Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ancient Rome in early opera Ancient Rome in early opera Robert . Ketterer "In this volume, Robert C. Ketterer tracks the changes as operas' Roman subjects crossed generations and national boundaries. He also pays close attention to the composers' individual approaches to d… OL11903340W
The culture of classicism The culture of classicism Caroline Winterer Winterer argues that we cannot understand the rise of the American university or modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation OL12021167W
The birth of classical Europe The birth of classical Europe S. R. F. Price To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', u… OL15445062W
Ovidian myth and sexual deviance in early modern English literature Ovidian myth and sexual deviance in early modern English literature Sarah Carter " ... explores early modern culture's reception of Ovid through the manipulation of Ovidian myth by creative writers such as Shakespeare, Middleton, Heywood, Marlowe, Lyly and Marston. Sarah Carter a… OL16590562W
Kaufen nach Ro mischem Recht Kaufen nach Ro mischem Recht Wolfgang Ernst The purchase right of the continental legal systems are based on the rule of the Roman Treaty "emptio venditio". Even the English law was not affected. Roman lawyers determined what a contract of sal… OL16918461W
Tota Italia Tota Italia Mario Torelli xv, 191 p. : 29 cm OL1865798W
Roman Britain Roman Britain Jenny Hall,Christine Jones Almost two thousand years ago, the Roman emperor Claudius sent his legions to conquer Britain. This book tells you what we know about Britain's Roman past and shows you how the evidence has been piec… OL24197859W
Becoming Roman Becoming Roman Greg Woolf Under the emperors' rule, the cultural lives of all Rome's subjects were utterly transformed. This book is a study of this process - conventionally termed 'Romanization' - through an investigation of… OL2744860W
Caesar Caesar Maria Wyke "More than two millennia have passed since Brutus and his companions murdered Julius Caesar - and inaugurated his legend. Though the assassins succeeded in ending Caesar's dictatorship, they could ne… OL3298205W
Apollonius of Tyre Apollonius of Tyre Elizabeth Archibald xiii, 250 p. ; 25 cm OL4079203W
Ovid's changing worlds Ovid's changing worlds Raphael Lyne "This book is about what four renaissance writers do to Ovid, and what he does to them. The four texts at the centre of this book – the Metamorphoses translations of Arthur Golding (1567) and George … OL5970053W
Roman Ireland Roman Ireland Vittorio Di Martino 208 pages : 21 cm OL6377229W
Classical influences on Western thought A.D. 1650-1870 Classical influences on Western thought A.D. 1650-1870 International Conference on Classical Influences King's College, Cambridge, Eng. 1977. xiii, 394 pages ; 24 cm OL6693406W
Vandals to Visigoths Vandals to Visigoths Karen Eva Carr "Vandals to Visigoths will appeal to historians of Rome as well as of early medieval Europe and Spain. Anthropologists, economists, and political scientists who study Late Antiquity and the medieval … OL8246907W
Metamorphoses Metamorphoses Ovid Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by lov… OL97777W