Greek History & Culture

Explores the experiences, techniques and rituals of soldiers in battle on the plains of ancient Greece using a wide variety of contemporary research and sources...

In this, the first book length study of the subject for 75 years, the author provides a fascinating examination of archaeological and written evidence for the ritual killing of human beings in ancient Greece...

Francis presents his theory that the ancient world was a unity in which issues of the day were reflected in the language of pictorial and sculptural representation and in the works of literature...

Francis presents his theory that the ancient world was a unity in which issues of the day were reflected in the language of pictorial and sculptural representation and in the works of literature...

In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit of cultures, societies and epochs. Some Imagining Ancient Cities in Film explores for the first time in scholarship film representations of..

Many of the women whose names are known to history from Classical Athens were metics or immigrants, linked in the literature with assumptions of being ‘sexually exploitable.’ Despite recent scholarship on women in Athens beyond notions of the ‘citizen wife’ and the ‘common prostitute,’ the scholarsh..

Many of the women whose names are known to history from Classical Athens were metics or immigrants, linked in the literature with assumptions of being ‘sexually exploitable.’ Despite recent scholarship on women in Athens beyond notions of the ‘citizen wife’ and the ‘common prostitute,’ the scholarsh..

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity It is argued that most philosophers were unsuccessful when they intervened in politics. The result was that man..

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity It is argued that most philosophers were unsuccessful when they intervened in politics. The result was that man..

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity It is argued that most philosophers were unsuccessful when they intervened in politics. The result was that man..

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus, ..

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus, ..