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Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122786
- ISBN
- 9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture. Series: Classical Receptions. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119025481
- ISBN
- 9781119025481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
Hardcover. Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines theimpact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had onmodern Western culture. Series: Classical Receptions. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122917
- ISBN
- 9781405122917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; CFF; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163222
- ISBN
- 9780691163222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.03€ 42.10
€ 53.03
€ 42.10
Hardback. Description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of the change in the gendered division of labor during the Neolithic agricultural revolution. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 3B; 3D; HDDA; JFSJ; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102569
- ISBN
- 9780759102569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.14
€ 165.14
Paperback. * Explores the fascinating world of sex and gender roles in the classical period. * Accessible to general readers whilst encouraging them to confront new theories and methodologies, and contemporary assumptions about gender and sexuality. Editor(s): McClure, Laura K. Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225898
- ISBN
- 9780631225898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Hardback. This book explores the fascinating world of sex and gender roles in the classical period. It provides readers with essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world. Editor(s): Mcclure, Professor Laura K (University of Wisconsin-Madison USA). Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225881
- ISBN
- 9780631225881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.56
€ 141.56
Paperback. This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444349863
- ISBN
- 9781444349863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes. Translator(s): Wilson, Emily. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192807069
- ISBN
- 9780192807069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Challenges the orthodoxy and argues that there were many more slave revolts than is usually assumed and they were far from insignificant historically. This book argues that we need to look beyond the canonical sources and episodes to see a bigger history of long-term resistance of slaves to their enslavement. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651023
- ISBN
- 9781844651023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.98
€ 50.98
Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140056
- ISBN
- 9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.03€ 42.58
€ 53.03
€ 42.58
Paperback. The first comprehensive introduction to the role of smell in the history, literature and society of classical antiquity, "Smell and the Ancient Senses" examines the ways in which the olfactory sense contributed to our perceptions of bodies, environments, behaviour and morality. Editor(s): Bradley, Mark. Series: The Senses in Antiquity. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844656424
- ISBN
- 9781844656424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. A history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, this work surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change, and fail to change, and how an army's greatness depends on the way it exploits the past. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119794
- ISBN
- 9780300119794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. A prize-winning classicist's thrilling account of the Ten Years' War--the first stage of the Peloponnesian War Num Pages: 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698. The Peloponnesian War Begins. 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. For ten years in the late fifth century BC, the dueling city-states of Athens and Sparta fought the first bloody chapter of the Peloponnesian War, the conflict that turned the Golden Age of Greece to iron. This book gives an account of the epic clash of Athens and Sparta. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031436
- ISBN
- 9780465031436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.39
€ 24.99
€ 23.39
Paperback. Features writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, a central figure of Christianity. This book compares these two men not to draw out the obvious contrast between the Church and the Emperor's neo-Paganism, but rather to find their common intellectual and social grounding. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HRAX; HRCC1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287549
- ISBN
- 9780520287549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
hardcover. Aristotle argues that virtuous conduct is the governing factor in living well. Combining philological precision with philosophical analysis, this book reconstructs Aristotle's defense of these claims and examines his position in response to the prevailing hopes and anxieties of his age. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 356 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3D; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 27. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804716949
- ISBN
- 9780804716949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.80
€ 85.80
Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612932
- ISBN
- 9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. Immortalized through their exploits at the battle of Thermopylae under the legendary Leonidas, as well as countless other victories throughout the classical period, the Spartans were some of the best-trained, organized and most-feared warriors of the ancient world. This book covers various aspects of the Spartan warrior's life. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 5. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849087001
- ISBN
- 9781849087001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city-state's demise in Late Antiquity. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 226 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130004
- ISBN
- 9781405130004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Paperback. A compilation of speeches covering key issues in Athenian law, drawn from the Oratory of Classical Greece series, that is intended primarily for use in teaching courses in Greek law or related areas such as Greek history. Editor(s): Gagarin, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 family trees, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; HB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726383
- ISBN
- 9780292726383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.75
€ 36.99
€ 33.75