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Cover of Peter Adamson & Christof Rapp: State and Nature

Peter Adamson & Christof Rapp: State and Nature

A much-maligned feature of ancient and medieval political thought is its tendency to appeal to nature to establish norms for human communities. From Aristotle’s claim that humans are ‘political anima …

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Olga Palagia: Handbook of Greek Sculpture

The Handbook of Greek Sculpture aims to provide a detailed examination of current research and directions in the field. Bringing together an international cast of contributors from Greece, Italy, Fra …

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Donald Robertson: Letters from a Stoic

DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and …

Cover of Georgios Anagnostopoulos: A Companion to Aristotle

Georgios Anagnostopoulos: A Companion to Aristotle

The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle’s thought, from art to zoology. * The most comprehensive single volume survey of the life and work of …

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Anastasia Dakouri-Hild & Michael John Boyd: Staging Death

Places are social, lived, ideational landscapes constructed by people as they inhabit their natural and built environment. An ‘archaeology of place’ attempts to move beyond the understanding of the l …

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Danielle S. Allen: Why Plato Wrote

Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. * Shows that Plato …

Cover of Thomas A. Blackson: Ancient Greek Philosophy

Thomas A. Blackson: Ancient Greek Philosophy

Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece …

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Giulia Maria Chesi: The Play of Words

‘The play of words’ examines the dynamics of interfamilial violence in the Oresteia. It argues that the key element of the play’s discourse about violence is to be found in the inquiry for a definiti …

Cover of Brigitte Lion & Cécile Michel: The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East

Brigitte Lion & Cécile Michel: The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East

Economic history is well documented in Assyriology, thanks to the preservation of dozens of thousands of clay tablets recording administrative operations, contracts and acts dealing with family law. …

Cover of Gian Biagio Conte: Critical Notes on Virgil

Gian Biagio Conte: Critical Notes on Virgil

In this book, conceived as a sort of Prolegomena to his two Teubner editions, Conte gives account of his choices in editing his Virgilian text. Engaging in a passionate debate with his predecessors a …