Greek Tragedy and the Historian: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Tragedy was central to the experience of being a fifth-century Athenian citizen. Tragedy explored fundamental issues of religion, of ethics, of civic ideology, and we should expect it to be a central source for the reconstruction and analysis of the Athenia... Details...

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information that is hard to find and even harder to decipher. Clear, authoritative, and highly organized, Handbook to Lif... Details...

Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The concept of heaven occupied a special place in the Late Antique imagination, not only in Judaism and Christianity, but also in the Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and "magical" traditions. Drawing upon the expertise of scholars of Class... Details...

Hellenism and Empire: Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World AD 50-250: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Hellenism and Empire explores identity, politics, and culture in the Greek world of the first three centuries AD, the period known as the second sophistic. The sources of this identity were the words and deeds of classical Greece, and the emphasis placed on... Details...

Hellenistic Religions An Introduction: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this comprehensive introduction, Martin offers an overview of the religious institutions, beliefs, and practices in the Graeco-Roman world from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E. Details...

Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this path breaking volume, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women, with many fascinating examples: Gr... Details...

Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of... Details...

Herodotus and His World: Essays from a Conference in Memory of George Forrest: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Stunning in range and diversity, this collection of lively new essays by an international team of experts illuminates Herodotus and the world in which he wrote. In addition to presenting a picture of Herodotean studies today the volume offers plenty to stim... Details...

History: A Very Short Introduction: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Oxford's celebrated Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects—from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Each volume provides tre... Details...

Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine (W.B. Stanford Memorial Lectures): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study, unique of its kind, asks how slavery was viewed by the leading spokesmen of Greece and Rome. There was no movement for abolition in these societies, or a vigorous debate, such as occurred in antebellum America, but this does not imply that slave... Details...