The Slave in Greece and Rome 0299283739, 9780299283735

Advice and Its Rhetoric in Greece and Rome 8879494392, 9788879494397

"Substantially, the essays in this collection formed part of the 2000 meeting of the Midlands Classics Colloquium,

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Poetic Language and Religion in Greece and Rome 1443852481, 9781443852487

This volume contains twenty-five contributions adapted from papers presented at the International Conference on Poetic L

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Literary Patronage in Greece and Rome 0807817392, 9780807817391

Focusing on literary evidence, Gold explores patronage in Greece and Rome through the words of the authors, revealing th

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Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome 178831297X, 9781788312974

Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms,Magic in

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Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome 0275988805, 9780275988807

Historians of ancient Greece and Rome are sometimes hesitant to engage with the well-documented fact that Greek and Roma

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Greece and rome at war 9781848329416, 1848329415

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Aelius Aristides between Greece, Rome, and the Gods 9004172041, 9789004172043

Wealthy, conceited, hypochondriac (or perhaps just an invalid), obsessively religious, the orator Aelius Aristides (117

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The Orator in Action and Theory in Greece and Rome 9789004122130, 9004122133

This is a collection of original essays, written by authorities in the field, on aspects of ancient rhetoric and oratory

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Aetna and the Moon: Explaining Nature in Ancient Greece and Rome 0870711962, 9780870711961

Classical authors used both prose and poetry to explore and explain the natural world. In Aetna and the Moon, Liba Taub

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After the Crisis: Remembrance, Re-anchoring and Recovery in Ancient Greece and Rome 1350128554, 9781350128552

Crises resulting from war or other upheavals turn the lives of individuals upside down, and they can leave marks on a co

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