Probablepolis
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Probablepolis
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Author : Dell Richard Dell and Rowan Dellderonde
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-11
Probablepolis written by Dell Richard Dell and Rowan Dellderonde and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11 with Fiction categories.
Dr. Moebius, a madman with a flair for the absurd, creates a Holographic, simulated Universe that he calls ProbablePolis, and then promptly kidnaps his senior lab assistant, Dr. Limberly Rondell, to vanishes into it for all time. Limberly's husband, Shard Rondell, a special forces commando with the MoonClock Project, goes in after her through the MoonClock Gate and is never heard from again. Moebius thinks he has all bases covered, but he's done far too good a job of programming the LOGOS, an autonomous sentient software program that runs all ProbablePolis; the LOGOS manages to figure out how to coax the Rondells ten year old daughter, little Nowar Rondell, to come into the breach to help save her Mother and Father, and hopefully, all of ProbablePolis... This book is a Theosophany of sorts, an adventurous journey through metaphysical pop culture, combining elements of humor, quantum physics, gnosticism, history, mythology, geometry, musicology and fantasy into what could otherwise be misconstrued as an exercise in an action-adventure.
An Inventory Of Archaic And Classical Poleis
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Author : Mogens Herman Hansen
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2004-11-11
An Inventory Of Archaic And Classical Poleis written by Mogens Herman Hansen and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-11 with History categories.
This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles', Plato's, and Demosthenes' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta, but its main purpose is to explore the history and organization of the thousand other city states. The main part of the book is a regionally organized inventory of all identifiable poleis covering the Greek world from Spain to the Caucasus and from the Crimea to Libya. This inventory is the work of 47 specialists, and is divided into 46 chapters, each covering a region. Each chapter contains an account of the region, a list of second-order settlements, and an alphabetically ordered description of the poleis. This description covers such topics as polis status, territory, settlement pattern, urban centre, city walls and monumental architecture, population, military strength, constitution, alliance membership, colonization, coinage, and Panhellenic victors. The first part of the book is a description of the method and principles applied in the construction of the inventory and an analysis of some of the results to be obtained by a comparative study of the 1,035 poleis included in it. The ancient Greek concept of polis is distinguished from the modern term `city state', which historians use to cover many other historic civilizations, from ancient Sumeria to the West African cultures absorbed by the nineteenth-century colonializing powers. The focus of this project is what the Greeks themselves considered a polis to be.
The Fortifications Of Arkadian City States In The Classical And Hellenistic Periods
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Author : Matthew P. Maher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Fortifications Of Arkadian City States In The Classical And Hellenistic Periods written by Matthew P. Maher and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Architecture categories.
This illustrated study comprises a comprehensive and detailed account of the historical development of Greek military architecture and defensive planning, specifically in Arkadia in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Employing data gathered from the published literature, and collected during the field reconnaissance of every site, the fortification circuit of each Arkadian polis is explored. In this way, the book provides an accurate chronology for the walls in question; an understanding of the relationship between the fortifications and the local topography; a detailed inventory of all the fortified poleis of Arkadia; a regional synthesis based on this inventory; and the probable historical reasons behind the patterns observed through the regional synthesis. Maher argues that there is no evidence for fortified poleis in Arkadia during the Archaic period. However, when the poleis were eventually fortified in the Classical period, the fact that most appeared in the early fourth century BC, strategically distributed in limited geographic areas, suggests that the larger defensive concerns of the Arkadian League were a factor. Although the defensive responses to innovations in siege warfare and offensive artillery of the Arkadian fortifications follow the same general developments observable in the circuits found throughout the Greek world, there does exist a number of interesting and noteworthy, regionally specific, patterns. Such discoveries validate the methodology employed and clearly demonstrate the value of an exclusively regional focus for shedding light on a number of architectural, topographical, and historic issues.
Proxeny And Polis
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Author : William Joseph Behm Garner Mack
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Proxeny And Polis written by William Joseph Behm Garner Mack and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
This book offers the first comprehensive treatment in English of proxeny, drawing fully on the extensive record of literary sources and inscriptions to offer a new reconstruction of this Greek institution which was central to interstate relations in the ancient world.
The Early Greek Alphabets
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Author : Robert Parker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-26
The Early Greek Alphabets written by Robert Parker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The birth of the Greek alphabet marked a new horizon in the history of writing, as the vowelless Phoenician alphabet was borrowed and adapted to write vowels as well as consonants. Rather than creating a single unchanging new tradition, however, its earliest attestations show a very great degree of diversity, as areas of the Greek-speaking world established their own regional variants. This volume asks how, when, where, by whom and for what purposes Greek alphabetic writing developed. Anne Jeffery's Local Scripts of Archaic Greece (1961), re-issued with a valuable supplement in 1990, was an epoch-making contribution to the study of these issues. But much important new evidence has emerged even since 1987, and debate has continued energetically about all the central issues raised by Jeffery's book: the date at which the Phoenician script was taken over and adapted to write vowels with separate signs; the priority of Phrygia or Greece in that process; the question whether the adaptation happened once, and the resulting alphabet then spread outwards, or whether similar adaptations occurred independently in several paces; if the adaptation was a single event, the region where it occurred, and the explanation for the many divergences in local script; what the scripts tell us about the regional divisions of archaic Greece. There has also been a flourishing debate about the development and functions of literacy in archaic Greece. The contributors to this volume bring a range of perspectives to bear in revisiting Jeffery's legacy, including chapters which extend the scope beyond Jeffery, by considering the fortunes of the Greek alphabet in Etruria, in southern Italy, and on coins.
Arkadia And Its Poleis In The Archaic And Classical Periods
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Author : Thomas Heine Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
Release Date : 2002
Arkadia And Its Poleis In The Archaic And Classical Periods written by Thomas Heine Nielsen and has been published by Vandehoeck & Rupprecht this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The Annual Of The British School At Athens
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Author : British School at Athens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Annual Of The British School At Athens written by British School at Athens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Greece categories.
"A short history of the British school at Athens. 1886-1911", by G. A. Macmillan: no. 17, p. [ix]-xxxviii.
Historisk Filosofiske Meddelelser
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Historisk Filosofiske Meddelelser written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Cities and towns, Ancient categories.
The Brooklyn Museum Annual
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Brooklyn Museum Annual written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Polis As An Urban Centre And As A Political Community
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Author : Mogens Herman Hansen
language : en
Publisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Release Date : 1997
The Polis As An Urban Centre And As A Political Community written by Mogens Herman Hansen and has been published by Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Cities and towns, Ancient categories.
