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Classics & the Ancient World New and Recent Books 2018
Classics & the
Ancient World 2018
Message from the Editors: CONTENTS
What makes I.B.Tauris’ classical studies different? Attempting to revitalise
standard publishing models and genres, IBT’s classical list has enthusiastically
embraced variety. We have sought out introductory volumes for students
GREECE & ROME 2-12
and generalists; a thriving series of short histories; classical reference books
and major works; and – alongside a solid backbone of innovative research
- UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS 2-3
monographs – a keenly priced list of books aimed squarely at general readers.
We have thus tried – in reflecting the energetic diversity of the discipline itself
- NEW DIRECTIONS IN CLASSICS 7
– to reach out to those many different readerships who engage in all sorts
of ways with the classics: whether undergraduates of the subject, scholars, or
- ANCIENTS AND MODERNS 8-9
those who simply love the antique world.
This catalogue offers several highlights. Distinguished authorities
SHORT HISTORIES 13
on Mediterranean archaeology John Bennet and Nicoletta Momigliano
introduce a marked Cretan theme with their respective A Short History of the EGYPT 14-16
Minoans and In Search of the Labyrinth. Further Short Histories on the Etruscans,
Babylon and Ancient China are complemented by the latest volumes in the MIDDLE EAST & ASIA 16-19
‘Understanding Classics’ series (including Susan Stephens’ much anticipated
book The Poets of Alexandria) and notable titles by Sylvia Montiglio (The Myth of INDEX 20
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an inviting treatment of classical sorcery). Space is made, alongside these well-
established voices, for a new generation of classical talent who include Joanna *The American University in Cairo Press and Classical Press of Wales
Day (Food in Ancient Greece) and Elizabeth Gloyn (Between Scylla and Charybdis). titles are not available from I.B.Tauris in the USA and Canada.
Reception studies remains a particular strength at IBT. Front cover illustration: Grande Ludovisi sarcophagus, circa 260 CE. Photo: DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI
/ De Agostini / Getty Images. From Roman Imperialism: A Concise History of the Rise and Expansion of Ancient
Rome by Dexter Hoyos, see page 10.
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ADVISORY BOARD
Barbara E. Borg, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Exeter Charles Martindale, Professor Emeritus of Latin, University of Bristol
Joy Connolly, Provost and Senior Vice-President, Graduate Center, CUNY Marilyn B. Skinner, Professor Emerita of Classics, University of Arizona
Barbara Graziosi, Professor of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University Kate Spence, Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Emily Greenwood, Professor of Classics,Yale University Richard F. Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics, Harvard
University
James Howard-Johnston, Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, University of
Oxford Hans van Wees, Grote Professor of Ancient History, University College
London
Richard P. Martin, Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor of Classics,
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NEW TITLES FOR 2018
THE POETS OF ALEXANDRIA ROMAN IMPERIALISM THE PERSIAN ALEXANDER
Susan A. Stephens A Concise History of the The First Complete
See page 2 Rise and Expansion of English Translation of the
Ancient Rome Iskandarnama
Dexter Hoyos Evangelos Venetis
See page 10 See page 18
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THE ANCIENT LIVES A SHORT HISTORY OF CORINTH IN LATE
OF VIRGIL THE MINOANS ANTIQUITY
Literary and Historical Studies John Bennet A Greek, Roman and
Anton Powell and See page 13 Christian City
Philip Hardie (Eds) Amelia R. Brown
See page 6 See page 9
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UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS
Edited by Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
Understanding Classics is a specially commissioned series which aims to introduce the outstanding authors and
thinkers of antiquity to a wide audience of appreciative modern readers, whether undergraduate students of
classics, literature, philosophy and ancient history or generalists interested in the classical world.
Each volume – written by leading figures internationally – will examine the historical significance of the writer
or writers in question; their social, political and cultural contexts; their use of language, literature and mythology;
extracts from their major works; and their reception in later European literature, art, music and culture.
VIRGIL NEW
Alison Keith
2 University of Toronto
Hailed in his lifetime and in every generation thereafter as the supreme Roman poet,Virgil (70-19 BCE) wrote three books
of hexameter verse that defined the ‘golden age’ of Latin poetry.Virgil, as Alison Keith shows, has never gone out of critical
or popular fashion. His ascent from the lesser genre of pastoral (the Bucolics) through a more ambitious didactic mode
(the Georgics) to the soaring heights of epic (the incomparable Aeneid) inspired countless other authors, starting with his
younger contemporary Ovid, and continuing through the medieval writers Dante and Petrarch, and the early modern
poets Spenser and Milton. This wide-ranging introduction illuminates how Virgil continues to inspire modern writers.
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SOPHOCLES NEW THE POETS OF
Stephen Esposito ALEXANDRIA NEW
Boston University Susan A. Stephens
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Stanford University
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ARCHIMEDES NEW ARISTOPHANES
Chris Rorres AND GREEK
Drexel University, Pennsylvania
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COMEDY NEW
9781784533632 HARDBACK £39.50 / $99.00 Jeffrey S. Rusten
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PLUTARCH NEW ROMAN COMEDY NEW
Mark A. Beck David Christenson
University of South Carolina University of Arizona
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EURIPIDES NEW HORACE NEW
Isabelle Torrance Paul Allen Miller
Aarhus University University of South Carolina
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TACITUS CICERO
Victoria Emma Pagán Gesine Manuwald
University of Florida University College, London
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SENECA HOMER
Christopher Star Jonathan S. Burgess
Middlebury College, Vermont University of Toronto
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MARTIAL PINDAR
Lindsay C. Watson, University of Sydney; Richard Stoneman
and Patricia Watson University of Exeter
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OVID EUSEBIUS
Carole E. Newlands Aaron P. Johnson
University of Colorado, Boulder Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee
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SAPPHO LATIN LOVE POETRY
Page duBois Denise Eileen McCoskey and Zara
Martirosova Torlone
University of California, Berkeley
Miami University, Ohio
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BLOCKBUSTERS AND THE
ANCIENT WORLD NEW BETWEEN SCYLLA AND
Allegory and CHARYBDIS NEW
Warfare in The Ancient Monster in the Modern World
Contemporary Elizabeth Gloyn Royal Holloway, University of London
Hollywood
What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture finds
Chris Davies so enthralling? Elizabeth Gloyn here explores how mythical
University of Exeter creatures have found renewed life and purpose. Whether on TV
shows like Buffy; in literature, or in cinematic portrayals such
as Clash of the Titans, the monstrous is omnipresent. From the
Cyclops to Charybdis and Scylla, this is a bold exploration of
what the classical monster means, to the ancients and ourselves.
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AMAZONS NEW
ISLANDS OF THE ANCIENT
SEA NEW
The Legendary Warrior Women of Antiquity Aesthetics,
David Braund University of Exeter Landscape
The idea of the Amazons is one of the most romantic and and Modernity
resonant in all antiquity. Here, David Braund shows how these Argyro
mythical female warriors captivated imaginations, from the
medieval and Renaissance eras to the present. Deftly traversing Loukaki
art, literature and culture, he explores portrayals by Homer,
Herodotus, Aeschylus,Virgil, Chaucer, Ariosto and Mary Renault
– who writes lyrically of the Amazons as muscular moon-
maids of Artemis. Finally, he looks at the basis of the legend in
history, locating in recent archaeology a reality as surprising and
evocative as any fiction told through story or myth.
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MAGIC IN ANCIENT
THE MYTH OF HERO AND GREECE AND ROME
LEANDER The Sorcery and Divination
of Classical Antiquity NEW
The History and Lindsay C. Watson
Reception of an University of Sydney
Enduring Greek
Legend NEW
Silvia Montiglio
Johns Hopkins University
Hero and Leander are the protag-
onists in a classical tale of epic but
tragic love. Silvia Montiglio here
shows how and why this affecting
story has proved to be one of the
most popular mythologies in the
history of the West. Discussing its
singular drama, danger, pathos and
eroticism, the author explores the
origin of the legend and its rich
and varied afterlives. She shows Ancient magic was not an abstract thing.
how it was used by Greek and Here, Lindsay Watson shows magic was a
Latin writers; how it developed in practical philosophy, woven into the fabric
of everyday classical life. Concentrating on
the Middle Ages and Renaissance;
curse magic, love spells, animal divination,
how it inspired Byron to swim the Dardanelles; and how it has lived on in literary texts and day-to-day magic, he
representations by artists including Rubens and Frederic Leighton. explores a range of antique magical activity.
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FOOD IN ANCIENT GREECE
NEW
The Culinary
POMPEII NEW
Culture of the An Archaeological
Hellenic World Guide
Joanna Day Paul Wilkinson
University College
Dublin The resonant ruins of Pompeii are
perhaps the most direct route back
to the living, breathing world of the
ancient Romans.Two million visitors
annually now walk the paved streets
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preserved, from their layers of
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logical guide, written by an expert in
the field, explains Pompeii’s public
IMPERIAL DACIA NEW spaces and private residences. Illus-
trated throughout with maps, plans,
A History of Roman Romania diagrams and other images, Pompeii:
Kai Brodersen University of Erfurt An Archaeological Guide offers a
general introduction to the famous
doomed city followed by an au-
thoritative summary and survey of
the buildings, artefacts and paintings
themselves. The result is an unrivalled picture, derived from an intimate
knowledge of Roman archaeology around the Bay of Naples, of the forum,
temples, brothels, bath-houses, bakeries, gymnasia, amphitheatre, necropolis
and other site buildings – including perennial favourites like the House of the
Faun, named after its celebrated dancing satyr.
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SENSORY EXPERIENCE AND
THE ROMAN HOME NEW
Ancient Dacia was vital to imperial Roman Power and Space in Ancient Rome
interests. A thorn in the side of the Roman Hannah Platts Royal Holloway, University of London
Empire until Trajan defeated the Dacian
king Decebalus at the Second Battle of Classicists have long wondered what everyday life was like
Tapae in 101 AD, Dacia later became in- in ancient Greece and Rome. How, for example, did the
dispensable to the Empire. In this first slaves, visitors, inhabitants or owners experience the same
concerted treatment of Roman Romania, home differently? For the first time, Hannah Platts draws on
Kai Brodersen expertly traces Dacia’s a diverse range of evidence and an innovative amalgamation
transition from hated enemy and rival to of methodological approaches to explore multi-sensory ex-
essential breadbasket of the imperium. perience – auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory and visual –
in domestic environments in Rome for the first time.
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THE HELLENISTIC COURT
GREED, LUXURY AND NEW
IMPERIAL DEGENERACY NEW
Monarchic
The Rhetoric of Vice and Virtue in Late Power and Elite
Antiquity Society from
Tim W. Watson Alexander to
Examining the writings from the period of four figures with
Cleopatra
diverse religious backgrounds, Tim Watson shows how Andrew Erskine,
their emphasis on virtuous conduct over wealth and birth Lloyd Llewellyn-
created a space for ‘new men’ in the hierarchies of church Jones and Shane
and state: but on their terms. It was this focus on virtue and
vice that helped established discourses adapt to the fluid
Wallace (Eds)
worlds of Western Christendom and the Byzantine Empire.
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THE TRIAL OF WARREN
HASTINGS NEW CLASSICAL RECEPTION AND
Classical CHILDREN’S LITERATURE NEW
Oratory and Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation
Reception in Helen Lovatt, University of Leeds; and Owen
Eighteenth- Hodkinson, University of Nottingham (Eds)
Century
England Books written for children now comprise one of the largest and
most prominent bodies of texts to engage with the classical world,
Chiara Rolli with an audience that constantly changes as it grows up.This innova-
University of Parma tive volume wrestles with that very characteristic of change which is
so fundamental to children’s literature, showing how significant the
classics, as well as classically-inspired fiction and verse, have been in
tackling the adolescent challenges posed by metamorphosis.
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XENOPHON AND SPARTA
CICERO IN DRAMA NEW
NEW
From the Ancient World to the Early Access, Biases
Modern Stage and Literary
Gesine Manuwald University College London Genres
The influence of Cicero is everywhere to be found. His rhe- Anton Powell
torical writings have, over many centuries, made an inescap- and Nicolas
able impact on the history of Western culture. However, no
book has yet offered a history of the multiple ways in which Richer (Eds)
the great orator shaped dramatic art.. This volume is the
first to discuss every instance in which Cicero has been the
protagonist in a play.
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ALEXANDER THE
THE ANCIENT GREAT IN THE EARLY
LIVES OF CHRISTIAN TRADITION
VIRGIL NEW Classical Reception and
Patristic Literature NEW
Christian Thrue Djurslev
Literary and University of Edinburgh
Historical Studies
Philip Hardie and
Anton Powell (Eds)
The Ancient Lives of the poet Virgil,
written in prose (and sometimes
in verse), have long enjoyed great,
though controversial, influence.
Modern critics have often been
scornful of these Lives, for trying to
construct biography of the poet
from allegorical reading of his verse.
The present volume, from a distin-
guished international team, aims
to revalue the Ancient Lives of Virgil
from a variety of angles and in a variety of scholarly genres. The allegory
within the Lives is here studied for its own sake, and shown to be part of a Djurselv demonstrates that the early
Christian adaptations of the Alexandrian
developed Graeco-Roman school of interpretation. Ideas of Virgil received myths created a new tradition that has
and developed with brio in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are here continued to develop and expand ever since.
traced back to the Ancient Lives of the poet composed in Antiquity.
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GREECE & ROME / NEW DIRECTIONS IN CLASSICS SERIES
NEW DIRECTIONS IN CLASSICS
Edited by Duncan F. Kennedy and Charles Martindale
Published in association with the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition
University of Bristol
In the last generation Classics has changed almost beyond recognition. The subject as taught thirty years ago involved
enormous concentration on just two periods: fifth-century Athens and late Republican Rome. There was no reception,
virtually no study of women or popular culture, and little attention given to late antiquity. Today, Classics at its best again
has an unusually broad interdisciplinary scope, and reaches out to the arts and humanities generally as well as beyond. It
is just such a ‘New Classics’ that this exciting series seeks to promote – an open-minded Classics committed to debate
and dialogue, with a leading role in the humanities; a Classics neither antiquarian nor crudely presentist; a Classics of
the present, but also of the future. ‘New Directions in Classics’ seeks to do something fresh, and showcase the work
of writers who are setting new agendas at the frontiers of the subject. It aims for a wide readership amongst all those,
both within the academy and outside, who want to engage seriously with ideas.
IN SEARCH OF THE
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THUCYDIDES AND THE IDEA OF
LABYRINTH NEW HISTORY
The Cultural Legacy of Neville Morley
Minoan Crete University of Bristol
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From appropriations by European intel-
lectuals to feminist identifications with the
Mother Goddess, Nicoletta Momigliano
here offers the most complete history of
the rediscovery of Minoan culture and its
reception from Evans to the present day. She ANTIQUITY AND THE MEANINGS OF
situates Bronze Age Crete and its material TIME
remains in a broad intellectual context, A Philosophy of Ancient and Modern
exploring in depth the enduring imaginative Literature
legacy of the Minoan civilization.
Duncan Kennedy
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EMPIRE WITHOUT END NEW
Postcolonialism and the
Ancient World THE MODERNITY OF ANCIENT
Phiroze Vasunia SCULPTURE
Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from
University College London Winckelmann to Picasso
208 PAGES 234 X 156MM DECEMBER 2018
9781848850378 HARDBACK £59.00 / $95.00 Elizabeth Prettejohn
9781848850385 PAPERBACK £16.99 / $27.50 University of York
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ANCIENTS AND MODERNS
General Editor: Phiroze Vasunia, University College London
‘The books are direct and engaging in style and cutting edge in
content, which makes them especially well-suited to students. An
excellent and highly recommended series.
– ALEX PURVES, Professor of Classics, UCLA
MEDICINE NEW
Antiquity and its Legacy
Caroline Petit University of Warwick
8 The extent to which classical theories about, and practices of, medical knowledge have shaped and
continue to define medicine today is remarkable: but not always widely appreciated. Caroline Petit
here offers a concise yet comprehensive account of medicine in antiquity which explores precisely
that fascinating legacy. Discussing topics such as medical ethics, diagnostic explanations of illness
and disease, matters of sex and gender, the ancient division between body and soul, interpretations
of madness and melancholia, and methods of medical teaching and dissemination, the author draws
fascinating parallels between the ancient, early modern and modern periods. Discussing a variety of
ancient texts, from the Hippocratic era to the late Roman Empire, and examining contested literary
evidence and interpretations, Petit skilfully traces the trajectory of medical practice from its magical
and religious origins to a rational science of pathology, physiology, surgery and anatomy.
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SCIENCE SEX WAR
Antiquity and its Antiquity and its Antiquity and its
Legacy Legacy Legacy
Philippa Lang Daniel Orrells Alfred S. Bradord
Emory University University of Warwick University of Oklahoma
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SLAVERY THE ART OF THE LUCK, FATE &
Antiquity and its BODY FORTUNE
Legacy Antiquity and its Antiquity and its
Page duBois Legacy Legacy
University of California, San Michael Squire Esther Eidinow
Diego King’s College London University of Nottingham
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POLITICS DEATH RACE
Antiquity and its Antiquity and its Antiquity and its
Legacy Legacy Legacy
Kostas Mario Erasmo Denise McCoskey
Vlassopoulos University of Georgia Miami University, Ohio
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RELIGION GENDER
Antiquity and its Antiquity and its
Legacy Legacy
Jörg Rüpke Brooke Holmes
University of Erfurt Princeton University
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MASTER OF ATTIC
CORINTH RED-FIGURE
IN LATE NEW PAINTING NEW
ANTIQUITY The Art and Legacy of the
Pan Painter
Amy C. Smith University of Reading
A Greek, Roman
and Christian City
Amelia Brown
The University of Queensland
Late antique Corinth was on the
frontline of the radical political,
economic and religious transfor-
mations that swept across the
Mediterranean world from the
second to sixth centuries CE. Developing in Athens around 520 BC, Red-
Drawing on evidence from literary figure vase painting had supplanted within
a few decades the previously hegemonic
sources, extensive archaeological black-figure painting which preceded it.
excavations and historical records, Amy Smith discusses arguably the greatest
Amelia Brown here surveys this of all the red-figure painters: the Pan
period of urban transformation. Painter, so-called after the krater vase, now
Brown demonstrates the many ways Corinthians responded to internal and in Boston, attributed to his hand which
external pressures by building, demolishing and repurposing urban public shows the god Pan in aroused pursuit of a
goatherd.The author reveals her subject as
space, thus transforming Corinthian society, civic identity and urban infra-
a genius who combined an artist’s flair and
structure. In a departure from isolated textual and archaeological studies, she technical brilliance with an acute and ir-
connects this process to broader changes in metropolitan life, contributing reverent sense of the human predicament.
to the understanding of urban experience in the late antique Mediterranean. 200 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 2018
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THE GREEK ROMAN IMPERIALISM NEW
SUPERPOWER NEW A Concise History of the Rise and
Sparta in the Self-Definitions Expansion of Ancient Rome
of Athenians Dexter Hoyos
Paul Cartledge and Anton In this comprehensive new survey, the first to span the full
Powell (Eds) four and a half centuries of Roman power, Dexter Hoyos
traces what drove imperial expansion up to AD 212 and
what impact it had on the peoples she subdued. The author
shows that while Rome’s rule could be harsh, it was also
culturally flexible: and therein lay its success. Local commu-
nities ran their own affairs, spoke their own languages and
maintained their own beliefs and cults.
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FLAME OF MILETUS
The Birth of Science in Ancient Greece
(and How it Changed the World)
John Freely NEW IN PAPERBACK
Miletus was one of the wealthiest and most important
For Greeks, Sparta was the greatest towns in ancient Greece. It was here, on the Aegean coast
Hellenic military and moral power for in the 6th century BC, that the great traditions of Greek
most of the fifth and early fourth century. science and philosophy sparked into life that would change
This book examines the attempts by the world forever. This is the extraordinary story of Greek
Athenian writers – Xenophon, Plato and science from its earliest beginnings through its development
others – to apply Spartan principles to in classical Athens and Hellenistic Alexandria and its subse-
reformed or ideal states. quent diffusion to the wider world.
280 PAGES 216 X 136MM APRIL 2018
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THE HERO CULTS OF
ANCIENT GREECE AND NEW SPARTA NEW
AMERICAN CONSERVATISM Religion and Private Worship
in a Greek Polis
Classical Influence Nicolette Pavlides
on the Modern Right University College Cork, Ireland
John Bloxham
University of Nottingham
US conservatives have repeatedly
turned to classical Greece for inspi-
ration and rhetorical power. Using
Plato to defend moral absolutism,
Aristotle as a means to develop a
uniquely conservative social science;
and Thucydides to justify a more
assertive foreign policy. By tracing
this phenomenon and analysing
examples of selectivity, subversion
and adaptation within their broader
social and political contexts, John
Bloxham here employs classical Nicolette Pavlides here capitalizes on
thought as a prism through which the hero cults phenomenon to explore
to explore competing strands in this unique religious practices of citizens
American conservatism. Bloxham in ancient Sparta and, in the process,
illuminates the varied and diverse challenge numerous common scholarly
ways that Greek thought has rein- misconceptions surrounding their habits
of worship.
forced and invigorated conservatism.
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GREECE & ROME THE HORSE IN THE ART & ARCHITECTURE
ANCIENT WORLD
From Bucephalus to the
ANCIENT Hippodrome SYRACUSE, CITY OF
GEOGRAPHY Carolyn Willekes LEGENDS
The Discovery of the 288 PAGES 216 X 138MM 2016 A Glory of Sicily
World in Classical 9781784533663 HARDBACK £64.00
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Greece and Rome LIBRARY OF CLASSICAL STUDIES
272 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2016
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Ohio State University / $19.50
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2017
9781784539078 PAPERBACK £17.99
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APPIAN’S ROMAN
HISTORY
Empire and Civil War
YOU WIN OR YOU DIE MASTER OF ATTIC
Kathryn Welch (Ed) BLACK-FIGURE
The Ancient World of
Game of Thrones
330 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2015
9781910589007 HARDBACK £69.00
PAINTING
Ayelet Haimson Lushkov THE CLASSICAL PRESS OF WALES The Art and Legacy
of Exekias
University of Texas at Austin
256 PAGES 198 X 129MM APRIL
Elizabeth Moignard
2017 University of Glasgow
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ARISTOCRACY IN
ANTIQUITY
Redefining Greek and THE SACRED
A DICTIONARY OF Roman Elites
CLASSICAL GREEK ARCHITECTURE OF
Nick Fisher and Hans BYZANTIUM
QUOTATIONS van Wees (Eds)
Marinos Yeroulanos Art, Liturgy and
400 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2015
(Ed) 9781910589014 HARDBACK £75.00
Symbolism in Early
Foreword by Oliver THE CLASSICAL PRESS OF WALES Christian Churches
Nicholas N. Patricios
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Taplin
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KING AND COURT IN STUDIES, VOL. 4
ANCIENT MACEDONIA
Rivalry, Treason and
AFRICAN AMERICANS Conspiracy LITERATURE
AND THE CLASSICS Elizabeth Carney
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Activism 9781905125982 HARDBACK £75.00 HUMAN AND ANIMAL
Margaret Malamud
THE CLASSICAL PRESS OF WALES
IN ANCIENT GREECE
New Mexico State University Empathy and Encounter
304 PAGES 216 X 138MM 2016
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9781784534950 HARDBACK £64.00 Tua Korhonen and Erika
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Ruonakoski
University of Helsinki
SHIPS AND SILVER, 272 PAGES 216 X 138MM MARCH
TAXES AND TRIBUTE 2017
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PRIAM’S GOLD Hans van Wees
Schliemann and the University College London
Lost Treasures of Troy 224 PAGES 216 X 138MM 2015
Caroline Moorehead 9781784534325 PAPERBACK £16.99 THE LAST TROJAN
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320 PAGES 198 X 129MM 2016 A Cultural History of
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TAURIS PARKE PAPERBACKS Philip Hardie
University of Cambridge
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THE SPELL OF PHILOSOPHY LATE ANTIQUITY
HYPNOS
Sleep and Sleeplessness
in Ancient Greek
MILITARY LEADERS LOST CAPITAL OF
Literature AND SACRED SPACE BYZANTIUM
Silvia Montiglio
IN CLASSICAL GREEK The History of Mistra
WARFARE and the Peloponnese
Johns Hopkins University
Temples, Sanctuaries Steven Runciman, New
336 PAGES 216 X 138MM 2015
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THE RETURN OF THE CHURCH OF
ULYSSES THE LAWS OF SOLON THE EAST
A Cultural History of An Illustrated
A New Edition with
Homer’s Odyssey History of Assyrian
Introduction, Translation
Edith Hall and Commentary Christianity
King’s College London DF Leão and PJ Rhodes Christoph Baumer
304 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2012 352 PAGES 289 X 237MM 2016
224 PAGES 234 X 156MM 2016
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REFERENCE WORKS BY WILLIAM SMITH
DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES NEW
William Smith and Samuel Cheetham
Introduction by Michael Ledger-Lomas, King’s College London
A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities provides a detailed and comprehensive account of all aspects of the early Christian Church.
Remarkable in their range and depth of scholarship, the volumes cover the organization and history of the church, its legisla-
12 tion and revenues; church worship and ceremonial; music, vestments, objects and insignia; sacred places and symbolism; saints
and ecclesiastical figures; church architecture; church art; graves, catacombs and tombs; and the religious calendar. With a new
introduction by leading authority on the history of Christianity, these impressive volumes form a unique and valuable resource.
2 VOLS: 1096, 1008 PAGES 244 X 172MM FEBRUARY 2018
9781780768038 HARDBACK £325.00 / $495.00
A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE
Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History
William Smith Introduction by Michael Ledger-Lomas, King’s College London
A Dictionary of the Bible provides a truly comprehensive companion to the Bible. 5,000 entries and more than
3,000 pages offer detailed authoritative accounts of the people, places, cities, customs, plants and animals in
the Bible. Entries provide a wealth of historical, cultural and etymological insight. The dictionary contains a
complete listing of every name in the Bible and entries are cross-referenced to passages in the Bible.
5 VOLS: 976, 936, 1016, 864 PAGES 244 X 172MM 2016
9781780768052 HARDBACK £475.00 / $750.00
AN ATLAS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, A DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN GEOGRAPHY
BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL William Smith (Ed)
Maps of the Ancient World 2 VOLS 1128 & 1392 PAGES 246 X 189MM
9781845110017 HARDBACK £415.00 / $775.00
William Smith
Introduction by Richard Talbert,
University of North Carolina SMITH’S COMPLETE CLASSICAL DICTIONARIES
240 PAGES 495 X 319MM MARCH 2013 The Biography, Mythology, Culture and Geography of
9781848853522 HARDBACK £295.00 / $490.00 Ancient Greece and Rome
William Smith (Ed)
A DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN BIOGRAPHY 7 VOLS 8376 PAGES 246 X 189MM
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William Smith (Ed)
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A DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE
W. Smith, W. Wayte and G. Marandin (Eds)
2 VOLS 1080 & 1080 PAGES 246 X 189MM
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CLASSICS & THE ANCIENT WORLD 2018SHORT HISTORIES SERIES
A SHORT HISTORY OF
THE MINOANS NEW
John Bennet
University of Sheffield
The Minoans have long tantalized all those who have tried to understand this most enigmatic people of the ancient
world and the riddles to which their mysterious culture gives rise. What is contained in their earliest writing script,
the still un-deciphered Linear A? Did their likely extinction by volcanic eruption shape the Atlantis legend? Why was
their religion so thoroughly matriarchal? What was the purpose of their great palaces at Knossos, Phaestos and Malia?
The archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans controversially ‘rediscovered’ and then restored the Minoan civilization in the
early twentieth century, tying it to King Minos, builder of the famous labyrinth and keeper of the legendary Minotaur.
In this lucid and absorbing new history of Crete from the 9th millennium BCE to 1000 BCE, John Bennet expertly
draws on the latest archaeological and textual discoveries to separate fact from imagination, history from myth.
288 PAGES 216 X 138MM SEPTEMBER 2018
9781780763255 HARDBACK £64.00 / $99.00
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A SHORT HISTORY OF A SHORT HISTORY OF
THE ETRUSCANS NEW BABYLON NEW
Corinna Riva Karen Radner
University College London Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
256 PAGES 216 X 138MM SEPTEMBER 2018 256 PAGES 216 X 138MM SEPTEMBER 2018
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A SHORT HISTORY OF A SHORT HISTORY OF
ANCIENT CHINA NEW NEW KINGDOM
Edward L. Shaughnessy EGYPT NEW
256 PAGES 216 X 138MM SEPTEMBER 2018
9781784533489 HARDBACK £64.00 / $99.00 Robert Morkot 13
9781784533496 PAPERBACK £10.99 / $17.95 University of Exeter
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A SHORT HISTORY OF A SHORT HISTORY OF
THE PHOENICIANS THE NEW TESTAMENT
Mark Woolmer Halvor Moxnes
Durham University University of Oslo
256 PAGES 216 X 138MM MAY 2017 256 PAGES 216 X 138MM OCTOBER 2014
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A SHORT HISTORY OF A SHORT HISTORY OF
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE ANCIENT GREECE
Dionysios Stathakopoulos P.J. Rhodes
King’s College London Durham University
256 PAGES 216 X 138MM 2015 256 PAGES 216 X 138MM SEPTEMBER 2014
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THE NILE
NEW
THE RELIGIOUS NILE NEW
River of History Water, Ritual and Society Since Ancient
Egypt
Terje Tvedt
University of Bergen
Terje Oestigaard
Uppsala University, Sweden
The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For
millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors and
explorers. Yet the search for its source also contained a religious
quest – a search for the origin of its divine and life-giving waters.
Terje Oestigaard reveals how the beliefs associated with the
river have played a key role in the cultural development and
make-up of the societies and civilizations associated with it.
400 PAGES 244 X 172MM OCTOBER 2018 460 PAGES 234 X 156MM FEBRUARY 2018
9781784531485 HARDBACK £45.00 / $69.00 9781784539788 HARDBACK £69.00 / $110.00
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GEOARCHAEOLOGY
ABUSIR NEW
NEW
The Necropolis of the Sons of the Sun The Human
Miroslav Verner Environment
Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza Approach
and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the Carlos
last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.
This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the un- Cordova
covering of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains
dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is
Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one
of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries
that it seeks to uncover.
448 PAGES 230 X 150 MM AUGUST 2017
9789774167904 HARDBACK £45.00 336 PAGES 244 X 172MM NOVEMBER 2018
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS 9781788313018 HARDBACK £75.00 / $120.00
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THE GREAT BELZONI
ARISTOCRATS AND NEW The Circus Strongman who
ARCHAEOLOGISTS Discovered Egypt’s Ancient
Treasures NEW IN PAPERBACK
An Edwardian Stanley Mayes
Journey on the Nile
Toby Wilkinson and
Julian Platt
A collection of treasured letters
bring to life a lost world of Edwardian
travel, of Egypt on the brink of the
modern age, of the great figures of
Egyptology. In 1907/08 Ferdinand
Platt travelled as personal physician
to the ailing 8th Duke of Devon-
shire, recounting his adventure
in letters home. Throughout the
journey Ferdinand reported the
people he met (including Howard
Carter and Winston Churchill) and The truly extraordinary life story of
recorded his intimate observations Giovanni Belzoni – engineer, barber, monk,
of a formal and stratified society, actor and circus strongman (where he
earned his title, ‘The Great Belzoni’), who
soon to be witness to its own ex-
became one of the giants of 19th century
tinction. Introduced by Egyptologist Egyptian archaeology. Giovanni Battista
Toby Wilkinson, the letters open Belzoni is perhaps the most important
an intriguing window onto travel in and yet least remembered explorer and
Egypt during the Belle Epoque and the golden age of Egyptology. archaeologist of the last 200 years.
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CLASSICS & THE ANCIENT WORLD 2018EGYPT
NUBIAN GOLD
Ancient Jewelry from Sudan WONDERFUL
and Egypt
Peter Lacovara and Yvonne THINGS NEW
J. Markowitz Emory University A History of
Egyptology: Vol. 3:
From 1914 to the
Twenty-first Century
Jason Thompson
The discovery of ancient Egypt and
the development of Egyptology
are momentous events in intellec-
tual and cultural history. The history
of Egyptology is the story of the
people, who constructed the picture
of ancient Egypt that we have today,
The fabled land of Nubia, whose very recovered the Egyptian past while
name means ‘gold’ was famous in ancient
times for its supplies of precious metal, inventing it anew, and made a lost
exotic material and intricate craftsman- civilization comprehensible to gen-
ship. Although these unique treasures are erations of enchanted readers and
among the most stunning to have survived viewers thousands of years later.This,
from antiquity, they remain little known. the third of a three-volume history of Egyptology, follows the progress of
Richly illustrated with beautiful pho- the discipline from the trauma of the First World War, through into Egyptol-
tographs, many of them never before
published, Nubian Gold also places the ogy’s new horizons at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Wonderful
jewellery within the cultural contexts in Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fasci-
which it was manufactured and employed. nating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so.
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PROTECTING THE EARLY COPTIC WONDERFUL THINGS
PHARAOH’S PAPACY: THE A History of Egyptology:
TREASURES EGYPTIAN CHURCH 2: The Golden Age:
My Life in Egyptology AND ITS LEADERSHIP 1881–1914
Wafaa El Saddik. With IN LATE ANTIQUITY Jason Thompson
Rüdiger Heimlich. The Popes of Egypt, 388 PAGES 230 X 150MM 2016
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WONDERFUL THINGS
RESURRECTION IN A History of Egyptology:
ALEXANDRIA TOMBS OF THE 1: From Antiquity to 1881
The Painted Greco- SOUTH ASASIF Jason Thompson
Roman Tombs of NECROPOLIS 376 PAGES 230 X 150MM 2015
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The Art, Culture and
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DEATH AND BURIAL OF THE PHARAOHS an Egyptian Tomb
IN ANCIENT EGYPT Morris Bierbrier Melinda Hartwig (Ed)
Salima Ikram 160 PAGES 230 X 150MM 2016 Georgia State University,
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DIVINE CREATURES GODS AND MYTHS ANCIENT EGYPT
Animal Mummies in OF ANCIENT EGYPT INVESTIGATED
Ancient Egypt Robert A. Armour 101 Important Questions
Edited by Salima Ikram Virginia Commonwealth and Intriguing Answers
American University in Cairo University Thomas Schneider
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FROM BYZANTINE TO MONARCHS OF THE CONTESTING
ISLAMIC EGYPT NILE ANTIQUITY IN EGYPT
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Politics after the Arab
Aidan Dodson Museums, and the
Conquest Struggle for Identities
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Donald Malcolm Reid
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From Howard Carter CT Imaging of the The Remarkable
to DNA New Kingdom Royal Legacy of Egypt and
Mummies the Ancient Near East
Zahi Hawass
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Foreword by Jaromir Malek
Sahar N. Saleem
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THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA NEW
The Age of Decline and Revival (Vol 4)
Christoph Baumer
For many years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet. But after the
fragmentation of the Mongol polity, the region began to decline. During the nineteenth century, the former
territories of the great khans were overrun by Tsarist Russia. In the last volume of his acclaimed quartet,
Christoph Baumer shows how China and Russia became the masters of their previous rulers. He suggests that,
as traditional trade routes declined, it was the cold war between Imperial Russia and Great Britain which brought
Central Asia back into play as a region of strategic importance.This epic history concludes with an assessment of
the transition to independence of the Central Asian states and their struggle to contain radical Islamism.
352 PAGES 289 X 237 MM MAY 2018
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ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE SERIES:
THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL
ASIA ASIA ASIA
The Age of The Age of The Age of
Islam and the Silk Roads the Steppe
the Mongols (Volume 2) Warriors
(Volume 3) Christoph (Volume 1)
Christoph Baumer Christoph
Baumer Baumer
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RECLAIMING BYZANTIUM
NEW
Russia, Turkey
TREASURES
and the
Archaeological FROM THE
Claim to the
Middle East OXUS NEW
in the 19th The Art and
Century
Pinar Ure
Civilization of
Central Asia
Massimo Vidale
272 PAGES 216 X 138MM MAY 2018
9781788310123 HARDBACK £59.00 / $95.00
University of Padua
LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
e ebook available The great river civilization of the
Oxus is one of the forgotten jewels
of the ancient world. Histori-
THE EASTERN cally, this grand arterial 1500-mile
FRONTIER NEW
waterway was central to many
empires and a succession of skilled,
Limits of Empire in Late yet still elusive, Bronze Age cultures
Antique and Early Medieval flourished here well before the 6th
Central Asia century BCE. This richly illustrat-
Robert Haug University of Cincinnati ed book explores the fascinating history, art and archaeology of the region,
including its primal trade in silk and foodstuffs; the mineral wealth of the Oxus
basin; its exotic myths and beliefs; and the converging tribes and peoples which
led to a new stability, economic growth and urbanism. The volume contains
150 full-colour photographs of notable artefacts, including 25 ‘Bactrian Prin-
cesses’: remarkable statuettes made in chlorite and limestone. Most of these
rare objects have never been seen before.
240 PAGES 289 X 237MM JUNE 2017
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THE RUINS OF PALMYRA THE RUINS OF BALBEC
NEW NEW
Otherwise Heliopolis in
Tedmor in the CoeloSyria
Desart Robert Wood
Robert Wood
Transoxania, Khurasan, and Tukharistan,
which comprise large parts of today’s
Central Asia, have often been portrayed on
the margins of empires. Here, Huag argues
for a pre-modern and discrete identity, a
region that is not just the far-flung corner
of empires, but its own historical entity.
352 PAGES 216 X 138MM MAY 2018 304 PAGES 246 X 189MM MAY 2018 224 PAGES 246 X 189MM OCTOBER 2018
9781788310031 HARDBACK £75.00 / $120.00 9781788311847 HARDBACK £150.00 / $195.00 9781788312172 HARDBACK £150.00 / $195.00
EARLY AND MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD
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THE CITY OF BALKH THE ARMENIAN-BYZANTINE
NEW
FRONTIER NEW
The History and
Culture of a The Cultural Politics of Empire in the
Great Islamic Medieval World
Capital Anna Linden Weller Uppsala University
Edmund Herzig, The tenth-century Byzantine expansion into eastern
Anatolia was a challenge both to the imperial conquerors
Arezou Azad, and their subjects. Drawing on various historical texts, Anna
Philippe Marquis Linden Weller demonstrates how a variety of actors created
and Paul authoritative claims of universal empire. Across several case
Wordsworth (Eds) studies, Weller applies the methodologies of narratology
and network theory to form a nuanced exploration of the
cultural capabilities and limitations of medieval empires.
368 PAGES 246 X 189MM JULY 2018
9781784538170 HARDBACK £75.00 / $120.00 256 PAGES 216 X 138MM AUGUST 2018
LIBRARY OF MIDDLE EAST HISTORY 9781788310284 HARDBACK £59.00 / $95.00
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www.ibtauris.comMIDDLE EAST & ASIA
SINO-IRANICA: CHINA AND
ANCIENT IRAN NEW THE PERSIAN ALEXANDER
Commodities The First Complete English Translation of
and Cultural the Iskandarnama NEW
Exchange Evangelos Venetis (Trans.)
from 1000 BC Society for Hellenic-Iranian Studies in Athens
to Medieval The first Iskandarnama, or ‘The Book of Alexander’, is the
Times oldest prose version of the Alexander romance in the
Berthold Persian tradition. This new English translation is the first
to be presented unabridged and sheds fresh light onto this
Laufer vital document. Evangelos Venetis, the translator, also offers
Introduction by Brian a textual analysis, providing much-needed context and ex-
Spooner planations on both content and subsequent reception.
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MONUMENTS OF JORDAN
GOD A New Biography NEW NEW
Philip C. Almond University of Queensland
An Historical
The story of God is the story of a paradox. Here, Philip Guide
Almond reveals that – whether in Judaism, Christianity or
Islam – God is seen to be at once utterly beyond our world Rami Khouri
yet at the same earnestly desiring to be at one with it. The
way this and other metaphysical tensions have been under-
stood is, the author demonstrates, the key to unlocking the
entire history of religion in the West. Expertly placing the
narrative of divine presence within the wider history of
ideas, Almond suggests that the notion of a deity has been
the single greatest conundrum of medieval and modern civi-
lization.
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THE ART AND
ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN ARCHAEOLOGY OF
THE PERSIAN TRADITION ANCIENT PERSIA
New Light on the Parthian and
History, Myth and Sasanian Empires
Legend in Medieval Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robert
Iran NEW Hillenbrand and Michael
Haila Mantaghi Rogers (Eds) NEW IN PAPERBACK
University of Münster
Alexander the Great was trans-
formed into a legend by all he met,
leaving an enduring tradition of
romances across the world. Aside
from in Europe, the Alexander
romance arguably had its greatest
impact in the Persian language. Haila
Manteghi here offers a complete
survey of that deep tradition,
ranging from analysis of classical
Persian poetry to medieval Arabic
historiography. She explores how
the Greek work first entered the
This book brings together an international
Persian literary tradition and traces panel to assess the state of knowledge of the
the development of its influence, Achaemenis, Parthian and Sasanian empires,
before revealing the remarkable to cover a range of subjects relating to the
way in which Alexander became as art and archaeology of Iran.
central to the Persian tradition as any other hero or king.
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