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The Transformation of Athens
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Robin Osborne
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-06 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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How remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek culture Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, an
The Transformation of Athens
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robin Osborne
Categories: Art and society
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher:

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"Why did soldiers stop fighting, athletes stop competing, and lovers stop having graphic sex in classical Greek art? The scenes depicted on Athenian pottery of
Athens and Athenian Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 483
Authors: Robin Osborne
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book constructs a distinctive view of classical Athens, a view which takes seriously the evidence of archaeology and of art history.
Civic Rites
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Nancy Evans
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-03 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece
Jerusalem and Athens
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: E. A. Judge
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

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E.A. Judge's third collection of essays moves on from Rome and the New Testament to the interaction of the classical and biblical traditions, to the cultural tr