Edmonds jennifer m (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: New.

Paperback. A touch of sunning to spine, a little wear to ends of spine, otherwise good. Part of the Systematic and Ecogeographic Studies on Crop Genepools, no. 4. 284pp. ISBN 9290431911.

Paperback. Very good condition. 60pp. ISBN 9290432063.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2020 Brill hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. From the cover: Night, in ancient Greece and Rome, was a mythological figure, a context for specialized knowledge, a semantic space in literature, and a setting for unique experiences. Fifteen case-studies here explore how nighttime was employed in the ascription of specific values in all these areas of ancient culture. Contents: Introduction: the values of nighttime in classical antiquity by Antje Wessels and James Ker PART 1 Who or what is the night? Night as measure, mother, and metaphor in the Hesiodic cosmos by Adrienne Atkins First-born of night or oozing from the slime? Deviant origins in Orphic cosmogonies by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III PART 2 Nocturnal knowledge: medicine, philosophy, religion, astronomy Night as diagnostic marker in Hippocratic medicine by Ralph M. Rosen Nights of insight: Plato on the philosophical qualities of the night by Albert Joosse Night's fictions: the religious institutions of Numa in Lucilius fr. 484-489 (Marx) by Cynthia Damon The astronomer-poet at night: the evolution of a motif by Kathryn Wilson PART 3 Society and gender: men and women at work, by night A night attack in the Seven Against Thebes by Isabella Reinhardt Tragedy of darkness: the role of night in Euripides' Rhesus by Marie-Charlotte von Lehsten The witching hour: troubled women in Homer, Apollonius, and Theocritus by Amelia Bensch-Schaus Nox rei publicae? Catiline's and Cicero's nocturnal activities in the Catilinarians by Christoph Pieper Inn-dependent: spending the night in a hostel in the Roman world by Jane Sancinito PART 4 Experiencing by night Better safe than sorry: nocturnal divinatory signs from a first-century BCE Roman perspective by Kim Beerden Through the eyes of the night: ecphrasis of nocturnal ambush scenes in Roman epic and historiography by Selina Weissmantel Nocturnal negotiations: experiencing the night scenes from the Iliad at the house of Octavius Quartio, Pompeii II 2.2 by Barbara Kellum Persius' nocturnal inspiration in the light of day by Jennifer Ferriss-Hill.…

Maps, large 8vo, pp 284, paperback, very slightly worn, corner slightly bumped, otherwise a good copy with slightly faded covers.

Condición: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condición: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…