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paperback. Illustrates the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034158
- ISBN
- 9780140441024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Challenges the paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. This book evaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline, and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 172 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630852
- ISBN
- 9780815630852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
paperback. Drawing on new anthropological approaches, John Winkler considers the lives of men and women in Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033844
- ISBN
- 9780415901239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Examines the important relationship between philosophy and medicine in ancient Greece and beyond and reveals its significance for contemporary Western practice and theory. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033752
- ISBN
- 9780415025942
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Islamic art has long been misunderstood in the West as no more than decoration. This study explains how the geometrical patterns of Islamic art reveal intrinsic cosmological laws. The primary function of the patterns is to lead the mind from the literal world towards the underlying reality. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; JFSR2; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 668. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033723
- ISBN
- 9780500270714
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Unexpected Links Between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics
Friberg, Joran (Retired, Chalmers Univ Of Tec...
hardcover. Shows that the methods developed by the author for the study of mathematical cuneiform texts can also be applied to all kinds of Egyptian mathematical texts, hieratic, demotic, or Greek-Egyptian. At the same time, this book also shows that Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics display greater similarities than expected. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033659
- ISBN
- 9789812563286
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Ancient Greek thought provides the basis for the intellectual, ethical and political civilization of the West. This collection of over 60 essays explores the full length and breadth of Greek thought - showing the Greeks looking at themselves, their knowledge, poetics and rhetoric. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Lloyd, G. E. R. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 76 color illustrations, 5 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2126. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033649
- ISBN
- 9780674002616
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.74
€ 7.74
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033378
- ISBN
- 9780271007229
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033303
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Reveals the intimate connection between beauty and the philosophical life. What Plato meant by beauty is not easily characterized, this work shows that Plato ultimately gives up on the possibility of a definition. It provides a serious investigation into the meaning of beauty and places it at the very heart of philosophy. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033271
- ISBN
- 9780253219770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Dr Brandwood's book analyses Plato's diction and prose style in the dialogues. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 505. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033224
- ISBN
- 9780521390002
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Contending that Plato's "Crito" does not show an allegiance between Socrates and the state that condemned him, Weiss argues that he considers the laws of the state to be more concerned with creating deference than justice - that, by submitting to his judgement, Socrates acts from a personal sense of justice rather than a set of imposed rules. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033212
- ISBN
- 9780195116847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Presents scientific theories about the female body in Greece of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It demonstrates the influence of cultural preconceptions on such theories and the reciprocal influence of scientific theories on cultural attitudes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX; MFKC; MJT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033209
- ISBN
- 9780198147671
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. A 2002 study of the development of systematic inquiry in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 198 pages, 31 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HP; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033192
- ISBN
- 9780521815420
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Featuring a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033165
- ISBN
- 9781421402789
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033164
- ISBN
- 9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This text disputes the claims made by Bernal in "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization", that ancient Greek culture derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence on Western civilization. Editor(s): Lefkowitz, Mary R.; Rogers, Guy Maclean. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 illustrations, 6 tables, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033158
- ISBN
- 9780807845554
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Offers an important collection of essays about early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity language, literature, and social history. Editor(s): Goehring, James E.; Timbie, Janet A. Series: CUA Studies in Early Christianity. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215792
- ISBN
- 9780813215792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.46
€ 32.46
hardcover. A distinctive history of the traditions of reading and life in the Renaissance library, as seen in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures. Num Pages: 264 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032639
- ISBN
- 9780472106264
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Beginning with a definition of the pre-rational meaning of "truth" in archaic Greece, Detienne traces the lineage of the concept. Its distinct difference from the logic of the western philosophers is discussed and a movement from a religious to a secular thought about truth is identified. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 231 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Zone Books – MIT
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032568
- ISBN
- 9780942299854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91