"The Oracles of Zeus, Dodona, Olympia, Ammon, H.W.Parke, 1967. Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Classical scholar Herbert William Parke (1903?86) is considered a leading authority on the Greek oracle tradition. Harvard University Press says of this book, "After Delphi, Dodona was the most important of the oracles in Ancient Greece. The somewhat limited literary references to Dodona's history have been supplemented in recent years by valuable archaeological findings, illustrating particularly its use by private inquirers. In this book, the first time the subject has been treated at length, ... View More...
"Discovery of Homeric Greece, William A. McDonald, Elek Books Limited, London, 1968. First UK edition. In-depth examination of the history of the archaeologic discovery of Ancient Greece beginning from the 1870 into the 20th Century. Photos and illustrations. Very good condition hardbound, lacking jacket. Top of front board has a slight nick, else tight, clean and solid. " View More...
"The Songs of Sappho, Including the recent Egyptian discoveries, the Poems of Erinna, Greek Poems About Sappho, Ovid's Epistle of Sappho to Phaon, translated into rimed verse by Marion Mills Miller, Greek texts prepared and annotated and literally translated by David Moore Robinson, Frank-Maurice, New York, 1925. Limited, 346/750. Good to Very Good condition. 1/4 vellum bound. Green boards bumped, gilt title on front. 3 inch split in front joint. Portrait frontis. Hinges sound. " View More...
"Studies in Classical and Byzantine Manuscript Illumination, Kurt Weitzmann, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1971. World authority on Byzantine art essays on methodological principles of ancient manuscript illumination. Near fine / Near fine. " View More...
"The Burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone, Seamus Heaney, 2004. New verse translation commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004. Front fly has been torn out, tipped in. Else clean, tight and sharp. Dj same." View More...
"The Greek Myths, Robert Graves, The Folio Society, London, 1996. Introduced by Kenneth McLeish, illustrations by Grahame Baker. Two volume with slip case. Near fine condition. Pictographic boards. Maps of ancient Greece on endpapers. " View More...
