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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
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; 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
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Glorious Treasures Series; 93 pages
Leather spine and corners with gilt lettering and raised bands. May have been rebound at one time. Attractive. ; Foxing to prelims and textblock. Text is in German and ancient Greek. ; 223 pages
American Excavations in Old Corinth. Corinth Notes No. 2; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 32 pages
American Excavations in Old Corinth. Corinth Notes No. 2; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 32 pages
Front hinge is broken and has been crudely repaired with clear tape. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Minor edgewear to boards. Some ink and pencil marginalia (by Slater). Rear hinge is strained. 1 corner a bit edgeworn. ; 616 pages
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Very light shelfwear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 3d ed. Published in 1920. ; Ancient Religion and Mythology; 268 pages
xiii + 250pp., 24cm., softcover, illustrated dustwrapper, in the series "Mediaevalia Lovaniensia" Series I Studia XLIII (43), text in English, fine condition, R98770
Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's blindstamp and name to half-title (Robert Brown). DJ has minor edgewear. ; Illustrated with 126 photographs, 40 being in colour, map of Ancient greece. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages
Light underlining and marginalia (lines) in black ink. DJ has small piece missing at bottom front corner of DJ and small tear to top corner of DJ.. Large tear to top back corner of DJ. ; Illustrated with 126 photographs, 40 being in colour, map of Ancient greece. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 216 pages
Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Else book is fine. 1 small closed tear to DJ (1 cm). Else Very light shelfwear to DJ. ; 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 207 pages; The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. They enjoyed social, material and financial independence yet they were denied basic constitutional rights. Although Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognized. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion, as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture, including political activity. Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.
Very minor edgewear to top corners of DJ else Fine. ; 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 207 pages; The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. They enjoyed social, material and financial independence yet they were denied basic constitutional rights. Although Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognized. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion, as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture, including political activity. Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.
Ex-library with minimal markings: Institution stamp to titlepage and circulation pocket to rear inner cover. Else VG. DJ spine a bit browned. DJ has light chipping and a coupld of small tears. ; Carl Spitteler: Gesammelte Werke. Erster Band; 554 pages
Stamp from ffep has been rubbed off leaving ghost image else Fine. ; Of the oriental religions that swept across the Roman empire as forerunners of Christianity, the cult of Iuppiter Dolichenus was, together with Mithraism, the most successful in the Roman army. It may thus reveal something of the spirit of an army that was as multinational and multicultural as it was loyal, disciplined and efficient. The hope of gaining spirit of such an army and the spell of a powerful, mysterious religion prompted this study. ; Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 103 pages
Of the oriental religions that swept across the Roman empire as forerunners of Christianity, the cult of Iuppiter Dolichenus was, together with Mithraism, the most successful in the Roman army. It may thus reveal something of the spirit of an army that was as multinational and multicultural as it was loyal, disciplined and efficient. The hope of gaining spirit of such an army and the spell of a powerful, mysterious religion prompted this study. ; Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 103 pages
Light wear to corners. Pencil marginalia to a few pages. ; Interest in goddess worship is growing in contemporary society, as women seek models for feminine spirituality and wholeness. New cults are developing around ancient goddesses from many cultures, although their modern adherents often envision and interpret the goddesses very differently than their original worshippers did. In this thematic study of the Roman goddess Ceres, Barbette Spaeth explores the rich complexity of meanings and functions that grew up around the goddess from the prehistoric period to the Late Roman Empire. In particular, she examines two major concepts, fertility and liminality, and two social categories, the plebs and women, which were inextricably linked with Ceres in the Roman mind. Spaeth then analyzes an image of the goddess in a relief of the Ara Pacis, an important state monument of the Augustan period, showing how it incorporates all these varied roles and associations of Ceres. This interpretation represents a new contribution to art history. With its use of literary, epigraphical, numismatic, artistic, and archaeological evidence, The Roman Goddess Ceres presents a more encompassing view of the goddess than was previously available. It will be important reading for all students of Classics, as well as for a general audience interested in New Age, feminist, or pagan spirituality. ; 308 pages
Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 8°, XIX; 421 pages; The focus of this book is the reconstruction of the mythicoritual nexus in Kios in Mysia through the in-depth investigation of the evidence (surviving in accounts by, and so shaped by the filters of, outsiders) and also of other issues implicated in its Problematik: ethnicity, cultural and religious interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks, colonial discourses (with special emphasis on the foundation mythopea of Kios’ mother city, Miletos) , the nature and functions of the Nymphs, the different personalities of Dionysos, advent festivals, certain problematic categories of cult recipients. Hylas’ myth and ritual had been constructed, through complex interactions between several mythicoritual schemata and included also elements that appear in non-Greek nexuses located in the area of Kios. The myth was both a foundation myth constructing cultural continuity with the heroic age and an immortalization myth: a Greek youth was abducted by Nymphs and became a diety rooted to the landscape and symbolically rooting the colony to the land; it established a poliouchos figure unique to Kios, connected Herakles with the city’s foundation, and articulated a relationship of cooperation and integration between Greeks and Non-Greeks. A ritual celebrated Hylas’ advent and commemorated the events that had led to Kios’ foundation, articulating a cooperative relationship between Greeks and locals.
DJ Spine is sunned and very discolored. Very light shelfwear to book. ; This book offers a series of in-depth studies of the beliefs, attitudes, and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece, from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. Drawing on a wide range of evidence--from literary texts, to inscriptions, to images in art--Sourvinou-Inwood sheds light on many key, still problematic, aspects of Greek life, myth, and literature. She also looks at the problem of "reading" this material within the context of our own culturally-determined beliefs. ; 512 pages
Some Foxing to DJ flaps and textblock and boards. A bit of colour loss along top edge of boards. ; This volume gathers diverse views of Apollo's origins and his far-reaching influences. It provides a fresh, multifaceted portrait of Apollo through essays that explore such topics as the etymology of his name, his association with religious cults and sacred groves, his appearances in Greco-Roman literature, and his iconography in the visual arts. Also included are bibliographies of ancient and modern sources. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 190 pages
Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Slight soiling to DJ. DJ has a few small tears and creasing. ; This volume gathers diverse views of Apollo's origins and his far-reaching influences. It provides a fresh, multifaceted portrait of Apollo through essays that explore such topics as the etymology of his name, his association with religious cults and sacred groves, his appearances in Greco-Roman literature, and his iconography in the visual arts. Also included are bibliographies of ancient and modern sources. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 190 pages
Book has minor shelfwear. Old price sticker residue on ffep else unmarked. Dustjacket is a bit tatty with chipping and some small tears. ; Martin Classical Lectures 25; 157 pages
Shelfwear book and dustjacket. Rounding to top of spine. Light pencil underlining on a few pages. ; It is a study of the Roman world in the first five centuries after Christ, and it tells the story of the historically improbable oddity of how a religious cult centered on an obscure construction worker living in the backwaters of a great Empire supplants the sophisticated Classical European religious worldview that had been embraced for thousands of years. Of particular interest to me was the story of Julian the Apostate, the last Roman emperor to openly embrace paganism. The author generously devotes an entire chapter to this remarkable personage. Although Julian was a nephew of Emperor Constantine and was raised as a Christian, he renounced the "new" religion when he became an adult and embraced the gods of his fathers. Because Julian ruled the Empire for a scant three years, he had insufficient time to turn back the tide of religious history, and we are left to wonder how things might have been different if he had ruled for 30 years instead. The author's sympathetic portrayal of this little-known Emperor lent a touching air of wistfulness to the sad story of the clash of Christianity with Paganism. ; 280 pages
Slight colour fading to part of rear panel. ; Brill's Companions To Classical Studies; 9.7 X 6.5 X 1.2 inches; 454 pages