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The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
A comprehensive view of the ancient Greek world, its history and its achievements. The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast--it ranges from architecture to philosophy, …
The Oxford History of the Roman World
Written by a team of specialist scholars, this work traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its consolidation in the …
The War in Eastern Europe
A Classical Archaeologist’s Life: The Story so Far
A Classical Archaeologists’s Life: The Story so Far shows that a scholar’s life is not all scholarship, though much of this book is devoted to the writing of books and, especially, …
John Boardman on the Parthenon
Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th-century BCE Athens. Surprising, …
Saints' Cults in the Celtic World
Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies. The way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, …
Masterpieces in Miniature
The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation. To this the Greeks added relief …
Systemic Thinking
"Systemic thinking" is the process of understanding how systems influence one another within a world of systems and has been defined as an approach to problem solving by viewing …
Greek Sculpture
This is the last in the series of Sir John Boardman's acclaimed handbooks on Greek sculpture; a sequel to similar volumes on the Archaic and Classical periods. Here, the story …
The Triumph of Dionysos
Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became …
Report on the Geology of Northern and Southern California, Embracing the Mineral and Agricultural Resources of Those Sections
Title: Report on the Geology of Northern and Southern California, embracing the mineral and agricultural resources of those sections: with statistics of the northern, southern and …
From Pella to Gandhara. Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East
These papers present recent work on Hellenistic art, from Macedonia to northern India, with a particular focus on concepts of hybridisation and their contemporary usage. The …