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Empires & historical states

Paperback. This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118255360
ISBN
9781118255360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

Paperback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118255346
ISBN
9781118255346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.32

Paperback. Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 color illus. 96 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAG; ACG; AFK; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Art Museum United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943012179
ISBN
9780943012179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. This volume traces the odyssey of truth "aletheia", from mytho-religious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. The book begins with an examination of how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299861
ISBN
9780942299861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New ed of 2 Revised ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299199
ISBN
9780942299199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299175
ISBN
9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368839
ISBN
9780892368839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Paperback. Presented in glossary format, this volume gives precise definitions of the words and phrases most frequently encountered by museum visitors in exhibition labels and texts. Series: Looking at. Num Pages: 120 pages, 75 colour and 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367085
ISBN
9780892367085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Hardcover. A catalogue of the sculptures on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Each entry features a full bibliography and is written for both experts and the general reading public. The introduction offers an overview of sculpture from the archaic period to the end of antiquity. Num Pages: 375 pages, 28 col and 670 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 310 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366866
ISBN
9780892366866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.88
€ 91.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 296 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884024156
ISBN
9780884024156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.80
€ 68.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Boone, Elizabeth Hill. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 368 pages, 108 black-and-white photographs, 2 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1QDAK; AC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023739
ISBN
9780884023739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 398 pages, 6 color illustrations, 116 black-and-white illustrations, 49 color photographs, 20 black-. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; 2JN; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023685
ISBN
9780884023685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.29
€ 60.05

Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series. Num Pages: 65 pages, 541 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBLA1; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 182 x 65. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023180
ISBN
9780884023180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Laiou, Angeliki E.; Maguire, Henry. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; 3H; ACK; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884022152
ISBN
9780884022152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; GBCR; HD; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 299 x 227 x 77. Weight in Grams: 3748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884020240
ISBN
9780884020240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.91
€ 152.17

Paperback. A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; AC; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805764
ISBN
9780875805764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 200 color and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; 1QDAK; ACC; AFKB; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873658584
ISBN
9780873658584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. An examination of how the Roman past was perceived, and used, by Victorian Britain. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 220 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDAR; 3D; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933358
ISBN
9780861933358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages, references, commentary, notes, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687396
ISBN
9780856687396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. This volume completes this distinguished edition of Metamorphoses . This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses. Of the pevious volume it was said: It is all we could hope for, with excellent translation, fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, text, translation, commentary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687334
ISBN
9780856687334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

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