Aristomenes

Aristomenes PDF Author: William Mullinger Higgins
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Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Aristomenes

Aristomenes PDF Author: William Mullinger Higgins
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Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Aristomenes: a Grecian tale

Aristomenes: a Grecian tale PDF Author: Aristomenes (fict. name.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Aristomenes of Messene

Aristomenes of Messene PDF Author: Daniel Ogden
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
ISBN: 1914535014
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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With Aristomenes of Messene, Daniel Ogden identifies yet another fertile and undervalued topic in Ancient History. He has previously studied illegitimacy in the ancient Greek world (Greek Bastardy, OUP, 1996), Greek ideas about the relationship between deformity and power (Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece, Duckworth, 1997), the nature and causes of dynastic murder in the Hellenistic world (Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death, Classical Press of Wales, 1999) and the techniques of calling up the dead in the ancient world (Greek and Roman Necromancy, Princeton UP, 2001). Among his other books is a volume edited for the Classical Press of Wales, The Hellenistic World: New perspectives (2002).The legends of Aristomenes, hero of the Messenian resistance to Sparta, were designed to excite, gratify and amuse. Yet they remain almost unknown even to specialist ancient historians. This book, the first monograph to be devoted to Aristomenes, redirects attention to his adventures, which at times resemble those of King Arthur, Robin Hood and even Sinbad the Sailor. The book goes beyond the question of the historicity of Aristomenes, and examines the meaning and symbolism of the stories in their own right. The study will be welcomed by those with an interest in the history of Sparta, in Pausanias (our principal source for the tales), and in Greek traditional narrative. Famously, Sparta tried to suppress the identity and self-confidence of its Messenian helots. Yet here are stories which give access to the imagination of this long-muted but ultimately liberated people..

Spartan Society

Spartan Society PDF Author: Thomas J. Figueira
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
ISBN: 1914535219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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This is the fifth volume from the International Sparta Seminar, in the series founded by Anton Powell and Stephen Hodkinson. Thomas J. Figueira is here the editor of sixteen papers; fifteen are new, the other is newly translated from the French. Among the authors are most of the world's leading authorities on the history of Sparta. There are particular concentrations of papers on Spartan women; the economy of Sparta; helots and Messenians; Xenophon and Sparta; and the modern reception of Sparta.

Land of Dreams

Land of Dreams PDF Author: André Lardinois
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047409280
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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This collection of essays, dedicated to A.H.M. Kessels, provides an overview of modern Dutch scholarship in Greek and Latin studies with special emphasis on dreams in classical literature, classical drama and the reception of Homer.

Puck

Puck PDF Author:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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The Imperfect Spartan

The Imperfect Spartan PDF Author: D. E. Loxwood
Publisher: Google Books
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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In Ancient Sparta, where imperfect babies were thrown to their deaths from Mount Taygetus, and naked Spartan youths cut the throats of Helot slaves as they slept, a Spartan man about to graduate from history’s most brutal military academy is caught in a triangle of lust, love and jealousy from which death or rebellion can be the only escape. This is book one of the series, "Sunset on Sparta".

Logic and Language in the Middle Ages

Logic and Language in the Middle Ages PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004242139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 491

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This volume honours Sten Ebbesen with a series of essays on logical and linguistic analysis in the Middle Ages. Included are studies focusing on textual criticism, new finds of logical texts, and philosophical analysis and interpretation.

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Abaeus-Dysponteus

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Abaeus-Dysponteus PDF Author: William Smith
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1132

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, ed. by W. Smith

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, ed. by W. Smith PDF Author: Greek and Roman biography
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Category : Classical biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1116

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