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Robert Mayhew
Aristophanes of Byzantium and the Lost Works of Aristotle

Aristophanes of Byzantium (ca. 257 to 185/180 BC) was (inter alia) a grammarian and Homeric scholar, who served as the head of the Library of Alexandria. He composed an Epitome of the Works of Aristotle o…

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Francesca Rochberg
The Babylonian Science of Celestial Signs

This Element focuses on the most enduring project of the Babylonian astral sciences, namely the study of celestial signs, and addresses basic questions such as what constituted a sign, the parameters defi…

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P E Easterling
Studies in Greek Literature: Volume 2, Early Greek Literature, Reception, Ancient and Modern Scholarship

Pat Easterling's articles are fundamental to her status as one of the most influential Hellenists of her generation. Characterised by unostentatious astuteness and an arresting capacity for observation, t…

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Warren Treadgold
A Concise History of Byzantium

Bloomsbury Revelations

No other book on Byzantium manages to pack so much useful information into so few pages.' -Jonathan Harris, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, thi…

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François Gerardin
Founding the City

The founding, or re-founding, of cities was a powerful engine of local change in the empires created by Alexander the Great and his successors. However, in Founding the City , François Gerardin argues tha…

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The Intersectional Alexander the Great

Surveying a diverse range of topics in relation to Alexander the Great and his legacy, this book offers innovative approaches and interpretations to our historical understanding of this controversial figu…

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Ted Kaizer
A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East

Discover a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary handbook exploring several sub-regions and key themes perfect for a new generation of studentsA Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East delivers th…

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Luigi Battezzato
Plot and Character in the Iliad

In this book, Luigi Battezzato argues that Homer's poem is a tightly woven narrative of motives, misreadings, and reversals. Bringing cognitive 'mind-reading' into dialogue with ancient scholia and close …

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Appropriation and Religion in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Appropriation, 'making something one's own', is a modern way of thinking about social practices. This volume highlights the potential of this critical concept for the investigation of everyday religious p…

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Robert Mayhew
Aristophanes of Byzantium and the Lost Works of Aristotle

Aristophanes of Byzantium (ca. 257 to 185/180 BC) was (inter alia) a grammarian and Homeric scholar, who served as the head of the Library of Alexandria. He composed an Epitome of the Works of Aristotle o…

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Luigi Battezzato
Plot and Character in the Iliad

In this book, Luigi Battezzato argues that Homer's poem is a tightly woven narrative of motives, misreadings, and reversals. Bringing cognitive 'mind-reading' into dialogue with ancient scholia and close …

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Klaus Corcilius
Hylomorphism and the Causal Role of the Soul in Aristotle

This Element offers a new account of Aristotle's hylomorphic theory of the soul as part of his science of living beings. The author begins with a neutral description of Aristotle's Psychological Hylomorph…

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Playful Classics

IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts

This is the first book to deal exclusively with ludic interactions with classical antiquity - an understudied research area within classical reception studies - that can shed light on current processes of…

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Homer

Book XXIII of the Iliad deals with the Funeral Games of Patroclus, whose death Achilles has avenged in Book XXII with his slaying of Hector. It provides a crucial element to the closure of Homer's epic, e…

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Stephen Hinds
Latin Poetry Across Languages

Latin poetry is defined by its relationships with poetry in other languages. It was originally constituted by its relation to Greek, and in later times has been constituted by its relation to the European…

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Seth L. Schein
Homer

Book IV of the Iliad moves from the truce between Greeks and Trojans and the duel between Menelaos and Paris in Book III to the gods' decision that the Greeks will sack Troy, Athene's persuasion of Pandar…

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P E Easterling
Studies in Greek Literature: Volume 1, Greek Tragedy

Pat Easterling's articles are fundamental to her status as one of the most influential Hellenists of her generation. Characterised by unostentatious astuteness and an arresting capacity for observation, t…

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The Mediterranean in Antiquity

This is a cross-disciplinary study of the Mediterranean, which combines archaeology, historiography, ecology, climate, globalization, and network theories. It situates the Mediterranean both within and be…

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Andrew Durdin
Beyond Magic in the Roman World

Beyond Magic in the Roman World reconsiders how Romans understood ritual, deviance, and alterity by moving past the modern category of 'magic.' Instead of treating magic as a single system, Andrew Durdin …

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Egypt on the Nile

One of the longest rivers in the world, the Nile played a critical role in the development of ancient Egypt. For millennia, much of the region's food has been cultivated in the Nile delta region, with its…

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