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Spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and no more than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) are used to represent most regions. This title provides information about every place or feature in the Barrington Atlas.
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According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover,... Læs mere
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Offers a reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. This title reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter... Læs mere
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Takes a look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. This book highlights with fresh importance how classical Greek discoveries made possible deeply influential ways of thinking about the human subject.
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Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods.
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Focuses on Rome's practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. This book shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical... Læs mere
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Reveals Epizephyrian Locri - a Greek colony on the Adriatic coast of Italy - as a third way in Greek culture, neither Athens nor Sparta. Drawing on a... Læs mere
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Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? The author shows that this "power of the... Læs mere
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A bold reconception of ancient Greek drama by one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generationWhen John Winkler died in... Læs mere
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Contradicts the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically. This book argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle.
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Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece.
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The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut - and to have saved Jason's life. Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His... Læs mere