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Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy, Hardcover/James M. Ambury
Description Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy is the first volume of essays dedicated to the whole question of self-knowledge and its role in Platonic philosophy. It brings…Catre Magazin -
Temple of the Soul Initiation Philosophy in the Temple of Osiris at Abydos: Decoded Temple Mysteries Translations of Temple Inscriptions and Walking P, Hardcover/Muata Ashby
Description Initiation in the Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt with Hieroglyph Translations of Temple Inscriptions detailing the Initiation Zones and Walking Path through The Temple Mysteries of the Priests…Catre Magazin -
Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply, Paperback/A. Trevor Hodge
Description How did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in…Catre Magazin -
Albertus Magnus On Animals V2: A Medieval Summa Zoologica Revised Edition, Paperback/Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr
Albertus Magnus has long been recognized as one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages; his contemporaries conferred upon him the title Doctor Universalis . An epitaph at his…Catre Magazin -
The Achillean Hero in the Plays of Tirso de Molina. New ed, Hardback/Nina Shecktor
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Author(s): Nina Shecktor Number of pages: 128 Collection: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures Publication date: 2009 Dimensions: 158 x 236 x 14 Cover…Catre Magazin -
Albertus Magnus on Animals V1: A Medieval Summa Zoologica Revised Edition, Paperback/Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr
Albertus Magnus has long been recognized as one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages; his contemporaries conferred upon him the title Doctor Universalis . An epitaph at his…Catre Magazin -
Our Divine Double/Charles M. Stang
Description What if you were to discover that you were not entirely you, but rather one half of a whole, that you had, in other words, a divine double? In…Catre Magazin -
The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature, Paperback/Peter E. Knox
Description Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the…Catre Magazin -
Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily, Hardcover/Laura Pfuntner
Description Sicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island's central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome's first overseas province make it key to understanding…Catre Magazin -
Penguin Classics Gift Set: The Best of Indian Heritage, Boxed set/***
Indian culture has been shaped by centuries of wisdom and a vast expanse of writing. This special Penguin gift set brings together momentous, time-honoured books that capture the essence of…Catre Magazin -
Rome: The First Book of Foundations, Hardcover/Michel Serres
Michel Serres first book in his 'foundations trilogy' is all about beginnings. The beginning of Rome but also about the beginning of society, knowledge and culture. Rome is an examination…Catre Magazin -
Die Meistersinger Von N rnberg in Full Score, Paperback/Richard Wagner
This beloved operatic work combines profound emotion and great comedy to tell the tale of a young knight and his struggle to become a Mastersinger. Wagner's only comedy, for which…Catre Magazin -
The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace & Oblivion in Roman Political Culture, Paperback/Harriet I. Flower
Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the…Catre Magazin -
Greek Art A&i, Paperback/Nigel Spivey
A study of Greek art from the 8th-2nd century BC.Catre Magazin -
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon, Paperback/Michael A. Flower
This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political…Catre Magazin -
On Playing the Flute, Paperback/Johann Joachim Quantz
Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing Flute has long been recognized as one of the most significant and in-depth treatises on eighteenth-century musical thought, performance practice, and style. This classic text…Catre Magazin -
In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Hardcover/Friederike Seyfried
An accompaniment to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin's special exhibition celebrating the discovery of the Nefertiti bust in 1912, this catalog presents never-before-seen artifacts and objects from the Amarna period…Catre Magazin -
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Books 1-5, Paperback/William S. Anderson
One of the most influential and popular works in all literature, Ovid's Metamorphoses is a weaving-together of classical myths, extending in time from the creation of the world to the…Catre Magazin -
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Books 6-10, Paperback/William S. Anderson
Ovid is a poet to enjoy, declares William S. Anderson in his introduction to this textbook. And Anderson's skillful introduction and enlightening textual commentary will indeed make it a joy…Catre Magazin -
Letters from a Stoic, Hardcover/Seneca
Description Like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca's Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life. The focus is on living a simple, stress-free…Catre Magazin -
Slavery in the Late Roman World, Ad 275-425, Paperback/Kyle Harper
Description Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges…Catre Magazin -
Black Athena Writes Back-PB, Paperback/Martin Bernal
In Black Athena Writes Back Martin Bernal responds to the passionate debates set off by the 1987 publication of his book Black Athena. Producing a shock wave of reaction from…Catre Magazin -
The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set, Hardcover/Homer
Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green's landmark translations of Homer's timeless epics are now available for the first time in this striking and sleekly designed collector-worthy set. With…Catre Magazin -
Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt, Paperback/Jan Assmann
"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they…Catre Magazin -
Becoming Gold: Zosimos of Panopolis and the Alchemical Arts in Roman Egypt, Hardcover/Shannon Grimes
Description FOREMOST among the alchemists of the Hellenized world, the "divine" Zosimos practiced a sacred art in which metaphysical and metallurgical realities were fundamentally intertwined. Rather than being an exclusive…Catre Magazin -
On the Nature of Things: de Rerum Natura, Paperback/Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus was probably born in the early first century B.C., and died in the year 55. Little is known of his life, although two tantalizing bits of gossip…Catre Magazin -
The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy, Paperback/John Sellars
It is a commonplace to say that in antiquity philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living, but precisely what such claims amount to has…Catre Magazin -
Cicero: On Moral Ends, Paperback/Marcus Tullius Cicero
This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero was an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work…Catre Magazin -
The Story of Myth, Hardcover/Sarah Iles Johnston
Description Greek myths have long been admired as beautiful, thrilling stories but dismissed as serious objects of belief. For centuries scholars have held that Greek epics, tragedies, and the other…Catre Magazin -
Later Roman Empire, Paperback/Averil Cameron
Description Marked by the shift of power from Rome to Constantinople and the Christianization of the Empire, this pivotal era requires a narrative and interpretative history of its own. Averil…Catre Magazin -
The Greek Body, Hardcover/Ian Jenkins
More than any other ancient civilization, the Greeks placed the human body at the center of their culture. To them, the sculpted human figure was both an object of sensory…Catre Magazin -
Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600, Paperback/Loren Partridge
In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the…Catre Magazin -
Heliand: Text and Commentary, Paperback/James E. Cathey
This work presents the reader with explanatory commentary that encompasses both the scientific and the poetic and treats them both with equal felicity. About the Author: James E. Cathey is…Catre Magazin -
The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome and Sasanian Iran, Paperback/Matthew P. Canepa
Description This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred…Catre Magazin -
Tannh user in Full Score, Paperback/Richard Wagner
Tannh user is one of Wagner's richest and most elaborate musical achievements. Here the composer's inexhaustible genius for composition merges with brilliant orchestration to achieve a masterpiece of melodic invention.…Catre Magazin -
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Paperback/Lesley Adkins
This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information that is hard to find…Catre Magazin -
Around the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome, Paperback/Patrick Faas
Craving dolphin meatballs? Can't find a reliable restaurant for boiled parrot? Have a hankering for jellyfish omelettes, sows' wombs in brine, sheep's brain pate, or stuffed mice? Look no further…Catre Magazin -
The Twelve Caesars, Hardcover/Suetonius
Description The Twelve Caesars--Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian-created an empire which dominated the then known world and influenced it for a…Catre Magazin -
The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny: Proceedings of the First James Loeb Biennial Conference, Munich and Murnau 18-20 May 2017/Jeffrey Henderson
James Loeb (1867-1933), one of the great patrons and philanthropists of his time, left many enduring legacies both to America, where he was born and educated, and to his ancestral…Catre Magazin -
Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity, Paperback/Susan Woodford
Stories take time to tell; Greek and Roman artists had to convey them in static images. How did they go about it? How could they ensure that their scenes would…Catre Magazin -
La Grande Hypothčse, Paperback/Albert Slosman
Description L'Origine, avec un O majuscule, est l'Origine de chacun de nous, de tous, de tout: du ciel et de la terre, de leurs contenants et de leurs contenus Que…Catre Magazin -
Building Ballet Technique, Teaching Pointe: Pre-Pointe to Advanced Levels & Repertoire Classes, Paperback/Marilyn Z. Gaston
This is volume four in the successful series of books on ballet pedagogy (Building Ballet Technique), with the emphasis here on the specialized field of teaching pointe technique. It explores…Catre Magazin -
The Alchemy Collection: The Art of Distillation by John French, Paperback/John French
The Alchemy Collection: The Art of Distillation by John French & Adam Goldsmith spotlights a premiere revised & brillantly restored edition of John French's Art of Distillation including original illustrations…Catre Magazin -
The Essential Canon of Classical Music, Paperback/David Dubal
The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But…Catre Magazin -
Brahms and His World: Revised Edition, Paperback/Walter Frisch
Description Since its first publication in 1990, Brahms and His World has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one…Catre Magazin -
Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers/Thomas A. Blackson
Description Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to…Catre Magazin -
Ovid’s Amores, Book One: A Commentary, Paperback/Maureen B. Ryan
Description Students of Latin have long enjoyed the poetry of Ovid, but his love poems, aptly titled Amores, have proved more difficult to introduce into the classroom. Curricular changes and…Catre Magazin -
Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Destroyed Rome, Hardcover/Ian Hughes
While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals,…Catre Magazin -
Paradise Lost, Paperback/John Milton
This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1674 text of Paradise Lost , with emendations and adoptions from the first edition and from the scribal manuscript. Spelling and punctuation have been…Catre Magazin -
Lucan: de Bello Ciuili Book VII, Paperback/Paul Roche
Description Book VII of Lucan's De Bello Ciuili recounts the decisive victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August 48 BCE. Uniquely within Lucan's…Catre Magazin -
In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet, Hardcover/Kyle Froman
Here is New York City Ballet as it really is- the good, the not so good, and the majestically beautiful. It's a true story, and it's told by someone who…Catre Magazin -
Rigoletto in Full Score, Paperback/Giuseppe Verdi
Remarkable for its bold characterization, color, atmosphere, and dramatic plot, Verdi's 1851 opera was an immediate success upon its Venice debut, and it remains a staple of the repertoire to…Catre Magazin -
A Bestiary of Monsters in Greek Mythology, Paperback/Spyros Syropoulos
Description Greek myths abound in images of beauty and perfection: charming gods, attractive goddesses, and handsome heroes, all of them standards of physical and spiritual flawlessness. However, the ancient Greeks…Catre Magazin -
Dionysiaca, Volume I: Books 1-15, Hardcover/Nonnos
Description Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca , in 48 books, has…Catre Magazin -
Isocrates Volume I#209, Hardcover/Isocrates
The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilisation of the fourth century BCE is indisputable. From 403 to 393 he wrote speeches for Athenian law courts, and then…Catre Magazin -
History, Volume II: Books 20-26, Hardcover/Ammianus Marcellinus
Description Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius…Catre Magazin -
Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus/Sophocles
Sophocles (497/6-406 BCE), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered one of the world's greatest poets. The subjects of his…Catre Magazin -
Roman Religion, Paperback/Valerie M. Warrior
Examining sites that are familiar to many modern tourists, Valerie Warrior avoids imposing a modern perspective on the topic by using the testimony of the ancient Romans to describe traditional…Catre Magazin -
Marcus Aurelius, Hardcover/Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161), who adopted him. He was converted…Catre Magazin -
The Civil War (Pharsalia), Hardcover/Lucan
Lucan (M. Annaeus Lucanus, 39-65 CE), son of wealthy M. Annaeus Mela and nephew of Seneca, was born at Corduba (Cordova) in Spain and was brought as a baby to…Catre Magazin -
History of the Wars, Volume IV: Books 6.16-7.35. (Gothic War), Hardcover/Procopius
Description Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the…Catre Magazin -
Letters: Books 3-9, Hardcover/Sidonius
Description Sidonius Apollinaris, a Gallo-Roman, was born at Lugdunum (Lyon) about 430 CE. He married Papianilla, daughter of the Emperor Avitus in whose honour he recited at Rome on 1…Catre Magazin -
Natural History, Volume IV: Books 12-16, Hardcover/Pliny
Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History , in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are…Catre Magazin -
Manetho: History of Egypt and Other Works, Hardcover/Manetho
Description Eight works or parts of works were ascribed to Manetho, a third century BCE Egyptian, all on history and religion and all apparently in Greek. They survive only as…Catre Magazin -
History of Rome, Volume I: Books 1-2, Hardcover/Livy
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium,…Catre Magazin -
Natural History, Volume V: Books 17-19, Hardcover/Pliny
Description Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History , in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books…Catre Magazin -
Argonautica, Hardcover/Apollonius Rhodius
Apollonius Rhodius's Argonautica , composed in the 3rd century BCE, is the epic retelling of Jason's quest for the golden fleece. Along with his contemporaries Callimachus and Theocritus, Apollonius refashioned…Catre Magazin -
Il Trittico in Full Score: Il Tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi, Paperback/Giacomo Puccini
Considered the greatest Italian opera composer since Verdi, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) created many of the most popular operas in the repertoire, including Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, and…Catre Magazin -
Becoming Gold: Zosimos of Panopolis and the Alchemical Arts in Roman Egypt, Paperback/Shannon Grimes
Description FOREMOST among the alchemists of the Hellenized world, the "divine" Zosimos practiced a sacred art in which metaphysical and metallurgical realities were fundamentally intertwined. Rather than being an exclusive…Catre Magazin -
The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, Paperback/Lloyd P. Gerson
Plotinus is the greatest philosopher in the 700 year period between Aristotle and Augustine. He thought of himself as a disciple of Plato, but in his efforts to defend Platonism…Catre Magazin -
The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, Paperback/Jonathan Barnes
Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature…Catre Magazin -
The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, Paperback/Erik Hornung
Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millennia later in royal tombs.…Catre Magazin -
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum; The Egyptian Text with Interlinear Transliteration and Translation, a Runnin, Paperback/Ernest a. Wallis Budge
The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani is the Book of the Dead for Ani, the scribe from Thebes, and is "the largest, the most perfect, the best…Catre Magazin -
Tragedies of Sophocles. Translated into English Prose, Paperback/Sir Richard C. Jebb
Originally published in 1904, and reprinted numerous times thereafter, this book contains translations of the seven tragedies of Sophocles. The translations were all produced by the renowned classical scholar and…Catre Magazin -
The Levant, Paperback/William Harris
Perched between three continents -- Africa, Asia, and Europe -- the Levant is a crossroads of world history. Presently the domain of Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians, with…Catre Magazin -
The Search for God in Ancient Egypt: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Paperback/Jan Assmann
First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for…Catre Magazin -
The Discovery of Troy and its Lost History, Hardcover/Bernard Jones
Description The Trojan War was the greatest catastrophe of the ancient world. We are told that it devastated Europe and Asia and plunged the known world into a Dark Age…Catre Magazin -
History and Class Consciousness, Hardcover/Georg Lukacs
Description History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics (German: Geschichte und Klassenbewu tsein: Studien ber marxistische Dialektik) is a 1923 book by the Hungarian philosopher Gy rgy Luk cs,…Catre Magazin -
Modern Greece: From the War of Independence to the Present, Paperback/Thomas W. Gallant
Modern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighting to social, political and diplomatic…Catre Magazin -
Bach’s Solo Violin Works: A Performer’s Guide, Paperback/Jaap Schroder
Long admired for his interpretation of Bach's six Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin, Jaap Schr der, a leading international soloist, here provides a detailed but informal guide to their…Catre Magazin