Presents a comparative study of attitudes to foreigners in Ancient Greece and Early China, assessing the similarities and differences between the two cultures. This book shows that the Ancient Chinese
The 15,000 pages of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constitute the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English
This book is the first to examine the complex and contradictory history of Classics in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria. It investigates how Classical Studies, as an integral part of colonial education
In this detailed treatment of the myth of Adonis in post-Classical times, Carlo Caruso provides an overview of the main texts, both literary and scholarly, in Latin and in the vernacular, which secure
The great helmsman, the watchdog of the people, the medicine the state needs: all these images originated in ancient Greece, yet retain the capacity to influence an audience today. This is the first s
This book examines the relationship between magic, philosophy and the investigation of nature in presocratic Greece. Did the presocratic thinkers, often praised for their rejection of the supernatural
This is an introduction to Euripides' "Cyclops", the only example of satyric drama to have survived complete into the modern world. The work gives an historical and analytical accoun
This completely new edition reproduces the original unexpurgated'Schauspiel', and provides and Introdution and Notes fully geared tothe needs of modern students.
This volume offers a selection (about a third of the whole) from Xenophon's Oeconomicus, his work about management of the ancient, relatively well-to-do household and estate. It probably reflects the
Archeologists often wish they were there then, and in the case of modern combat archeology, they are. Schofield (military programs, English Heritage and U. of Southampton) explains how the archeology
Brubaker (Byzantine art, U. of Birmingham, the UK), who has published extensively on Byzantine art, has written an engaging introductory text that gives a full account of the complex phenomenon of Byz
From Plato to Postmodernism presents the cultural history of the West in one concise volume. Nearly four thousand years of Western history are woven together into an unfolding story in which we see ho
Cinema loves Greece and Rome. Hollywood epics, animated movies, avant-garde features all have turned to classical antiquity for inspiration. On the silver screen, we see a world of virtuous Christians
This well established scholarly edition was first published in 1965, seven years after publication of the papyrus containing the text. It includes introductory essays on scenery, staging, setting, act
The Sixth Book of Herodotus covers the history of Greece in the first decade of the 5th century B.C., including such momentous events as the Ionian Revolt and the Marathon campaign. This commentary, a
Modern students' lack of formal training in the grammar even of their own language leads to an impatience with the jargon and rules of syntax in their study of the ancient inflected languages. This co
The surviving short mimes of Hero(n)das share much of their aims and background with the Alexandrian poetry of the first half of the third century BC, especially that of Callimachus and Theocritus. Th
Lane (history of political thought, Cambridge U., UK) explores the work of Plato and Socrates, their relation to one another, the Platonic origins of philosophy and politics, and the interpretation of
This is an edition of an important early work by a writer who has since become a leading Latin-American author and a figure in Peruvian politics. It provides a picture of the hedonistic and selfish li
