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Paperback. In this new interpretation of the Education of Cyrus, in which Xenophon theorized about leadership, Sandridge considers Xenophon's portrait of Cyrus as sincerely laudatory though not idealized. He explores the wider context in which Xenophon's Theory of Leadership was conceived, as well as the problems of leadership he sought to address. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067028
- ISBN
- 9780674067028
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€ 27.99€ 24.84
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Hardback. With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066762
- ISBN
- 9780674066762
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€ 47.99€ 40.36
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Hardback. This companion volume to DARE enhances readers' use of the five volumes of text. It includes all the regional maps, an index to entries, and more than 400 fieldwork questions and the speakers' answers. Like its predecessors, Volume VI is a treasure trove of American linguistic creativity. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1702 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1080
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066533
- ISBN
- 9780674066533
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€ 129.70€ 112.04
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Hardback. Lilio Gregorio Giraldi authored many works on literary history, mythology, and antiquities. Among the most famous are his dialogues, modeled on Cicero's Brutus, translated here into English for the first time. The work gives a panoramic view of European poetry in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, concentrating above all on Italy. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055759
- ISBN
- 9780674055759
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.08
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053441
- ISBN
- 9780674053441
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.21
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Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053359
- ISBN
- 9780674053359
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
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Paperback. Argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment and laughter. This study of Pindar's language applies performance as a method for the ethnographic description and interpretation of entextualized records of verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036277
- ISBN
- 9780674036277
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.56
€ 23.99
€ 20.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036055
- ISBN
- 9780674036055
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.47
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Paperback. Includes essays that focus on the tenth book of the Iliad, which has been doubted, ignored, and even scorned. This title uses approaches based on oral traditional poetics to illuminate many of the interpretive questions that literary approaches find unsolvable. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035591
- ISBN
- 9780674035591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.72
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Hardback. Presents a reconceptualization of the American project of conversion that begins with the story of Henry 'Opukaha'ia, the first Hawaiian convert to Christianity. The author argues that 'Opukaha'ia's conversion is both remarkable and prototypically American, because he dared to redefine himself via this drive to rebirth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033436
- ISBN
- 9780674033436
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Condition: New
€ 52.32€ 48.63
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Paperback. The world has long wished for more of Sappho's poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So the apparent recovery in 2004 of a virtually intact poem by Sappho, has generated excitement and discussion among scholarly audiences. This book contains essays that discuss about the recovered Sappho poem. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032958
- ISBN
- 9780674032958
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.56
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Hardback. Includes Iliad 4.384 Tude, Iliad 15.339 Mekiste, and Odyssey 19.136 Odyse by Jeremy Rau; "Craft Similes and the Construction of Heroes in the Iliad" by Naomi Rood; "The Tragic Pattern of the Iliad" by Yoav Rinon; and, "Herodotus and His Descendants: Numbers in Ancient and Modern Narratives of Xerxes' Campaigns" by Catherine Rubincam. Editor(s): Luraghi, Nino. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031586
- ISBN
- 9780674031586
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
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Paperback. Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the "Odyssey's" characters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028128
- ISBN
- 9780674028128
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025929
- ISBN
- 9780674025929
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
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Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025127
- ISBN
- 9780674025127
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Condition: New
€ 72.56€ 66.22
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Hardback. Tracks the nation/South juxtaposition in US literature from the founding to the turn of the twentieth century, through genres including travel writing, gothic and romance novels, geography textbooks, transcendentalist prose, and abolitionist address. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024281
- ISBN
- 9780674024281
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Condition: New
€ 54.70€ 50.59
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Paperback. "What if truth were a woman?" asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue of her art-form - the one Freud believed was even invented by women - weaving. This book contains essays that explore the implications of this nexus: language, the female, weaving, and the construction of truth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023727
- ISBN
- 9780674023727
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
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Hardcover. Includes the following contributions: "Perceiving Iliadic Gods" by Daniel Turkeltaub; "The Gods Visit to the Ethiopians in Iliad 1" by Ruth Scodel; "The Poetics of the Bath in the Iliad" by Jonas Grethlein; "The Theologian Pherecydes of Syros and the Early Days of Natural Philosophy" by Herbert Granger; and more. Editor(s): Henrichs, Albert. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 154. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Department of the Classics
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021303
- ISBN
- 9780674021303
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
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Paperback. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019621
- ISBN
- 9780674019621
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
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Paperback. "The Life and Miracles of Thekla" offers a unique view on the reception of classical and early Christian literature in Late Antiquity. This study examines the "Life and Miracles" as an intricate example of Greek writing and attempts to situate the work amidst a wealth of similar literary forms from the classical world. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019614
- ISBN
- 9780674019614
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69