The Crooked Kings Of Ancient Greece
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The Crooked Kings Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Crooked Kings Of Ancient Greece written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Greece categories.
Greek And Roman Necromancy
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-12-31
Greek And Roman Necromancy written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-31 with History categories.
In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language. Daniel Ogden surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. He investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts. He argues that the Acheron oracle has been long misidentified, and considers in detail the traditions attached to each site. Readers meet the personnel--real or imagined--of ancient necromancy: ghosts, zombies, the earliest vampires, evocators, sorcerers, shamans, Persian magi, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, Roman emperors, and witches from Circe to Medea. Ogden explains the technologies used to evocate or reanimate the dead and to compel them to disgorge their secrets. He concludes by examining ancient beliefs about ghosts and their wisdom--beliefs that underpinned and justified the practice of necromancy. The first of its kind and filled with information, this volume will be of central importance to those interested in the rapidly expanding, inherently fascinating, and intellectually exciting subjects of ghosts and magic in antiquity.
Aristomenes Of Messene
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Release Date : 2004-12-31
Aristomenes Of Messene written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by Classical Press of Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-31 with History categories.
With Aristomenes of Messene, Daniel Ogden identifies yet another fertile and undervalued topic in Ancient History. He has previously studied illegitimacy in the ancient Greek world (Greek Bastardy, OUP, 1996), Greek ideas about the relationship between deformity and power (Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece, Duckworth, 1997), the nature and causes of dynastic murder in the Hellenistic world (Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death, Classical Press of Wales, 1999) and the techniques of calling up the dead in the ancient world (Greek and Roman Necromancy, Princeton UP, 2001). Among his other books is a volume edited for the Classical Press of Wales, The Hellenistic World: New perspectives (2002).The legends of Aristomenes, hero of the Messenian resistance to Sparta, were designed to excite, gratify and amuse. Yet they remain almost unknown even to specialist ancient historians. This book, the first monograph to be devoted to Aristomenes, redirects attention to his adventures, which at times resemble those of King Arthur, Robin Hood and even Sinbad the Sailor. The book goes beyond the question of the historicity of Aristomenes, and examines the meaning and symbolism of the stories in their own right. The study will be welcomed by those with an interest in the history of Sparta, in Pausanias (our principal source for the tales), and in Greek traditional narrative. Famously, Sparta tried to suppress the identity and self-confidence of its Messenian helots. Yet here are stories which give access to the imagination of this long-muted but ultimately liberated people..
Cults And Rites In Ancient Greece
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language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Polygamy Prostitutes And Death
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Polygamy Prostitutes And Death written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Greece categories.
Daniel Ogden's Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death, first published in 1999, has established itself as the principal guide to the history of royal women and their court intrigues throughout the Hellenistic period.
The Crooked Kings Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 1997
The Crooked Kings Of Ancient Greece written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
By comparing traditional narratives concerning archaic colonists and tyrants, Ogden shows that monarchic rulers in archaic Greece were often paradoxically conceptualized as deformed scapegoats. He also considers a range of related themes, including the myth of Oedipus, and the fables of Aesop.
Religions Of The Ancient Greeks
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Author : S. R. F. Price
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-06-28
Religions Of The Ancient Greeks written by S. R. F. Price and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-28 with History categories.
This 1999 book is about the religious life of the Greeks from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD, looked at in the context of a variety of different cities and periods. Simon Price does not describe some abstract and self-contained system of religion or myths but examines local practices and ideas in the light of general Greek ideas, relating them for example, to gender roles and to cultural and political life (including Attic tragedy and the trial of Socrates). He also lays emphasis on the reactions to Greek religions of ancient thinkers - Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian. The evidence drawn on is of all kinds: literary texts, which are translated throughout; inscriptions, including an appendix of newly translated Greek inscriptions; and archaeology, which is highlighted in the numerous illustrations.
Tragedy Ritual And Money In Ancient Greece
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Author : Richard Seaford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-22
Tragedy Ritual And Money In Ancient Greece written by Richard Seaford and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-22 with History categories.
Reveals the shaping influence of money and ritual on Greek tragedy, the New Testament, Indian philosophy, and Wagner.
War And Violence In Ancient Greece
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Author : Hans van Wees
language : en
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Release Date : 2009-12-31
War And Violence In Ancient Greece written by Hans van Wees and has been published by Classical Press of Wales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-31 with History categories.
The study of Greek warfare should involve much more than reconstructing the experience of combat or revisiting the great wars of the classical period. Here, a distinguished cast of international scholars explores beyond the usual thematic and chronological boundaries. Ranging from the heroes of Homer to the kings and cities of the hellenistic age, the contributors set war in the context of other forms of Greek violence, private and public. At every turn they challenge received ideas about the causes and conduct of war, its development and its place in Greek society and culture.
Myths And Tragedies In Their Ancient Greek Contexts
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Author : Richard Buxton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-25
Myths And Tragedies In Their Ancient Greek Contexts written by Richard Buxton 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 2013-07-25 with History categories.
This work brings together Richard Buxton's studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two. Situating and contextualising topics and themes within the world of ancient Greece, he traces the intricate variations and retellings which they underwent in Greek antiquity.