elizabeth R. Gebhard; gunnel Ekroth; Judith Binder; Sandrine Huber; Petros G. Themelis; Uta Kron; Brita Alroth; nancy Bookidis. ; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 8°, XV; 249 pages
Faint creasing to wraps at corners. ; Isbn: 9090236791 Text in English; summary in Dutch. ; Proefschrift (Diss. ) ; 339 pages; Elagabalus (218-222 AB) is one of the most peculiar emperors to have occupied the Roman throne. During his short reign, this remarkable ruler carried through some unprecedented reforms in Roman state religion. He put Elagabal, the sun god of the Syrian town of Emesa, at the head of the Roman pantheon and presented himself as the god's high priest on coins and in inscriptions. In March 222 AD, Elagabalus was killed by praetorians, His memory was condemned by the senate, his images destroyed...Images of Elagabalus attempts to reconstruct and explain the events of the period, in partuclar the elevation of Elagabal to supreme Roman deity. Consequently, it looks at the different images of the priest-emperor which have been generated throughout the ages; first by the imperial administration itself, then by ancient and Byzantine authors, and finally by scholars, literary authors and artists from the Renaissance up to the present.