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Corners of front wrap and spine creased. Spine sunned and discolored. Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep (Robert Brown). Corner creasing to a few pages. ; Xvi, 294pp. This highly acclaimed collection provides a rare look into the private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes -- wet nurses, prostitutes, poets, gladiators, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. ; 294 pages
Spine sunned and discolored. Scholar's name in pencil to ffep (Goold). ; Xvi, 294pp. This highly acclaimed collection provides a rare look into the private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes -- wet nurses, prostitutes, poets, gladiators, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. ; 294 pages
Revised and enlarged edition of "Women in Greece and Rome" A Collection of translated documents illustrating the life of women in classical times.293p.bibliography, index. Book
Evidence from the excavations in thre Athenian Agora of the life of women in classical Greece. In addition details of the women who helped in the excavations of the American School. 56p. Illus (some col) Book
Interesting collection of essays about women's role and conditions of life in the ancient world by a wide ranging array of scholars : Marylin B.Arthur, Helene P.Foley, Linda S.Sussman, Page du Bois, Sheila McNally, K.J.Dover, Froma I.Zeitlin, Charles Segal, Dorothea Wender, Larissa Bonfante Warren, Judith P.Hallett, Leo C.Curran, Elizabeth A,.Fisher, Sarah B.Pomeroy. 377.p. illus bibliographty index. Some underlinings. Book
A collection of translated documents illustrating the life of women in classical times. " The editors have selected texts from hard-to-find sources, such as inscriptions, papyri, and medical treatises, many of which have not previously been translated into English. The resulting compilation is both an invaluable aid to research and a clear guide through this complex subject.225p. index Book
Faint yellowing to DJ and book. Includes cardboard slipcase (with a tear). ; 86pp + 112pls.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 86 pages
From 'daily life' to 'demography' / Beryl Rawson --Ideology and 'the status of women' in ancient Greece / Marilyn A. Katz --Approaching women through myth : vital tool or self-delusion? / Ken Dowden --Signifying difference : the myth of Pandora / Froma I. Zeitlin --The cults of Demeter and Kore / Lucia Nixon --Women's ritual and men's work in ancient Athens / Lin Foxholl --Women's identity and the family in the classical polis / Sarah B. Pomeroy --Some Pythagorean female virtues / Voula Lambropoulou --Self-help, self-knowledge : in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology / Helen King --Women who suffer from a man's disease : the example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes / Danielle Gourevitch --Re-reading (Vestal) virginity / Mary Beard --Male power and legitimacy through women : the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians / Mireille Corbier --Women and elections in Pompeii / Lisa Savunen --A women's voice - Laronia's role in Juvenal Satire 2 / S. H. Braund --Aemilia Pudentilla : or the wealthy widow's choice / Elaine Fattham --Female sancity in the Greek calendar : the Synaxarion of Constaninople / Anna Wilson. ; 271 pages
Minor pen underlining to about 4 pages or so. Minor shelfwear. ; From 'daily life' to 'demography' / Beryl Rawson --Ideology and 'the status of women' in ancient Greece / Marilyn A. Katz --Approaching women through myth : vital tool or self-delusion? / Ken Dowden --Signifying difference : the myth of Pandora / Froma I. Zeitlin --The cults of Demeter and Kore / Lucia Nixon --Women's ritual and men's work in ancient Athens / Lin Foxholl --Women's identity and the family in the classical polis / Sarah B. Pomeroy --Some Pythagorean female virtues / Voula Lambropoulou --Self-help, self-knowledge : in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology / Helen King --Women who suffer from a man's disease : the example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes / Danielle Gourevitch --Re-reading (Vestal) virginity / Mary Beard --Male power and legitimacy through women : the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians / Mireille Corbier --Women and elections in Pompeii / Lisa Savunen --A women's voice - Laronia's role in Juvenal Satire 2 / S. H. Braund --Aemilia Pudentilla : or the wealthy widow's choice / Elaine Fattham --Female sancity in the Greek calendar : the Synaxarion of Constaninople / Anna Wilson. ; 271 pages
Vintage paperback copy. 184p. Illus.plates bibliography. index Book tight and unmarked but paper age toned, else near finr Book
8vo, pp.287 cintents: 1. Introduction: Differential Equations Sandra R. Joshel, New England Conservatory of Music, USA and Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennyslvania, USA. 2. Female Slaves in the Odyssey William G. Thalmann, University of Southern California, USA. 3. 'I, whom she detested so bitterly': Slavery and the Violent Division of Women in Aeschylus' Oresteia Denise McCoskey, Miami University, USA . 4. Slaves With Slaves: Women and Class in Euripidean Tragedy Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Hamilton College, New York, USA . 5. Women and Slaves as Hippocratic Patients Nancy Demand. 6. Symbols of Gender and Status Hierarchies in the Roman Household Richard Saller, University of Chicago, USA. 7. Villains, Wives, and Slaves in the Comedies of Plautus Annalisa Rei. 8. Women, Slaves and the Hierarcies of Domestic Violence: The Family of St. Augustine Patricia Clark, University of Victoria, Canada. 9. Mastering Corruption: Constructions of Identity in Roman Oratory Joy Connolly, University of Washington, USA. 10. Loyal Slaves and Loyal Wives: The Crisis of the Outsider-Within and Roman Exemplum Literature Holt Parker, University of Cincinnati, USA.11. Servitium amoris: amor servitii Kathleeen McCarthy, University of California, USA. 12. Remaining Invisible: The Archaeology of the Excluded in Classical Athens Ian Morris, Stanford University, USA. 13. Cracking the Code of Silence: Athenian Legal Oratory and the Histories of Slaves and Women Steven Johnstone. 14. Notes on a Membrum Disiectum Shane Butler.
[(Harlequin Intrigue Series # 101] Canadian advertising executive Nadia Roberts immediately boarded a plane to Athens when told her beloved brother, Gerald, had been found. Murdered. Next to a marble quarry in northwestern Greece. The case was supposed to be open and shut. To avoid scandal, the government let Nadia join crack detective Lukas Stylianos on his investigation northward Sparks at first flew, cooled by growing trust as they encountered hostile villagers, old war wounds and traps set by a man nicknamed the Wolf. Corrupt and evil, he was intent on hiding secrets that cost Gerald his life and which now imperiled Nadia and Lukas. 253p. (Freda Vasilos and Tina Vasilos are both pseudonyms of Freda Vasilopoulos,a Canadian writer) Book
1925115791Paris, G. Van Oest 1925 In-4 28 x 22,5 cm. Broché, couverture rempliée ivoire, titre en noir & rouge sur le dos et le premier plat, IX-58 pp., notes en bas de page, 31 planches à pleine page hors texte, table des matières. Exemplaire en bon état.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates, maps in thre text and large folding coloured map at end; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, uncut, backstrip lettering lightly faded (but wholly legible), a remarkably bright, fresh copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing text, and trade ticket of Rees of London on front paste-down. The author was Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper during the Balkan War of 1912. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Detailed account of a British journalist's experiences with the Turkish army in 1912 during the Balkan War campaign in Thrace. Contains : I. Waiting for the War II. Scenes in Constantinople III. The Efforts of Diplomacy IV. The Military History of the Turks V. The Modern Turkish Army VI. The Authorities and the Correspondents VII. The Early Operations VIII. Departure of the Correspondents for the Front IX. My Journey to Chorlou X. My First Meeting with Abdullah XI. Lule Burgas -- The First Day XII. Lule Burgas -- The Second Day XIII. The Rout XIV. How We Sent the Story of the Battle XV. The Retreat from Chorlou to Chataldja XVI. The Migration of a People XVII. The Capture of Rodosto XVIII. The Chocolate Soldier XIX. The Cholera XX. The Attack on Chataldja XXI. The Turn of the Tide XXII. The War Against the Correspondents XXIII. The Future of the Turks. (his previous published reports included being "Special Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph". Author of " Port Arthur, the Siege and Capitulation", "the Passing of the Shereefian Empire") 335p + plates.fold out map, index. Book plates from 2 libraries, spine damaged, hinges weak, fold out map has some tears along creases, [Original not POD] Ex-Library
15914Saarlautern: Hausen (1942). 116 p.petit in 8 broche,couverture illustree,ill.ht
London, John Harris, 1829, in-16, mezza pelle coeva, titolo e fregio oro al dorso, piatti marmorizzati, pp. (2), VIII, 267, (1). Blande tracce d'uso ai margini dei piatti; macchie d'inchiostro al margine bianco inferiore delle prime 3 carte. Manca in vol. I.
Inner covers lightly tanned. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears. ; 256pp, illustrated.; 256 pages
Scholar's name to ffep (William P. Anderson). Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 256pp, illustrated.; 256 pages
140 color photo's. 138 line drawings- and one map .Discreet label of previous owner, else as new. Book
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and maps in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gllt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, front panel and fold-ins of dustwrappwrapper mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. AN ELEGANT COPY OF AN SAS CLASSIC. Well-known account of the author's war service with the SAS, initially in France and Italy and latterly in Greece, Norway and the Middle East. Enser, p.397.
G (no dj, maroon cloth with sunned spine, one small surface nick to cloth fore-edge of front board, browning to endpapers, neat ownership signature front flyleaf and light scattered spotting, the binding is firm and pages clean and unmarked, light browning outside edges) octavo 309pp. First edition. Illustrated with line drawings by the author and with maps to endpapers. Account of six weeks sailing around the Greek Islands, with many interesting comments on Greek history and mythology and quotations from the Greek classics.
" Here is a fresh, wholly personal, frank yet affectionate account of six years living on Crete, travelling all over the island, meeting all kinds of people and everywhere encountering the Homeric island hospitality." 231p.plates.map.index Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Bibliotheca Molinologica vol. 7. SCARCE.
With 135 Illustrations in colour, 8 coloured drawings and 8 line drawings by the author .Describes locations and seasons where they may be found. In 1986 Sfikas received a special award for the Conservation of the Environment from the Athens Academy for his great contribution towards the protection of flora and fauna in Greece. 124p. illus.index. Slight crease on front cover, else fine . Book