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9781421408828 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Orphic Hymns

  • At the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death on its way to finding a permanent home. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life. ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781421408828 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $60.99
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  • Local release date: 13/09/2013
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9781421419459 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire:

  • From the First Century CE to the Third Revised and Updated Edition
  • At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781421419459 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $63.99
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  • Local release date: 14/07/2016
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9781421415864 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Day Commodus Killed a Rhino:

  • Understanding the Roman Games
  • The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. Commodus's passion for hunting animals was so fervent that he dreamt of shooting a tiger, an elephant, and a hippopotamus; his prowess was such that people claimed he never missed when hurling his javelin or firing arrows from his ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781421415864 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $49.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/2015
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9780801891342 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Theban Plays:

  • Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
  • Sophocles' Theban Plays -- Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone -- lie at the core of the Western literary canon. They are extensively translated, universally taught, and frequently performed. Chronicling the downfall of Oedipus, the legendary king of Thebes, and his descendants, the Theban Plays are as relevant to present thought about ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780801891342 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $58.99
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  • Local release date: 14/05/2009
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9780801823046 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Ancient City:

  • A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome
  • Originally published in 1864 as La Cité Antique, this remarkable work describes society as it existed in Greece during the age of Pericles and in Rome at the time of Cicero. Working with only a fraction of the materials available to todays classical scholar, Fustel de Coulanges fashioned a complete picture of life in the ancient city, resulting ......

  • ISBN-13: 9780801823046 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $71.99
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  • Local release date: 14/07/1980
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9781421438603 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Homeric Hymns 3ed

  • A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric Hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed by various poets over centuries. They were performed at religious festivals as entertainment meant to stir up enthusiasm for far more ambitious ......

  • ISBN-13: 9781421438603 (Paperback)
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  • Local release date: 04/05/2021
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9781421416816 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • Battle of Arginusae:

  • Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
  • A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Arginusae was at the time the largest naval battle ever fought between warring Greeks. It was a crucial win for the Athenians, since losing the battle would have led to their total defeat by Sparta and, perhaps, the ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781421416816 (Paperback)
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    AUD $49.99
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  • Local release date: 14/08/2015
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9781421447254 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy
  • The Sound of Writing

  • An interdisciplinary exploration of how writers have conveyed sound through text. Edited by Christopher Cannon and Steven Justice, The Sound of Writing explores the devices and techniques that writers have used to represent sound and how they have changed over time. Contributors consider how writing has channeled sounds as varied as the human ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781421447254 (Paperback)
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  • Local release date: 17/10/2023
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