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Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worldsby Daniel Ogden
Oxford University Press, USA 2002; US$ 40.00In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general, popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources. Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets, spells from ancient magical recipe books, and... more...
The State of Speechby Joy Connolly
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 55.00Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read Roman rhetorical writing as a mode of political thought, it focuses on Rome's greatest practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. Through new readings of his dialogues and treatises, Joy Connolly shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. Rhetoric, Connolly argues, sheds new light on Cicero's deepest political preoccupations: the formation... more...
Anthology of Classical Mythby Stephen M. Trzaskoma; R. Scott Smith; Stephen Brunet; Thomas G. Palaima
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 16.50This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks. more...
Uses of Greek Mythologyby Ken Dowden
Routledge 1992; US$ 34.95Explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Sheds light on many aspects of Greek history and culture - including war, religion and sexuality. more...
Roman Historiansby Ronald Mellor
Routledge 1998; US$ 35.95Ronald Mellor demonstrates that Roman historical writing was regarded by its authors as a literary, not a scholarly exercise, and how it must be evaluated in that context. more...
Who's Who in the Ancient Near Eastby Gwendolyn Leick
Routledge 1999; US$ 19.95Who's Who in the Ancient Near East is a unique reference work that covers the peoples of Mesopotamia and the surrounding areas from the earliest historic documents in the first Dynasty of Kish up to the end of the Seleucid period. more...
Understanding Roman Inscriptionsby Lawrence Keppie
Routledge 1991; US$ 44.95This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced. more...
Who's Who in Ancient Egyptby Michael Rice
Routledge 2001; US$ 21.95In this compelling guide, renowned author and scholar Michael Rice introduces us to the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes. more...
Constructing Identities in Late Antiquityby Richard Miles
Routledge 1999; US$ 125.00Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic , religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the creation of "late antiquity" as a historical concept. more...
Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythologyby Edgerton Skyes; Alan Kendall
Routledge 1993; US$ 29.95Over 2500 entries provide detail of each mythical character and combine to create the most complete and detailed reference work of its kind. more...