Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100 V2
by Evangelinus Apostolides Sophocles
Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the process whereby aspects of the ancient world were appropriated and manipulated by sport authorities of nation-states, athletic organizations and their leaders as well as by sports enthusiasts is only very partially understood. This volume takes modern Greece as a case-study and explores, in depth, issues related to the reception and use of classical a...
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his other w...
As an ancient cultural relic, rock art is distributed all over the world. The ancestors recorded their social life and economic activities through rock art to express their understanding and knowledge of the world. Therefore, the study of rock art allows us to understand the early history and culture, religious beliefs and other aspects of the mankind. Rock art have become a direct basis for reproducing human history and thought. Since ancient times, the Yinshan region has become a vast arena fo...
The Fun Bits of History You Don't Know about Greek Philosophers
by Callum Evans
The Fun Bits of History You Don't Know about First World War Weapons
by Callum Evans
The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, Constantinople (11th-12th Centuries)
by R H Jordan and Rosemary Morris
This book forms part of the Evergetis Project which aims to investigate all surviving texts associated with the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis founded in 1049 near Constantinople. A book-length introduction sets out the historical significance of the house for the development of Byzantine monasticism and discusses its administration, liturgy and way of life.An English translation of the Hypotyposis (the monastery's foundation document) is provided, accompanied by detailed notes. Previous s...
Thucydides and Us Foreign Policy Debates After the Cold War
by John A Bloxham
The History of Greece (Cambridge Library Collection - European History, Volume 4)
by George Finlay
A participant in the Greek struggle for independence alongside Lord Byron, the philhellene George Finlay (1799-1875) lent his support to the newly liberated nation while diligently studying its past. The monographs he published in his lifetime covered the history of Greece since the Roman conquest, spanning two millennia. His two-volume History of the Greek Revolution (1861) is reissued separately in this series. Edited by the scholar Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829-1916) and published in 1877, this...
Ueber Die Ausdrucke, Altnordische, Altnorwegische Und Islandische Sprache (Classic Reprint)
by Konrad Maurer
The History of Greece (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics, Volume 5)
by Connop Thirlwall
This is the fifth of eight volumes on the history of Greece, first published in 1838. The volumes were aimed at two audiences: those people who wanted more than a superficial knowledge of the subject, but did not have the time or means to study the original sources, and those who had access to the ancient authors, but required a guide or interpreter. This volume covers the period from the Peace of Antalcidas to the the battle of Mantinea, and goes on to consider the rise of Philip of Macedon. Fr...
Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus's wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always involve a certain risk in any culture, but in the ancient Greek imagination, women and gifts appear to be a particularly deadly combination. This book explores the role of gender in exchange as represented in...
Kingship in the Mycenaean World and Its Reflections in the Oral Tradition (Prehistory Monographs, #13)
by Ione Mylonas Shear