Ancient History: to c 500 CE

A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a century Odysseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Heracles. Greek mytho...

*An Open Access edition will be available on publication. ** Thessaly was a region of great importance in the ancient Greek world, possessing both ...

These three essays were inspired by the Samothracian discoveries. Cyriacus of Ancona's visit to the island and his assessment of what he saw are th...

The Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17) was a rock star of the newly-founded empire ruled by Caesar Augustus. A sensitive, artistic soul, his verse, ...

'Heresy is a brilliant book' - The Times'Enthralling' - The Sunday TelegraphIn the beginning was the Word, says the Gospel of John. This sentence ...

People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. Gazing upon someone - or oneself - was tr...

In 1901 divers salvaging antiquities from a Hellenistic shipwreck serendipitously recovered the shattered and corroded remains of an ancient Greek ...

This volume explores the power of matter and materials in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium. Recent attention to matter as dynamic ...

Maximus the Confessor (580662) is recognized by historians of Christian thought for his contributions to philosophical theology in the Eastern Chri...

Divine Names are a key component in the communication between humans and gods in Antiquity. Their complexity derives not only from the impressive n...

The premier scholar-poet of the Hellenistic age.Callimachus (ca. 303ca. 235 BC), a proud and well-born native of Cyrene in Libya, came as a young m...

Two sophists on the history of sophistry.Flavius Philostratus, known as the Elder or the Athenian, was born to a distinguished family with close ti...

In diesem Werk behandelt Reinhard Gregor Kratz die Rolle der Tora im sogenannten makkabäischen Aufstand gegen den seleukidischen König Antiochos IV...

Ancient Egypt offers rich sources of documentary evidence for the study of the experiences of dependent people, particularly enslaved persons, and ...

In this revealing book, Roman historian and archaeologist Andrew Tibbs uncovers the earliest Roman fortifications in Scotland and examines the land...

How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter todayThe study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western ...

What do rituals have to do with knowledge? Knowledge by Ritual examines the epistemological role of rites in Christian Scripture. By putting biblic...