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Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy
The ancient Greeks were not only the founders of western philosophy, but the actual term "philosophy" is Greek in origin, most likely dating back to the late sixth century BC. …
Animals in Greek and Roman Thought
The second edition of Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook offers a detailed introduction to Greco-Roman thought on the intellectual and emotional capacities of …
Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE
Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and …
Firewalking and Religious Healing
"If the Saint calls you, if you have an open road, then you don't feel the fire as if it were your enemy," says one of the participants in the Anastenaria. This compelling work …
Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics, Volume 9
S-Stem Nouns and Adjectives in Greek and Proto-Indo-European
This book deals with one aspect of Greek and Proto-Indo-European nominal morphology, the formation, inflection and semantics of s-stem nouns and adjectives. It uncovers the …
Extracts Concerning the Greek Theatre and Masks
Seneca: Selected Letters
The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman …
Communities and Networks in the Ancient Greek World
This volume examines the diversity of networks and communities in the classical and early Hellenistic Greek world, with particular emphasis on those which took shape within and …
Studies in Later Greek Philosophy and Gnosticism
It is a curious fact that many of the sources for the Presocratic and Stoic philosophers are early Christian authors; similarly, one can even find an echo of Parmenides in a …
Divine Assemblies in Early Greek and Babylonian Epic
In early Greek and Near Eastern myth and religion, the gods govern the cosmos. In narrative poetry, they are frequently portrayed through scenes of divine assembly. Did Homer and …
Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation
Ancient declamation—the practice of delivering speeches on the basis of fictitious scenarios—defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. …