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Dust-soiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; Reprint of the 1939 ed. Published by C. W. K. Gleerup, Lund, which was issued as v. 29 of Skrifter utgivna av Kungl. Humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet I Lund. ; Ancient Religion and Mythology; 300 pages
Light rubbing and edgwear to wraps. Spine sunned. Minor shelfwear. ; Volksuniversiteits Bibliotheek; 138 pages
Tiny stain to front board. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. ; Harvard Semitic Monographs 15; 181 pages
Underlining and light notes in ink to a few pages. ; Gods And Heroes Of The Ancient World; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages
Some underlining in red to some pages. A bit of pencilling. Minor yellowing to wraps. ; Ancient Culture and Society Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 135 pages; A picture of religious life in Rome during the period between 80 BC and AD 69. He discusses the various Roman gods and their spheres of activity, the manner and kinds of prayer, forms of sacrifice, the belief of divination, the calendar of religious year, private religion and its role in Roman family life, priests and their part in the complicated procedure of Roman religion, and the powerful religious revival in the time of Augustus.
Bottom corner of front wrap is rubbed and chipped. Else minor shelfwear. ; Ancient Culture and Society Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 135 pages; A picture of religious life in Rome during the period between 80 BC and AD 69. He discusses the various Roman gods and their spheres of activity, the manner and kinds of prayer, forms of sacrifice, the belief of divination, the calendar of religious year, private religion and its role in Roman family life, priests and their part in the complicated procedure of Roman religion, and the powerful religious revival in the time of Augustus.
Former owner's name and inscription on ffep. Boards have edgewear to extremities. Two Small discolorations on back board. ; A History of England; Vol. 1; 679 pages
186711212Paris Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes 1867 -in-8 demi-Maroquin un fort volume, reliure demi-maroquin cerise grand in-octavo à coins (binding half morocco with corners), reliure d'époque signée "PETIT" successeur de "SIMIER", dos 4 nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre et tomaison frappés "or" (gilt title and volume numbering) dans un encadrement d'un double filet fin "or", triple filets fins "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, plats décorés or (gilt decoration on the cover) avec 3 filets fins "or" aux mors et aux coins (joints and corners with three gilt line), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes tranches lisses (all edges smoothes) peignées (painting edges) rouge et bleu, sans illustration (no illustration), 1040 pages, 1867 Paris Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes Editeur,
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 282 pages
Light bumping to 2 corners. Scholar's name to ffep (Elaine Fantham). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 304 pages; Book IV of Ovid's celebration of the calendar and the associated legends of the Roman year treats the month of April, a particularly happy phase of the Augustan ceremonial year. Around the festival of Venus and the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Ovid retells the legends of Rome's royal founder Romulus and the Trojan hero Aeneas. The introduction and commentary pay special attention to Ovid's art as a poet, but aim to provide both the general background and specific explanations of his historical and religious material.; Signed by Editor
Very minor bump to head of spine else book is fine. ; Malta Insight Heritage Guides; 9.3 X 6.5 X 0.2 inches; 48 pages
Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; A restudy of the peristyle columns of the fourth-century BC temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in the Peloponnese. ; Publications by the Department of Art History At the University of Helsinki, No. XVIII with the Finnish Institute At Athens; 192 pages
Very light shelfwear. ; 11.8 X 8.1 X 0.6 inches; 176 pages
6876Revue Historique de droit français et étranger fondée en 1855 par MM. Ed. Laboulaye, E. de Roziere, R. Dareste et C. Ginoulhiac, Paris, Librairie du Recueil Sirey, 1945, broché, 15x23 cm., 7 pages.
Very faint shelfwear. ; Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture; 344 pages; Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain
Very mionr shelfwear. Faint creasing to wraps. ; Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture; 344 pages; Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. DJ is yellowed. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing with one chip to upper corner. Bottom of spine rubbed. ; Parke was an authority on Greek religion and gives an account of the chief ceremonial occasions of ancient Athens in their order in the calendar. The festivals he surveys exhibit an extraordinary variety of activity associated with different religious cults. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 208 pages
Former owner's name on ffep. DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Slight yellowing to DJ. ; Parke was an authority on Greek religion and gives an account of the chief ceremonial occasions of ancient Athens in their order in the calendar. The festivals he surveys exhibit an extraordinary variety of activity associated with different religious cults. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 208 pages
Very light shelfwear. ; Gives a general picture of oracular activity up to the end of paganism. Delphi is the most famous oracle but recent archaeology gives further indications of the history of other oracles. Parke discusses the various methods of divination and the changes in importance and popularity of the different centres. ; 160 pages
Yellowing to wraps. Pencil underlining to a few pages. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; Gives a general picture of oracular activity up to the end of paganism. Delphi is the most famous oracle but recent archaeology gives further indications of the history of other oracles. Parke discusses the various methods of divination and the changes in importance and popularity of the different centres. ; 160 pages
Corners are bumped. Pen lines to margins on about 9 pages. Pencil markings on 2 other pages. Small chip to one corner of DJ. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Writing in pencil to front DJ flap. ; 236 pages; In antiquity a considerable number of books of prophecies went under the general title of "Sibylline Oracles". Rulers as significant as Augustus consulted them in time of danger or crisis for advice and prognoses. Increasing numbers of "ex post facto" prophecies, laying a particular interpretation on facts of recent history, came to be attributed to one of the mysterious Sibyls. Perhaps the most famous of these is the Cumaean Sibyl, who guides the hero in the sixth book of Vergil's "Aeneid" . In fact she was somewhat unusual in her similiarity to other oracular prophetesses, such as the Pythia. For where the latter prophesied in response to particular inquirers, one of the distinguishing characteristics of Sibyls was that they composed discursive verses for distribution to the world at large. This, Professor Parke's last book, which was virtually complete on his death in 1986, is an account of a subject both rarely treated in recent decades and difficult to access for all but the most expert. In its pursuit of the sometimes elusive Sibyls it ranges from Heraclitus to Eusebius, from Archaic Asia Minor to Christian Rome. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics of classics.
Shelfwear and rubbing to boards. Soiling to boards. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor discoloration on back board along middle of spine. ; 1 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 400 pages; Inadequately documented, ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek history, setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. How did people actually worship the gods? Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state, or both? These are among the key issues addressed in what promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
Minor pencilling to a few pages. Scholar's initial o inner cover (Jenifer Neils). DJ is creased and does not sit square. DJ has a couple of small open tears. ; 1 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 400 pages; Inadequately documented, ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek history, setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. How did people actually worship the gods? Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state, or both? These are among the key issues addressed in what promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
Minor shelfwear. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Very faint bumping to a couple of corners. Ffep is creased. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 400 pages; Inadequately documented, ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek history, setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. How did people actually worship the gods? Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state, or both? These are among the key issues addressed in what promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
Very faint shelfwear to rear wrap. ; This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in detail, with attention to recent anthropological theory; so too, for instance, are the cults of households and of smaller groups, the role of religious practice and argumentation in public life, the authority of priests, the activities of religious professionals such as seers and priestesses, magic, the place of theatrical representations of the gods within public attitudes to the divine. A long final section considers the sphere of activity of the various gods, and takes Athens as a uniquely detailed test case for the structuralist approach to polytheism. The work is a synchronic, thematically organized complement (though designed to be read independently) to the same author's Athenian Religion: A History (OUP, 1996). ; 576 pages
