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  • Greek Literary Topographies in the Roman Imperial World

    Edited by Janet Downie, Anna Peterson ...
    Series series Ancient Environments
    Focusing on the Greek world during the high Roman Empire between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, this edited volume examines the representation of space in literary, rhetorical, and mythographic texts of the period. Authors under discussion include major figures such as Dio of Prusa, Aelius Aristides, Arrian, Lucian, and Philostratus. Texts by Apollodorus, Alciphron, Aelian, Artemidorus, and ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Religion and Ecological Crisis

    The “Lynn White Thesis” at Fifty

    Edited by Todd LeVasseur, Anna Peterson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    In 1967, Lynn White, Jr.’s seminal article The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis was published, essentially establishing the academic study of religion and nature. White argues that religions—particularly Western Christianity—are a major cause of worldwide ecological crises. He then asserts that if we are to halt, let alone revert, anthropogenic damages to the environment, we need to ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Everyday Ethics and Social Change

    The Education of Desire

    by Anna Peterson ...
    Americans increasingly cite moral values as a factor in how they vote, but when we define morality simply in terms of a voter's position on gay marriage and abortion, we lose sight of the ethical decisions that guide our everyday lives. In our encounters with friends, family members, nature, and nonhuman creatures, we practice a nonutilitarian morality that makes sacrifice a rational and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Laughter on the Fringes

    The Reception of Old Comedy in the Imperial Greek World

    by Anna Peterson ...
    This book examines the impact that Athenian Old Comedy had on Greek writers of the imperial era. It is generally acknowledged that imperial-era Greeks responded to Athenian Old Comedy in one of two ways: either as a treasure trove of Atticisms or as a genre defined by and repudiated for its aggressive humor. Worthy of further consideration, however, is the degree to which both approaches, and ... Read more

    $106.19 USD

  • Being Animal

    Beasts and Boundaries in Nature Ethics

    by Anna Peterson ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law
    For most people, animals are the most significant aspects of the nonhuman world. They symbolize nature in our imaginations, in popular media and culture, and in campaigns to preserve wilderness, yet scholars habitually treat animals and the environment as mutually exclusive objects of concern. Conducting the first examination of animals' place in popular and scholarly thinking about nature, Anna L ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • Approaches to Greek Myth

    by Lowell Edmunds ...
    "A handy introduction to some of the more useful methodological approaches to and the previous scholarship on the subject of Greek myths." — PhoenixSince the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of "myth" in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Companion to Ancient History

    Edited by Andrew Erskine ...
    Series Book 199 - Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
    This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history.Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient historyComprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholarsMoves beyond the primary focus on Greece and Rome with coverage of the various cultures within the ancient MediterraneanDraws ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • A Companion to Archaic Greece

    Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Hans van Wees ...
    Series Book 194 - Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
    A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period.The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic GreecePlaces Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical contextGives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion

    Edited by Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

    by Marilyn B. Skinner ...
    Series series Ancient Cultures
    This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • A Companion to Women in the Ancient World

    Edited by Sharon L. James, Sheila Dillon ...
    Series Book 165 - Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
    A COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLDA Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

  • The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

    Edited by Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, Esther Eidinow ...
    Series series Oxford Companions
    What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero popular with the ordinary people but less so with the upper classes? Why (according to ancient authors) was Oedipus ('with swollen foot') so called? For over 2,000 years the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome have captivated our collective imagination and provided inspiration for so many aspects of ... Read more

    $44.09 USD