Bright colours and pure whites were appreciated in the ancient world, appearing in texts and artefacts. In contrast to modern colours, ancient colours were intimately tied to the real world of the palaces, temples and tombs of the elites and divinities of the Bronze Age. The ori…
A dream in which a man has sex with his mother may promise him political or commercial success--according to dream interpreters of late antiquity, who, unlike modern Western analysts, would not necessarily have drawn conclusions from the dream about the dreamer's sexual psycholo…
A dream in which a man has sex with his mother may promise him political or commercial success--according to dream interpreters of late antiquity, who, unlike modern Western analysts, would not necessarily have drawn conclusions from the dream about the dreamer's sexual psycholo…
About the role of women in Roman Republican plays of all genres, and about the role of gender in the influence of this on later dramatists
Talks about the history of heterodox ideas about the concept of mind. This book concludes with an investigation of the many forms of dualism in accounts of the human mind and soul, and the concept of dual-life which underpins our aspiration to understand how humans could have an…
Ancient Greek Religion provides an introduction to the fundamental beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek religion. type="disc"> Focuses on Athens in the classical period Includes detailed discussion of Greek gods and heroes, myth and cult, and vivid descriptions of Gree…
Performance in Greek and Roman theatre
by Liapis, Vayos, Harrison, George W. M.
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These two volumes collect the author's published work from the period up to 2000. Together they will enable all working in the field of ancient philosophy to reassess the contribution of one of its liveliest and most original minds.