Authors starting with V from Ancient World Books

Princeton University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0691057508 . Bottom corners are lightly bumped, otherwise Fine condition. ; This is an unprecedented collection of nearly seventy Late Antique primary religious texts. These texts--all in new English translation and many appearing in English for the first time--represent every major religious current from the late first century until the rise of Islam. Produced through the efforts of thirty-six leading scholars in the field, th... more information

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La Nuova Italia Editrice. Very Good+. 1956. Softcover. Minor browning to wraps. Former owner's name on front wrap. Pages uncut. Embossed seal to titlepage. Minor shelfwear. Small tear to base of spine. ; 250 pages . ... more information

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Van Gorcum. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 9023211839 . Dustjacket is torn at top of spine and back corner. Shelfwear and rubbing. ; Excellent series of detailed articles on Old Testament studies and themes. Some of the articles are in Dutch. A difficult volume to obtain now. ; Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 281 pages . ... more information

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J. B. Lippincott. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. Spine Ends are bumped and rubbed. Front cover has a crease across the board. Corner tips are rubbed. ; "Did the ancient Egyptians deliberately turn their pharaohs' rock-bound tombs into death traps for the unwary-4,000 years later?" Translated by Thomas Weyr. ; 221 pages . ... more information

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J. C. Gieben. Very Good-. 1987. Hardcover. 9050630014 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology Vol III; 281 pages; Object of this study is to analyze the relationship between popular leadership and collective behavior in the political process of the late Roman Republic from the death of Sulla until the beginning of the second Civil War . ... more information

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Graphikai Technai M. Pechlivanides. Good. 1972. Softcover. Chipping to head of spine. Creasing to wraps. Underlining and marginalia in blue and red pen. Yellow highlighting on about 10 pages else copy is VG. Appears to have been classics scholar's copy. ; Text is in modern greek. ; 176 pages . ... more information

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Croom Helm. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0709926138 . Light shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 184 pages; This book is the first to analyse in depth the role of intellectuals in an ancient society. Looks at: Pythagoras, Seven Sages, Archytas, Empedocles, Plato, Dion, Isocrates, Aristotle, Alexander. . ... more information

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Éditions Rue D'Ulm. Very Good. 2004. Softcover. 2728803048 . Small puncture/tear to upper corner of front wrap extending in about 2 pages. ; Includes handwritten note from author tipped in. ; Études De Littérature Ancienne 14; 141 pages; Signed by Author . ... more information

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J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 9050632963 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology; 154 pages; Although it is widely recognised that Solon’s thoughts on human life (1.30-32) are important to a correct understanding of Herodotus’ work, little attention has been given to their narratological meaning. On the basis of a careful interpretation of five episodes, this monograph argues that Solon’s advice, ‘look to the end’, establis... more information

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Edwin Mellen Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0773457232 . Light shelfwear. ; 9 x 0.75 x 6 Inches; 223 pages . ... more information

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Oxford Clarendon Press. Good. 1881. Hardcover. Former owner's name on titlepage. Some pencil underlinings to text and fountain pen annotations to margins of about 50 pages of text. Book is solid with edgewear to top and bottom edges of spine and hinges. Minor edgewear to corners. ; English introduction with Latin text. ; 442 pages . ... more information

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Paul Geuthner. Good+. 1945. Hardcover. Minor rippling to back plates. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Minor browning to pages and wraps. Small piece of back upper corner missing. Minor chipping to head and heel of spine. Tears along edges of base and head of spine cover but book is still solid and intact. Pages uncut. ; Ouvrage publie avec le concours de l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Fondation de Clercq) ; Bibliothèque Archéologique Et Historique. Tome XL; 97pp... more information

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E. J. Brill. Very Good. 1985. Softcover. 9004074651 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum, 86; 190 pages . ... more information

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E. J. Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Softcover book has been rebound in cloth. ; Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 68 pages . ... more information

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E. J. Brill. Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 9004058850 . Includes: G. J. D. Aalders H. Wzn. "The Hellenistic Concept of the Enviousness of Fate"; Jan Bremmer "The Legend of Cybele's Arrival in Rome"; M. S. H. G. Heerma van Voss "The Cista Mystica in the Cult &Mysteries of Isis"; P. W. Van der Horst "Der Schatten im hellenistischen Volksglauben"; H. J. De Jonge "BOTPYC BOHCEI. The Age of Kronos & the Millenium in Papias of Hierapolis&q... more information

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E. J. Brill. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1987-9. First Edition. Hardcover. All volumes are in Near Fine or better condition. Volume 2 has rubbing to small portion of spine. ; 6 Volume Set. COMPLETE. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; Vol. 01/06/2009 . ... more information

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Martinus Nijoff. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1956-60. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes author's dedication on ffep of volume 1. Minor shelfwear. Very minor chip to cloth in middle of spine of vol. 1.; 2 vols. Ix, 366; vi, 448 pp. W. 664 fig. And folding Map. ; 2 Volume Set. COMPLETE. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain . ... more information

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University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0520043243 . Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Published in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum. ; 1.25 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 416 pages . ... more information

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 3525254237 . Light soiling. ; Band III, Kapitel V. Contents: Einfuhrung; Minoische Einflusse in der spathelladischen religiosen Tradition; Der mykenische Kult nach den archaologischen Zeugnissen; Der mykenische Kult nach den Linear B-- Dokumenten; Das Dunkle Zeitalter, eine Ubergangsphase; Der Götterkult bei Homer; Kultdenkmaler des homerischen Zeitalters; Zusammenfassrung; Literatur ; Archaeologia Homerica; 205 pages . ... more information

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Princeton University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0691068313 . Small green mark to textblock else Fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; This collection of nineteen essays delves into themes such as: death, the body, the soul, the individual, and relations between mortals and immortals; the mask, the mirror, the image, and the imagination; the self and the other, and the concept of otherness itself, or "alterity." "Vernant's work ranges across the entire field ... more information

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