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151. Lysimachus

     A Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship

     By Dr Helen S Lund, Helen S. Lund

     Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the...

     Published October 7th 1992 by Routledge
152. The Uses of Greek Mythology

     By Ken Dowden

     Series: Approaching the Ancient World

     In an innovative sequence of topics, Ken Dowden explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Most aspects of Greek life and history - including war, religion and sexuality - which are discernable through myth, as well as...

     Published September 9th 1992 by Routledge
153. Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece

     By Dennis D. Hughes

     Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted...

     Published July 24th 1991 by Routledge
154. Classical Wall Maps

     4. Alexander's Empire

     Edited by Richard Stoneman, Richard Wallace

     Series: Classical Wall Maps

     Covers northern mainland Greece, Egypt and the Levant, and stretches as far east as the western Himalayas and the Indus Valley....

     Published July 3rd 1991 by Routledge
155. Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre

     By Peter D. Arnott

     Peter Arnott discusses Greek drama not as an antiquarian study but as a living art form. He removes the plays from the library and places them firmly in the theatre that gave them being. Invoking the practical realities of stagecraft, he illuminates the literary patterns of the plays, the...

     Published May 29th 1991 by Routledge
156. Women in Athenian Law and Life

     By Roger Just

     This book provides a comprehensive account of the Athenians' conception of women during the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Though nothing remains that represents the authentic voice of the women themselves, there is a wealth of evidence showing how men sought to define women...

     Published March 6th 1991 by Routledge
157. Athenian Politics c800-500 BC

     A Sourcebook

     By G. R. Stanton

     Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

     A critical approach to the sources of information on ancient Athenian politics presenting contemporary sources, later historical and biographical writings, archaeological evidence, inscriptions on stone, and papyri from Egypt....

     Published October 11th 1990 by Routledge
158. Classical Wall Maps

     1. Ancient Greece and the Aegean

     Edited by Richard Stoneman, Richard Wallace

     Series: Classical Wall Maps

     Coverage: the whole of Greece north to Edessa, the Aegean including Crete, Asia Minor east to Sardis and Aphrodisias....

     Published May 10th 1989 by Routledge
159. Atlas of Classical History

     By Richard J.A. Talbert

     From the Bronze Age to the reign of Constantine, the Atlas of Classical History provides a comprehensive series of maps, diagrams, and commentary designed to meet the needs of classical scholars, as well as general readers. Over 135 maps of the Greek and Roman worlds clearly mark the political...

     Published May 7th 1985 by Routledge