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The Theatrical Cast of Athens: Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama and Society

Book by Edith Hall; Oxford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Athens (Greece)--Social Life And Customs, Greek Drama--History And Criticism, Theater--Greece--Athens--History--To 500

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...1986), Reading Greek Tragedy. Cambridge...Art and text in Ancient Greek Culture. Cambridge...Myth, Religion and Society: Structuralist Essays...A. (1924), The Ancient Rhetorical Theories of...1994), Theatre in Ancient Greek Society. London...
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Artful Crafts: Ancient Greek Silverware and Pottery

Book by Michael Vickers, David Gill; Clarendon Press, 1996

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Goldwork, Ancient--Greece--Influence, Pottery, Greek, Silverwork, Ancient--Greece--Influence, Vase-Painting, Greek

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...Morris I. 1987 , Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State Cambridge...Unexcavated Objects and Ancient Near Eastern Art", in L...Schmandt-Besserat ed. , Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire...
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Dialect in Aristophanes and the Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature

Book by Stephen Colvin; Clarendon Press, 1999

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Aristophanes--Language, Drama--Technique, Greek Drama (Comedy)--History And Criticism, Greek Language--Dialects, Greek Language--Political Aspects--Greece, Language And Culture--Greece, Rhetoric, Ancient

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...way the language varieties in question are treated in society. We can consider these briefly and their possible application to the investigation of ancient Greek. i Direct solicitation of language attitude. Direct...
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Intimations of Christianity among the Ancient Greeks

Book by Simone Weil, Elisabeth Chase Geissbuhler; Beacon Press, 1958

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Christianity And Other Religions--Greek, Philosophy, Ancient

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...beast of the Apocalypse. This Platonic conception of society as the obstacle between man and God, obstacle which...will I give it. 2 In parenthesis such a theory of society implies that society is essentially evil in which Machiavelli is no more...
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Aidos: The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature

Book by Douglas L. Cairns; Clarendon Press, 1993

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Aid?Os (The Greek Word), Ethics In Literature, Greek Literature--History And Criticism, Honor In Literature, Psychology In Literature, Shame In Literature

Collections: Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...right and wrong, then ancient Greek society was at all periods and...continued designation of a society in terms of one or other...differences between our society and that of ancient...moral authority; those societies regularly designated...

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Journal Articles on: ancient greek society

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Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience

Journal article by Laura Gawlinski; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience. by Laura...and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience. By...of the wide variety of ancient material at our disposal...Footnotes to sources, ancient and modern, are frequent...a depiction of Greek society with an often gloomy...
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Konstan, David. the Emotions of the Ancient Greeks. Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature

Journal article by Virgil Nemoianu; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 61, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Emotions of the Ancient Greeks. Studies in Aristotle...The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks. Studies in Aristotle...in the usage of the Greek terms, and their families...character of Greek society, and thus, implicitly...
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A Possession for Ever: Charles Bean, the Ancient Greeks, and Military Commemoration in Australia

Journal article by Peter Londey; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, 2007

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ANZAC Day--History, Ancient Greek civilization--Influence, Australian history--Military aspects, Australian history--Social aspects, Bean, Charles--Works, Civilization, Greek--Influence, Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916--Analysis, Pericles--Influence, Persian Wars, 500-449 BC--Influence, Statesmen--Influence, Trojan War--Influence, War correspondents--Works, War memorials--Design and construction, War memorials--History, War memorials--Location

Collections: History, Entire Library

...long view of it which led from Greeks, Romans, Vikings, English...between the disorganised early Greeks of Thucydides and Beans disunited...tradition stretching back to the Greeks; and Beans tendency to conflate...recalling the fact that in a Greek polis the citizens and the...glory of the AIF with that of ancient Greece--just as Thucydides...
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Ancient Greek Religion

Journal article by Daniel H. Garrison; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006

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Ancient Greek Religion (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Ancient Greek Religion. by Daniel H. Garrison Ancient Greek Religion. By Jon D. Mikalson. (Oxford: Blackwell...interpretations of his subject. By design, therefore, Ancient Greek Religion is a primer written along narrow, traditional...
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The Shotgun Method: The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture

Journal article by Cynthia Patterson; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Shotgun Method: The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Method: The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture...views on the character of the Greek economy (that, on the usual...rural settlement throughout the Greek world produce a total population...Carrying Capacity of the Ancient Greek Polls World") develop in...century people (including Greeks, free foreigners, and slaves...

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Magazine Articles on: ancient greek society

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Ancient Greece's Death Penalty Dilemma and Its Influence on Modern Society

Magazine article by Robert Blecker; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, July 2006

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Ancient Greek civilization--Influence, Capital punishment--History, Capital punishment--Influence, Capital punishment--Social aspects, Civilization, Greek--Influence, Constitutions, Future punishment, Murderers--Civil rights, Premeditation (Law), Revenge, Society--Social policy

Collections: History, Entire Library

Ancient Greeces Death Penalty...too, did the ancient Greeks. Repulsed by blood...could return. The ancients put it out of their...responses not because society says so. Rather society says so because the...not be softened to society simply were better...differ in different societies, and people may be...
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Celebrity in the Ancient World: Robert Garland Considers the Meaning of Fame and Celebrity to the Greeks and Romans

Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 55, March 2005

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Ancient Greek civilization--Social aspects, Ancient Roman civilization--Social aspects, Celebrities--History, Civilization, Greek--Social aspects, Conduct of life, Socrates

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Celebrity in the Ancient World: Robert...Celebrity to the Greeks and Romans...masterpiece by the Greek playwright...camp, in a society that looked...ambition. Modern society indiscriminately...fame. In the ancient world, stardom...E. Hall, Greek and Roman Actors...Aspects of an Ancient Profession...Portraits of the Greeks, abridged...of Surviving Greek Tragedy (Duckworth...
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Ancient Greek Athletics

Magazine article by Tom Palaima; History Today, Vol. 54, September 2004

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Ancient Greek Athletics (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, The Ancient Olympic Games (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

Ancient Greek Athletics. by...them. One reminder. Greek prime minister Konstantinos...Games. Afterwards a Greek satirical political pamphlet...Kostakis amp;#91;the Greek prime ministers nickname...93; of mine? The Greeks have always understood...politics, women and society. Each chapter has a...
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To Die for? Paul Cartledge Sees Ancient Spartan Society and Its Fierce Code of Honour as Something Still Relevant Today

Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 52, August 2002

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Civilization, Greek--Moral and ethical aspects, Sparta (Ancient city)--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Cartledge sees ancient Spartan society and its fierce...the mainland Greeks in his oriental...victory for the Greeks, and the following...organised by Greek scholars, including...between the ancients and the moderns...organisation of their society into a well...of loyalist Greeks would have had...471), the Greek land forces...exemplars of ancient Greek civilisation...
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The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece: Michael Scott Looks at How a Time of Crisis in the Fourth Century BC Proved a Dynamic Moment of Change for Women in the Greek World

Magazine article by Michael Scott; History Today, Vol. 59, November 2009

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Greek history--Demographic aspects, Greek history--Political aspects, Women's suffrage--History, Women--History, Women--Suffrage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of violent change in ancient Greece was in the ascendant...Blandell, Women in Ancient Greece (Harvard, 1995...Cursing Among the Ancient Greeks (Oxford University...Punishment in Ancient Law and Society: Vol 2, Ancient Greece...P. Cartledge, The Greeks: Crucible of Civilisation...Speak: Womens Voices in Greek Literature and Society...

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So That's What the Classics Have Ever Done for Us! AGENDA What Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Do for Us? Well, They Gave Us the Classics for a Start but What Use Are They? Tobias White Provides an Answer

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 19, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...AGENDA What Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Do for Us...aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations...pressing in todays society where religions provide...revive interest in the ancient languages, numbers...medical term). The ancient languages aid understanding...in other areas, the ancients were equally as advanced...
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The Original Olympians; When Ancient Greek Athletes Vied for Glory

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Original Olympians; When Ancient Greek Athletes Vied for Glory...author of the monumental "Greek Cultural History...years, the legacy of Greek sport quite properly...games of the ancient Greeks were - their equipment...tell us about ancient society . . . and about ourselves...
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Greek Is the Word; Forget Modern Europe - Liverpool University Is Aiming to Be the Capital of Ancient European Culture, Reports Peter Elson

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 20, 2007

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University of Liverpool

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to Be the Capital of Ancient European Culture, Reports...Bedford Street, the Greek Reading Group was originally...named after the ancient Greek revellers who were wild...wine and theatre. The Greek Reading Group in its...ancient words of the great Greeks such as Sophocless Antigone...Rendall, who thought a society should be set up for...
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Making Case That Ancient Greeks and Romans Were Tolerant of Jews

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 16, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Making case that ancient Greeks and Romans were tolerant...DIASPORA: JEWS AMIDST GREEKS AND ROMANS By Erich...MARK MILLER The ancient Greeks and Romans occupy a...forces of the Syrian Greek tyrant Antiochus, who...integrated into Roman society. For their part, he...
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Northern Buildings Are All Greek to Us; Architecture Inspired by Ancient World

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 6, 2009

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British Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Architecture Inspired by Ancient World. Byline: Tony...a massive debt to the Greeks." The Shefton collection...will be part of a new Greek gallery at the Great...be a Farewell to the Greeks event at South Shields...his fascination with Greek archite cture. As part...Literary and Philosophical Society building, Westgate Road...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ancient greek society

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Greek Literature, Ancient

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREEK LITERATURE, ANCIENT the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized...of the extant ancient Greek literature. See T...and C. R. Beye, Ancient Greek Literature and Society (1987...
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Archaeology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...for past nonliterate societies and supplementing written...growing interest in ancient Greece inspired the excavation of Greek sculpture. In the 18th...Marbles . The study of ancient cultures in the Aegean...of elite segments of ancient Egyptian society and rewritten Egyptian...
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Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cent. a rediscovery of Greek and Roman literature...had significance within society. The growth of an interest...led to the search for ancient texts that would increase...result of the study of ancient texts. Scientific thinkers...studying the speeches of ancient orators. Thomas Elyot...
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Slavery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...more highly developed societies, such as the southern...slaves. Slavery in the Ancient World The institution...varied greatly in ancient society. It seems to have been...civilizations and in ancient Persia. In ancient Egypt slave labor was...the population of the Greek city-states in later...
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Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...supernatural. While ancient Greek, Roman, and...anthropomorphic than the Greek (see Germanic religion...otherworldly than the Greek (see Veda ); the Egyptian...which shares with the Greek mythology a strong concern...world or a particular society. Myths treating the...absurdity. Some ancient Greeks explained myths as allegories...contemporary simple societies. The evolutionary theories...

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