James Hynes Sparrow

De herinneringen van een oude man die als klein jongetje rond het jaar 400 in een bordeel terecht komt in de Spaanse stad Nova Carthago.

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Engels | 449 pagina's | Picador, London | 2024

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Epicureanism and scientific debates

antiquity and late reception

Epicureanism is not only a defence of pleasure: it is also a philosophy of science and knowledge. This edited collection explores new pathways for the study of Epicurean scientific thought, a hitherto still understudied domain, and engages systematically and critically with existing theories. It shows that the philosophy of Epicurus and his heirs, from antiquity to the classical age, founded a rigorous and coherent conception of knowledge. This first part of a two-volume set examines more specifically...

Engels | 350 pagina's (PDF, 7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023

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Simon Elliott Roman special forces and special ops

speculatores, exploratores, protectores and areani in the service of Rome

Non-fictie

Engels | 157 pagina's | Pen & Sword Military, Yorkshire | 2023

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Mantha Zarmakoupi Shaping Roman landscape

ecocritical approaches to architecture and wall painting in early imperial Italy

"This ecocritical study examines how ideas about the natural and built environment informed architectural and decorative trends at villa and domus complexes of the Roman Late Republican and Early Imperial periods"--

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Engels | 207 pagina's | J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles | 2023

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Garrett Ryan Insane emperors, sunken cities, and earthquake machines

more frequently asked questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans

Non-fictie

Engels | 245 pagina's | Prometheus Books, Guilford, Connecticut | 2023

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Natalie Haynes Divine might

goddesses in Greek myth

Vertellingen over de rol van godinnen in de Griekse mythologie.

Non-fictie

Engels | 290 pagina's | Picador, London | 2023

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Aristotle How to flourish

an ancient guide to living well; selections from the Nicomachean ethics

"A selection of key passage from Aristotle's seminal work the Nicomachean Ethics, which sets out what it means to flourish and live life well"--. "Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing-the Nicomachean Ethics-in a lively new abridged translationAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully abridged version of the entire work in a highly readable and...

Non-fictie

Engels | Oudgrieks (tot 1453) | 302 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2023

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Seneca How to do the right thing

an ancient guide to treating people fairly

"It doesn't take long after learning to speak for children to utter the cry, "That's not fair!" That familiar exclamation seems to emerge from a primal human sense: you know how you deserve to be treated, and you know that you have not been treated that way-you've been given a raw deal, you've not been done right by. In this volume for our Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, Robert Kaster explores how we treat others at the everyday, person-to-person level, taking as his source the ethical...

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Engels | Latijn | 266 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2023

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