New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

classical studies
Religion auf dem Lande
Entstehung und Veränderung von Sakrallandschaften
unter römischer Herrschaft
edited by Christoph Auffarth
During antiquity, urbanization and urbanity were already
considered some of the most incisive changes
that Roman rule brought to the provinces. Urban
culture and its ideology still characterize our view
of the Roman Empire. To the Romans themselves,
the countryside was a symbol of backwardness and
resistance, even when considered in a religious context,
for Christianity emerged as an urban religion.
German text.
270p, 65 b/w illus, paperback, 9783515093477,
$90.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, July 2009,
Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 28.
Enargeia
Untersuchung zur Charakteristik
alexandrinischer Dichtung
by Nina Otto
Research and literary historians have insisted that
Alexandrine poetry is focused on sensory perception
and the organs that facilitate it. The term enargeia,
which is important in this context, is also used in
Greek and Roman literary criticism to describe certain
textual characteristics. The author studies relevant
texts from(Pseudo-) Demetrios to Quintilian. The parallels
between literature and philosophy that emerge
from this analysis are then used in an exemplary reinterpretation
of Alexandrine poetry. German text.
254p, 2 b/w illus, paperback, 9783515093354,
$84.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, May 2009,
Hermes – Einzelschriften 102.
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Franz Steiner Verlag
Hellenistic Democracies
Freedom, Independence and Political Procedure in Some East Greek City-States
by Susanne Carlsson
During the Hellenistic period, the Greek city states were thought to have lost their independence and thus also their means
of democratic government. This study shows that interstate relations among the Greek cities of coastal Asia Minor were
still active at that time. By systematizing and analyzing the frequency and contents of Hellenistic decrees enacted by the
councils and the demos of four East Greek city states, this study shows that the latter were democratically ruled, and the
issues primarily concerned foreign relations.
330p, hardback, 7835150926541, $100.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, September 2009.
Machtfragen
Zur kulturellen Repräsentation und Konstruktion
von Macht in Antike, Mittelalter und Neuzeit
edited by Alexander Arweiler and Bardo M Gauly
The essays collected in this volume study the interplay of cultural expressions
and political, social, and historical power structures as witnessed in
literary, historical, and archaeological remains from Roman antiquity to
early modern times. German text.
303p, 40 b/w illus, 24 pls, hardback, 9783515092951, $79.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, December 2008.
Monumentum et instrumentum inscriptum
Beschriftete Objekte aus Kaiserzeit und Spätantike
als historische Zeugnisse
edited by Henning Börm, Norbert Erhardt
and Josef Wiesehöfer
This Festschrift presents thus-far unpublished or neglected monuments and
places them in their historical context. Their range extends from burial monuments
and votives to military diplomas and legal reports. German text.
256p, 52 b/w illus, 4 tbls, hardback, 9783515092395, $95.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, December 2008.
Bedingungen menschlichen Handelns in der Antike
Gesammelte Beiträge zur Historischen Anthropologie
by Jochen Martin, edited by Winifried Schmitz
This volume contains the most important journal articles and book contributions
by Classical Historian Jochen Martin, whose research is characterized
by his historical-anthropological approach. The selected essays deal with
methodological questions of historical anthropology, comparative perspectives
of Greek and Roman society, Roman family research and classical state
definition, Late Antique Emperors, and early Christianity. German text.
649p, 2 b/w illus, hardback, 9783515093118, $132.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, April 2009.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009