A new approach to an old question - the relationship between myth and ritual. Barbara Kowalzig shows how choral performances of myth and ritual taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC helped to effect social and political change in... Lees meer.

Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggests that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480-479 BC Greek battles consisted essentially of open f... Lees meer.

Essays examining the influence of gods oracles and omens in the wars of the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken no battle risked... Lees meer.

Art and religion are both well-attested and much-studied aspects of ancient Greek life yet their relationship is not perfectly understood. Religion in the Art of Archaic and Classical Greece presents an important rethinking of these two categories. The book examines no... Lees meer.

The aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation with commentary on the history institutions society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 BC - that is the period best known and... Lees meer.

With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It l... Lees meer.

Telamonian Ajax provides a complete overview of the development of Telamonian Ajax s myth in archaic and classical Greece. It is a systematic study of the representations of the hero in all kinds of media such as literature art or cultic practice establishing how an... Lees meer.

Telamonian Ajax provides a complete overview of the development of Telamonian Ajax s myth in archaic and classical Greece. Bocksberger s study focuses on the Panhellenic figure of Ajax in early Greek hexameter poetry and archaic art in the art of archaic and classical... Lees meer.

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature. Guy Hedreen argues that artistic subjectivity first expressed in Athenian vase-painting of the sixth century BCE and intensively explored by Euphronios developed alongside... Lees meer.

This pivot compares mourning rituals in Archaic Classical Greece and Pre-Qin China to illustrate some of the principles and methods used in comparative studies. This pivot compares mourning rituals in Archaic Classical Greece and Pre-Qin China to illustrate some of... Lees meer.

With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It l... Lees meer.

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature. Guy Hedreen argues that artistic subjectivity first expressed in Athenian vase-painting of the sixth century BCE and intensively explored by Euphronios developed alongside... Lees meer.

The aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation with commentary on the history institutions society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 BC - that is the period best known and... Lees meer.