Music and the Muses: The Culture of ’mousikē’ in the Classical Athenian City

City of Suppliants: Tragedy and the Athenian Empire 9780292737174

After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE, Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially i

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The Athenian institution of the Khoregia : the chorus, the city, and the stage 9780521550703, 052155070X

An enhanced scan (with OCR) of Peter Wilson's 2000 work. This book is the first major study of the means by which

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The Sounds of Latinidad: Immigrants Making Music and Creating Culture in a Southern City 9781479876426

The Sounds of Latinidad explores the Latino music scene as a lens through which to understand changing ideas about latin

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Classical Music in Weimar Germany: Culture and Politics before the Third Reich 9781350114807, 9781350114838, 9781350114814

From Hitler’s notorious fondness for Wagner’s operas to classical music’s role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era

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The City in Arabic Literature: Classical and Modern Perspectives 9781474406529

Addresses the literary representation and cultural interpretation of the city in Arabic literatureThe theme and motif of

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The City in Arabic Literature: Classical and Modern Perspectives 9781474406536

Addresses the literary representation and cultural interpretation of the city in Arabic literature Shows how the city ha

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The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World: Changing Contexts of Power and Identity 1107032660, 9781107032668

This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and

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Xenophon: Old Oligarch, the Athenian Constitution (Classical Texts) 0856687812, 9780856687815

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Connecting a City to the Sea: The History of the Athenian Long Walls 9004162321, 9789004162327

The Long Walls joining Athens with its harbors are universally recognized as symbols of naval imperialism and the lynchp

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Classical Music in a Changing Culture : Essays from The American Record Guide 9781442234550, 9781442234543

Founded in 1935, The American Record Guide is America's oldest classical music review magazine. In 1987, when Donal

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