Among medieval Christian societies Byzantium is unique in preserving an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis which pronounces two men not related by birth as brothers for life. It has its origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity and... Lees meer.

While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete. However thanks to new physical evidence discovered in the past half-century an... Lees meer.

Aside from Hagia Sophia the monuments of the Byzantine East are poorly understood today. This is in sharp contrast to the well-known architectural marvels of Western Europe s Middle Ages. In this landmark survey distinguished art historian Robert Ousterhout introduces... Lees meer.

This volume considers the art of the Scythians of the northern littoral of the Black Sea. It focuses on the transformation of object types and styles from archaic zoomorphic representations in carved bone wood and bronze to reflections of Hellenistic tastes and sensib... Lees meer.

GREECE and Greek mean different things to different people. To the man in the street if he exists they stand for something proverbially remote and obscure as dead as Queen Anne as heavy as the British Museum. To the average finished product of Higher Education in... Lees meer.

Written by one of the best-known interpreters of classical literature today Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on the work of this great classical playwright and on how our understanding of tragedy has been shaped by our literary past.... Lees meer.

What does it mean to say something is beautiful. On the one hand beauty is associated with erotic attraction on the other it is the primary category in aesthetics and it is widely supposed that the proper response to a work of art is one of objective contemplation.... Lees meer.

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