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Materiality and Aesthetics in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry
Illuminates the reciprocal interaction between minds and materials as a fundamental feature of ancient Greek aesthetics Illustrates the cognitive vibrancy attributed to objects …
Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India
This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and …
Touch and the Ancient Senses
Unlike the other senses, touch ranges beyond a single sense organ, encompassing not only the skin but also the interior of the body. It mediates almost every aspect of …
End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome
"e;A thoughtful and sophisticated account of a notoriously complicated and controversial period."e; R. I. Moore, Times Literary SupplementHistory remembers Attila, the …
Making Men Ridiculous
Writing during the reign of emperors Trajan and Hadrian, Juvenal drew on Roman legend and the history of preceding imperial dynasties as a means of scrutinizing cultural upheavals …
Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC - AD 250
Providing a comparative treatment of four cities of the eastern Roman empire in the period 50 BC-AD 250 -- Aphrodisias and Ephesos in Turkey, Athens in Greece and Gerasa in Jordan …
From Democrats to Kings
Athens, 404 BC. The Democratic city-state has been ravaged by a long and bloody war with neighbouring Sparta. The search for scapegoats begins and Athens, liberty's beacon in the …
Global Shift
An insightful account of the recent histories of nearly two dozen states, Global Shift is a dynamic, nuanced study of what is sometimes referred to as the Third World. Seeking to …
An Analysis of Yasser Tabbaa's The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival
Tabbaa’s Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding the profound changes undergone by Islamic art and architecture during the often neglected Medieval Islamic …
Every Living Thing
The agricultural world of Old Testament Israel swarmed with animals—birds, insects, fish, pack animals, pets, animals for hunting, and domesticated herds of sheep, goats, and …
City of Caesar, City of God
When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two …