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Classics and Ancient History Classics on Screen .................................... 4
Archaeology .......................................... 16
Ancient Persia ......................................... 8
Classical Philosophy ............................... 18
Greek History ........................................ 11
Law ....................................................... 21
Intersectionality .................................... 14
Classical Literature ................................ 22
Ancient Rome ........................................ 15
Index .................................................... 23
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Letter From The Team We have some excellent new books to share with you across the list. Our Screening Antiquity series goes from strength to strength with four new books due to publish in 2018 including Designs on the Past by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Ancient Greece on British Television edited by Fiona Hobden and Amanda Wrigley, Epic Heroes on Screen edited by Antony Augoustakis and Stacie Raucci and Screening the Golden Ages edited by Meredith Safran. You can find out all about the series from page 4. Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia continues to grow with the publication of Plutarch and the Persica by Eran Almagor, a book that will bridge the gap between Plutarch and Achaemenid Studies. Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science edited by Mirko Canevaro Andrew Erskine, Benjamin Gray and Josiah Ober is the latest volume to be published in the Edinburgh Leventis Studies series. We’re also delighted to introduce our new series Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity – you can find out more about this on page 14 – and to highlight some great new books in law, philosophy and literature: see pages 18, 21 and 22.
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Classics on Screen
Screening Antiquity Series Editors: Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University Screening Antiquity is a cutting-edge and provocative series of academic monographs and edited volumes focusing on new research on the reception of the ancient world in film and television. The series showcases the work of the best-established as well as up-and-coming specialists in the field and provides an important synergy of the latest international scholarly ideas about the conception of antiquity in popular culture. Screening Antiquity is the only series that focuses exclusively on screened representations of the ancient world.
New Books Designs on the Past
Epic Heroes on Screen
How Hollywood Created the Ancient World
Edited by Antony Augoustakis, Stacie Raucci
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Screening the Golden Ages
Ancient Greece on British Television
Edited by Meredith E. Safran
Edited by Fiona Hobden, Amanda Wrigley
Published Books Rome Season 2
Ben-Hur
Trial and Triumph
The Original Blockbuster
Edited by Monica Cyrino
Jon Solomon
Cowboy Classics
STARZ Spartacus
The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition Kirstin Day 4
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Reimagining an Icon on Screen Edited by Antony Augoustakis, Monica S. Cyrino
Classics on Screen
Designs on the Past How Hollywood Created the Ancient World Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University Paperback £24.99 | $39.95
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The epic glitter and glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age In the period 1916–1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbusters. The studios used every device they could find to wow audiences with the spectacle of antiquity. In this unique study, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones shows how Hollywood carefully and skilfully created the popular modern perception of the ancient world. He analyses how producers, art directors, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars, and inevitably, ‘a cast of thousands’ literally designed and crafted the ancient world from scratch. This lively book offers a technical as well as a theoretical guide to a much-neglected area of film studies and reception studies that will appeal to anyone working in these disciplines. • Lavishly illustrated with film stills and examples of rare and fascinating marketing material • Broad coverage of films including The King of Kings, The Sign of the Cross, Samson and Delilah, Land of the Pharoahs, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Spartacus and Cleopatra • Explores the archaeology of stardom examining the onscreen/offscreen images of Elizabeth Taylor, Charlton Heston and Rita Hayworth • Includes a filmography, chronological outline and study aids
August 2018 320 pages 205 b&w and 16 colour illustrations Paperback ISBN: 9780748675647 Also available in hardback and ebook
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Screening the Golden Ages
Edited by Meredith E. Safran, Trinity College, Hartford A survey of modern artistic responses to the unifying concept of the golden age This collection of essays explores how the dominant media of our time – film and television – have engaged with various formulations of the golden age. Drawing on both ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, from Hesiod to Ovid, these essays assess the far-reaching influence on twentieth and twenty-first century films and television series, ranging from O Brother, Where Art Thou to Game of Thrones to Gladiator and The Walking Dead. Hardback £80 | $125 November 2018 268 pages 9781474440844 28 illustrations Also available in ebook
Ancient Greece on British Television
Edited by Fiona Hobden, University of Liverpool and Amanda Wrigley, University of Reading Explores the cultural politics of televisual engagements with the history, literature and archaeology of Ancient Greece Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the UK for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television’s distinctive audiovisual languages, and in relation also to its influential sister-medium radio, this volume explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past. Through ten case studies drawn from feature programmes, educational broadcasts, children’s animation, theatre play productions, dramatic fiction and documentaries broadcast across the decades, this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 272 pages 9781474412599 26 illustrations Also available in ebook
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Epic Heroes on Screen
Edited by Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign and Stacie Raucci, Union College in Schenectady Representations of the ancient hero in the new millennium Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. Films and shows discussed in this volume range from Hercules and The Legend of Hercules to TV shows, Atlantis and Supernatural, to other biopic works influenced by the ancient hero. This is the first collection to look at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations of heroes and antiheroes from the ancient world. Hardback £80 | $125 June 2018 288 pages 9781474424516 19 illustrations Also available in ebook
STARZ Spartacus Reimagining an Icon on Screen Edited by Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign and Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: a collection of essays dissecting four seasons of STARZ Spartacus The figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This essay collection brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on the four seasons of the acclaimed and highly successful premium cable television series Spartacus (2010–13), with contributions from experts in the fields of Classics, History, Gender, Film and Media Studies, and Classical Reception. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 268 pages 9781474432566 Also available in hardback and ebook
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Ancient Persia
Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia Series Editor: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia is an exciting monograph series dealing with key aspects of the ancient Persian world from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians, exploring its history, reception, art, archaeology, religion, literary tradition (including oral transmissions) and philology. Books in the series provide an important synergy of the latest scholarly ideas about this formative ancient world civilization.
New Books Plutarch and the Persica Eran Almagor
Published Books Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires
ReOrienting the Sasanians
The Near East After the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 bce
East Iran in Late Antiquity
Rolf Strootman
Khodadad Rezakhani
Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire
Sasanian Persia
Persia Through the Looking Glass
Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
Janett Morgan
Edited by Eberhard W. Sauer
Semiramis’ Legacy The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily Jan P. Stronk
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Ancient Persia
Plutarch and the Persica
Eran Almagor Bridges the gap between Plutarch studies and Achaemenid studies through analysis of key texts This book addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century bce Greek works on the Persian Achaemenid Empire treatises called the Persica. The second is the method of work of the second century ce biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea (ce 45–120) who used these works to compose his biographies, in particular the Life of the Persian king Artaxerxes. By dealing with both issues simultaneously, Almagor proposes a new way of approaching the two entangled problems, and offers a better understanding of both the portrayal of ancient Persia in the lost Persica works and the manner of their reception and adaptation nearly five hundred years later. Hardback £85 | $130 July 2018 344 pages 9780748645558 1 map Also available in ebook
ReOrienting The Sasanians East Iran in Late Antiquity Khodadad Rezakhani, Princeton University A narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam ‘Rezakhani skillfully guides the reader through uncharted territories, and successfully centres East Iran as a subject worthy of study in its own right.’ – Ancient Jew Review Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious ‘Asian Huns’, and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2018 256 pages 9781474437783 30 illustrations Also available in hardback and ebook
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Ancient Persia
Semiramis’ Legacy The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily Jan P. Stronk, University of Amsterdam Presents and contextualises extracts from the Historical Library of Diodorus Diodorus of Sicily, a first century bc author, is the only Greek historian to have written a comprehensive history in which more than cursory attention is paid to Persia. The Bibliotheca Historica covers the entire period from Persia’s prehistory until the arrival of the Parthians from the East and that of Roman power throughout Asia Minor and beyond from the West, around 750 years after Assyrian rule ended. He also examines and evaluates both Diodorus’ account and the sources he used to compose his work, taking into consideration the historical, political and archaeological factors that may have played a role in the transmission of the evidence he used to acquire the raw material underlying his Bibliotheca. Paperback £29.99 | $44.95 February 2018 624 pages 9781474432559 Also available in hardback and ebook
Sasanian Persia Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia Edited by Eberhard W. Sauer, University of Edinburgh Details Persia’s growing military and economic power in the late antique world The Sasanian Empire (3rd–7th centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This volume explores the empire’s relations with its neighbours and key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire’s armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. An empire whose military might and culture rivalled Rome and foreshadowed the caliphate will be of interest to scholars of the Roman and Islamic world. Hardback £85 | $130 July 2017 336 pages 9781474401012 84 illustrations Also available in ebook
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Greek History
The Edinburgh History of the Greeks Series Editor: Thomas W. Gallant, University of California, San Diego The Edinburgh History of the Greeks is a 10-volume series covering the history of Greece and the Greeks over the last 3,500 years, from antiquity to the present. Each volume combines political history with social and cultural history to tell the story of the Greek people in an exciting, novel and innovative way.
Published Books The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, c. 500 to 1050 The Early Middle Ages Florin Curta
The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1768 to 1913 The Long Nineteenth Century Thomas W. Gallant
The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1453 to 1768 The Ottoman Empire Molly Greene
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Greek History
Edinburgh Leventis Studies Series Editor: Douglas Cairns, University of Edinburgh This series, supported by the AG Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by Edinburgh University’s biennially appointed AG Leventis Visiting Professor of Ancient Greek.
New Books Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science Edited by Mirko Canevaro, Andrew Erskine, Benjamin Gray, Josiah Ober
Published Books Word and Image in Ancient Greece
The Gods of Ancient Greece
Edited by Keith Rutter, Brian Sparkes
Identities and Transformations
Envy, Spite and Jealousy
Edited by Jan Bremner, Andrew Erskine
The Rivalrous Emotions in Ancient Greece Edited by David Konstan, Keith Rutter
Ancient Greece From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer Edited by Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy, Irene Lemos
Pursuing the Good Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato’s Republic Edited by Douglas Cairns, Fritz-Gregor Hermann, Terrence Penner
Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras History Without Historians Edited by John Marincola, Lloyd LlewellynJones, Calum McIver
Defining Greek Narrative Edited by Douglas Cairns, Ruth Scodel
Greek Laughter and Tears Antiquity and After Edited by Margaret Alexiou, Douglas Cairns
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Greek History
Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science
Edited by Mirko Canevaro, University of Edinburgh, Andrew Erskine, University of Edinburgh, Benjamin Gray, Birkbeck, University of London and Josiah Ober, Stanford University Defines the cutting-edge of scholarship on ancient Greek history employing methods from social science Social science has been a source of new and productive approaches to understanding ancient Greece, while classical Greek history and culture has been a touchstone for social theorists since the 19th century. This new collection of essays surveys the current state of the new field of ‘social science Greek history’ and demonstrates the potential of this interdisciplinary field. This book introduces a new field within classical studies, demonstrates the value of robustly interdisciplinary scholarship, shows the practical value of social science for ancient history and highlights the importance of Greek case studies for social science. Hardback £95 | $150 June 2018 608 pages 9781474421775 43 illustrations Also available in ebook
Greek Laughter and Tears Antiquity and After Edited by Margaret Alexiou, Professor Emerita at Harvard University and Douglas Cairns, University of Edinburgh Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditions ‘This rich and informative book is diverse yet interconnected and carefully thought through by the editors. It is an absorbing and stimulating read, revealing the complexity and polysemy of laughter and tears in antiquity and Byzantium and touching on a variety of fascinating subjects.’ – Bryn Mawr Classical Review Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity. Hardback £95 | $150 June 2017 504 pages 9781474403795 30 illustrations Also available in ebook
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Intersectionality
Revenge and Gender in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Edited by Lesel Dawson, Bristol University and Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton Explores the representation of revenge from Classical to early modern literature This collection reads a range of literary and historical texts from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Iceland and medieval and early modern England to provide an understanding of wider historical continuities and discontinuities in representations of gender and revenge. It brings together approaches from literary criticism, gender theory, feminism, drama, philosophy and ethics to allow greater discussion between these subjects and across historical periods and to provide a more complex and nuanced understanding of the ways in which ideas about gender and revenge interrelate. Hardback £85 | $130 June 2018 352 pages 9781474414098 4 illustrations Also available in ebook
Announcing Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity A new series that will publish the best new work on intersectional approaches to sexuality and gender in Greco-Roman Antiquity This series focuses on the intersection of gender and sexuality, in the Greco-Roman world, with a range of other factors including race, ethnicity, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, transgender and post-colonial gender studies. The books in the series will be theoretically informed and will sit at the forefront of the study of a variety of outsiders – those marginalised in relation to the ‘classical ideal’ – and how they were differently constructed in the ancient world. The series is also interested in the ways in which work in the field of classical reception contributes to that study. Series Editors: Mark Masterson, Fiona McHardy and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz To discuss your ideas for the series please email Commissioning Editor Carol Macdonald Carol.Macdonald@eup.ed.ac.uk
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Ancient Rome
The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome Series Editor: J. S. Richardson, University of Edinburgh The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome is a chronological history of Rome and the Roman world in eight volumes. From the city’s first settlement to the collapse of the western empire and the emergence of Byzantium some 1,500 years later, each volume encapsulates a sense of the ever-changing identity of Rome, providing overall unity to its dramatic history.
Published Books Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 bc
Imperial Rome ad 193 to 284
The Imperial Republic
The Critical Century
Nathan Rosenstein
Clifford Ando
The End of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 bc
Imperial Rome ad 284 to 363
Conquest and Crisis
The New Empire
Catherine Steel
Jill Harries
Augustan Rome 44 bc to ad 14
From Rome to Byzantium ad 363 to 565
The Restoration of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire
The Transformation of Ancient Rome A. D. Lee
J. S Richardson
Planned Books Early Rome to 290 bc
Imperial Rome ad 14 to 192
The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic
The First Two Centuries
Guy Bradley
Jonathan Edmondson
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Archaeology
The Archaeology of Greece and Rome Studies in Honour of Anthony Snodgrass Edited by John Bintliff and Keith Rutter, both University of Edinburgh Contributions to Greek and Roman archaeology and history, inspired by the work of Anthony Snodgrass Over his long and illustrious career as Lecturer, Reader and Professor in Edinburgh University (1961–1976), Lawrence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge (1976–2001) and currently Fellow of the McDonald Institute of Archaeology at Cambridge, Anthony Snodgrass has influenced and been associated with a long series of eminent classical archaeologists, historians and linguists. In acknowledgement of his immense academic achievement, this collection of essays by a range of international scholars reflects his wide-ranging research interests: Greek prehistory, the Greek Iron Age and Archaic era, Greek texts and Archaeology, Classical Art History, societies on the fringes of the Greek and Roman world, and Regional Field Survey. Hardback £95 | $150 2016 472 pages 9781474417099 160 illustrations Also available in ebook
Scottish Archaeological Journal
Editor: Jim Mearns Provides a thoughtful, scholarly perspective on Scottish archaeology Scottish Archaeological Journal publishes work which furthers the study of the archaeology of Scotland and neighbouring regions from the earliest prehistory to the present. The journal documents new discoveries and discusses fieldwork and museum collections. Published on behalf of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, which is celebrating 150 years of publishing in 2018. www.euppublishing.com/saj March Print ISSN: 1471 5767 Online ISSN: 1755 2028 UK Online: £25.00, UK Print and Online: £31.50 Journal
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Archaeology
Afghanistan
Editor-in-Chief: Warwick Ball Managing Editor: Shivan Mahendrarajah New in 2018, this journal showcases Afghanistan’s exceptional cultural diversity Giving Afghanistan its own unique forum, Afghanistan is the first refereed, scholarly journal devoted to Afghanistan and its complex and versatile background. It encompasses all subjects in the humanities and social sciences including history, ancient history, art, archaeology, architecture, geography, numismatics, literature, religion, politics and contemporary issues from the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. Published on behalf of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies. www.euppublishing.com/afg Journal
April, October Print ISSN: 2399 375X Online ISSBN: 2399 3588 UK Online: £50.00, UK Print and Online: £62.50
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Classical Philosophy
Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity
Edited by Miranda Anderson, Douglas Cairns and Mark Sprevak, all University of Edinburgh Reveals diverse notions of distributed cognition in the early Greek and Roman worlds This collection brings together eleven essays by international specialists in classical antiquity and provides a general and a period-specific introduction to distributed cognition and the cognitive humanities. The essays look at the ways in which cognition is explicitly or implicitly conceived of as distributed across brain, body and world in Greek and Roman technology, science and medicine, material culture, philosophy and literary studies. This exploratory work will be valuable across the humanities as it reveals the historical foundations of our theoretical and practical attempts to comprehend and optimise the distributed nature of human cognition. Hardback £125 | $195 November 2018 352 pages 9781474429740 6 illustrations Also available in ebook Series: The Edinburgh History of Distributed Cognition
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Ancient Philosophy Today
Editors: Professor Anna Marmodoro, Durham University and University of Oxford and Professor Dr Erasmus Mayr, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Provides a forum for the mutual engagement between ancient and contemporary philosophy Ancient Philosophy Today provides a forum for top-quality work in ancient philosophy, which engages with issues in contemporary philosophy. The journal’s guiding thought is that ancient theories are not generally ‘obsolete’ or irrelevant to current philosophical interests and debates. Instead of being primarily approached in a philological fashion, they should be taken seriously as philosophical texts, which can be assessed for their philosophical merits as well as more modern texts can be. The journal will pursue its goal by publishing original research articles of the highest quality, and by promoting discussion of cutting edge research already in press by commissioning book reviews as well as systematic ‘state of the art’ overview articles on key ongoing discussions. www.euppublihsing.com/anph Two issues per year from 2019 Print ISSN: 2516 1156 Online ISSN: 2516 1164
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Classical Philosophy
Lucretius I An Ontology of Motion Thomas Nail, University of Denver The most original and shocking interpretation of Lucretius in the last 40 years Thomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows the interpretive foundations of modern scientific materialism, whose philosophical origins lie in the atomic reading of Lucretius’ immensely influential book De Rerum Natura. This means that Lucretius was not the revolutionary harbinger of modern science as Greenblatt and others have argued; he was its greatest victim. Nail re-reads De Rerum Natura to offer us a new Lucretius – a Lucretius for today. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2018 288 pages 9781474434676 15 illustrations Also available in hardback and ebook
The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter
Ryan J. Johnson, Elon University, North Carolina Explores how Deleuze’s thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism – a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophy More than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But scholarship has ignored one of the more formative influences on Deleuze: Lucretian atomism. Deleuze’s encounter with Lucretius sparked a way of thinking that resonates throughout all his writings: from immanent ontology to affirmative ethics, from dynamic materialism to the generation of thought itself. Filling a significant gap in Deleuze Studies, Ryan J. Johnson tells the story of the Deleuze-Lucretius encounter that begins and ends with a powerful claim: Lucretian atomism produced Deleuzianism. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 288 pages 9781474432306 4 illustrations Also available in hardback and ebook
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Classical Philosophy
Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus
Lisa Irene Hau, University of Glasgow An investigation of moral-didactic techniques and messages in ancient Greek historiography ‘A tremendous achievement and can be recommended to all readers... To conclude, it must be reiterated that the author demonstrates a wonderful grasp of ancient Greek historiography as a whole and an astonishing knowledge of the modern scholarship. This very coherent book would and will form an excellent introduction to ancient Greek historiography for any graduate student, in particular as it offers a complete bibliography for further research.’ – Histos Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 320 pages 9781474427135 Also available in hardback and ebook
Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought
Edited by Richard Seaford, University of Exeter Explores the remarkable similarities between early Indian and early Greek philosophy From the sixth century bce onwards there was a revolution in thought, which occurred – independently it seems – in both India and Greece, but not in the vast Persian Empire that divided them. How was this possible? This is a puzzle that has never been solved. This book brings together Hellenists and Indologists to offer a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age. It will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 320 pages 9781474427142 Also available in hardback and ebook
Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics
Edited by Abraham Jacob Greenstine, Duquesne University and Ryan J. Johnson, Elon University 18 essays breathe new life into the classic problems of ancient metaphysics using contemporary continental materialisms and realisms In this volume, leading philosophers address the varied, volatile and novel encounters between contemporary and antique thought. They reconceive and redeploy the problems of ancient metaphysics: one and the many, the potential and the actual, the material and immaterial, the divine and the world itself. Alongside these essays are three original and previously unpublished translations of texts by Gilles Deleuze, Pierre Aubenque and Barbara Cassin. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2018 352 pages 9781474437424 Also available in hardback and ebook 20
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Wrongful Damage to Law in Roman Property British Perspectives Edited by Paul J. du Plessis, University of Edinburgh A new assessment of the importance of the lex Aquilia (wrongful damage to property) on Roman law in Britain Few topics have had a more profound impact on the study of Roman law in the UK than the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted c.287/286 bce to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to property. This volume investigates this peculiarly British fixation against the backdrop of larger themes such as the rise of comparative law. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 256 pages 9781474434461 Also available in ebook
Cicero’s Law Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic Edited by Paul J. du Plessis, University of Edinburgh A fundamental re-assessment of Cicero’s place in Roman law ‘A thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking book. It is always a pleasure to remake Cicero’s acquaintance, and this book does not disappoint.’ – Edinburgh Law Review
This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero’s role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic. This reflects current research and opens debate about the nature of law and of the legal profession in the last century of the Roman Republic. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2018 256 pages 9781474432535 Also available in hardback and ebook
Roman Law Essentials 2nd Edition Craig Anderson, Robert Gordon University A study and revision guide for Scots law students of Roman law This guide introduces the sources and development of Roman Law and examines the three keystones of Roman Law: The Law of Persons, The Law of Things and the Law of Actions. The final section appraises the reception of Roman Law into medieval Canon Law and the Ius Commune, from which the Scots and English common law tradition developed. Available on inspection
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Classical Literature
The Concept of Conversation From Cicero’s Sermo to the Grand Siècle’s Conversation David Randall, Rutgers University The first history of early modern conversation in English Traces the rise of conversation from the history of rhetoric to the histories of friendship, the Republic of Letters, periodical press and women. It revises Jürgen Habermas’ history of the emergence of the rational speech of the public sphere as the history of the emergence of rational conversation and puts the emergence of women’s speech at the centre of the intellectual history of early modern Europe. Hardback £80 | £125 February 2018 272 pages 9781474430104 Also available in ebook
Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic Selfhood, Stoicism, and Civil War Patrick Gray, Durham University Explains Shakespeare’s own interpretation of the underlying causes of the Roman Republican civil wars Drawing on sources such as Aristotle, Cicero, and St. Augustine, this book explores that Shakespeare uses Roman history as a case study to critique the claims of this school of thought, anticipating and inspiring other, later critics of humanist individualism such as Hegel and Bakhtin. Hardback £80 | $125 November 2018 296 pages 9781474427456 Also available in ebook
Translation and Literature
Editor: Stuart Gillespie, University of Glasgow An interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on English Literature in its foreign relations Translation and Literature includes reception of classical texts as well as historical and contemporary translation of works in modern languages and the history and theory of literary translation, adaptation and imitation. www.euppublishing.com/tal
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Index Afghanistan 17 Alexiou, Margaret 13 Almagor, Eran 9 Ancient Greece on British Television 6 Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science 13 Ancient Philosophy Today 18 Anderson, Craig 21 Anderson, Miranda 18 Archaeology of Greece and Rome, The 16 Augoustakis, Antony 7 Ball, Warwick 17 Bintliff, John 16 Cairns, Douglas 12, 13, 18 Canevaro, Mirko 13 Cicero’s Law 21 Concept of Conversation, The 22 Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics 20 Cyrino, Monica S. 4, 7 Dawson, Lesel 14 Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter, The 19 Designs on the Past 5 Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity 18 du Plessis, Paul 21 Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome 15 Edinburgh History of the Greeks 11 Edinburgh Leventis Studies 12 Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia 8 Epic Heroes on Screen 7 Erskine, Andrew 13 Gallant, Thomas W. 11 Gillespie, Stuart 22 Gray, Benjamin 13 Gray, Durham 22 Greek Laughter and Tears 13 Greenstine, Abraham Jacob 20 Hau, Lisa Irene 20 Hobden, Fiona 6 Johnson, Ryan 19, 20
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd 4, 5, 8 Lucretius 1 19 Mahendrarajah, Shivan 17 Marmadoro, Anna 18 Mayr, Erasmus 18 McHardy, Fiona 14 Mearns, Jim 16 Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus 20 Nail, Thomas 19 Ober, Josiah 13 Plutarch and the Persica 9 Randall, David 22 Raucci, Stacie 7 ReOrienting the Sasanians 9 Revenge and Gender in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Literature 14 Rezakhani, Khodadad 9 Richardson, J. S. 15 Roman Law Essentials 21 Rutter, Keith 16 Safran, Meredith E. 6 Sasanian Persia 10 Sauer, Eberhard W. 10 Scottish Archaeological Journal 16 Screening Antiquity 4 Screening the Golden Ages 6 Seaford, Richard 20 Semiramis’ Legacy 10 Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic 22 Sprevak, Mark 18 STARZ Spartacus 7 Stronk, Jan P. 10 Translation and Literature 22 Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought 20 Wrigley, Amanda 6 Wrongful Damage to Law in Roman Property 21 Classics & Ancient History
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