Classical Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Plato's Dialectic on Woman

   Equal, Therefore Inferior

   By Elena Blair

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   With the birth of the feminist movement classicists, philosophers, educational experts, and psychologists, all challenged by the question of whether or not Plato was a feminist, began to examine Plato’s dialogues in search of his conception of woman. The possibility arose of a new focus affecting...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z

   By W. Geoffrey Arnott

   Series: Ancient World from A to Z

   Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z gathers together the ancient information available, listing all the names that ancient Greeks gave their birds and all their descriptions and analyses. W. Geoffrey Arnott identifies as many of them as possible in the light of modern ornithological studies....

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z

   By Liza Cleland, Glenys Davies, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

   Series: Ancient World from A to Z

   Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar’s wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga? If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then this a book that no sartorially savvy Classicist...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Alexander The Great

   By Budge

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Annals Of The Kings Of Assyria

   By Budge

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Ancient Egyptian Family

   Kinship and Social Structure

   By Troy D. Allen

   Series: African Studies

   Scholars in Egyptology have often debated the following question: was the ancient Egyptian society organized along patrilineal or matrilineal lines? In taking a fresh and innovative look at the ancient Egyptian family, Allen attempts to solve this long-standing puzzle. Allen argues that the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Luxor And Its Temples

   By A.M. Blackman

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Consensus, Concordia and the Formation of Roman Imperial Ideology

   By John Alexander Lobur

   Series: Studies in Classics

   This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him to adhere to ‘legitimate’ and ‘traditional’ forms of self-presentation. Lobur explores how these...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

   By John Muir

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
10. The History and Literature of Christianity

    By Pierre De Labriolle

    Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge