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Orality, literacy, memory in the ancient Greek and Roman world

“…Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ;…”
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A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity /

Table of Contents: “…People, Settings, Ideas -- Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) / Paul Christesen -- Growing Up with Greek Sport : Education and Athletics / Werner Petermandl -- Eros and Greek Sport / Andrew Lear -- Greek Female Sport : Rites, Running, and Racing / Donald G. …”
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A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity /

Table of Contents: “…People, Settings, Ideas -- Sport and Democratization in Ancient Greece (with an Excursus on Athletic Nudity) / Paul Christesen -- Growing Up with Greek Sport : Education and Athletics / Werner Petermandl -- Eros and Greek Sport / Andrew Lear -- Greek Female Sport : Rites, Running, and Racing / Donald G. …”
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Dreaming in the world's religions a comparative history / by Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism -- Chinese religions -- Buddhism -- Religions of the Fertile Crescent -- Religions of ancient Greece and Rome -- Christianity -- Islam -- Religions of Africa -- Religions of Oceania -- Religions of the Americas.…”
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Dreaming in the world's religions a comparative history / by Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism -- Chinese religions -- Buddhism -- Religions of the Fertile Crescent -- Religions of ancient Greece and Rome -- Christianity -- Islam -- Religions of Africa -- Religions of Oceania -- Religions of the Americas.…”
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The prestige of the pagan prophet Balaam in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam

Table of Contents: “…Balaam in the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, and comparable figures in ancient Greece -- pt. Balaam in ancient Judaism -- pt. 3. …”
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The prestige of the pagan prophet Balaam in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam

Table of Contents: “…Balaam in the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, and comparable figures in ancient Greece -- pt. Balaam in ancient Judaism -- pt. 3. …”
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Religion in human evolution from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age / by Bellah, Robert Neelly, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Religion and reality -- Religion and evolution -- Tribal religion : the production of meaning -- From tribal to archaic religion : meaning and power -- Archaic religion : God and king -- The Axial Age I : introduction and ancient Israel -- The Axial Age II : ancient Greece -- The Axial Age III : China in the late first millennium BCE -- The Axial Age IV : ancient India -- Conclusion.…”
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Religion in human evolution from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age / by Bellah, Robert Neelly, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Religion and reality -- Religion and evolution -- Tribal religion : the production of meaning -- From tribal to archaic religion : meaning and power -- Archaic religion : God and king -- The Axial Age I : introduction and ancient Israel -- The Axial Age II : ancient Greece -- The Axial Age III : China in the late first millennium BCE -- The Axial Age IV : ancient India -- Conclusion.…”
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The sea can wash away all evils modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean / by Patton, Kimberley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The Dutch bread-man : ocean as divinity and scapegoat -- The crisis of modern marine pollution -- The purifying sea in the religious imagination : supernatural aspects of natural elements -- "The sea can wash away all evils" : ancient Greece and the Cathartic Sea -- "The great woman down there" : Sedna and ritual pollution in Inuit seascapes -- "O ocean, I ask you to be merciful" : the Hindu submarine mare-fire -- "Here end the works of the sea, the works of love".…”
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The sea can wash away all evils modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean / by Patton, Kimberley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The Dutch bread-man : ocean as divinity and scapegoat -- The crisis of modern marine pollution -- The purifying sea in the religious imagination : supernatural aspects of natural elements -- "The sea can wash away all evils" : ancient Greece and the Cathartic Sea -- "The great woman down there" : Sedna and ritual pollution in Inuit seascapes -- "O ocean, I ask you to be merciful" : the Hindu submarine mare-fire -- "Here end the works of the sea, the works of love".…”
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Alien life imagined communicating the science and culture of astrobiology / by Brake, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Kosmos : aliens in ancient Greece : Kosmos / Mark Brake -- The world turned upside down : Copernicanism and the voyages of discovery : voyages / Mark Brake -- In Newton's train : pluralism and the system of the world : Newton's train / Mark Brake -- Extraterrestrials in the early machine age / Mark Brake -- After Darwin : the War of the worlds : Darwin--WOTW / Mark Brake -- Einstein's sky : life in the new universe : Einstein's sky / Mark Brake -- Ever since SETI : astrobiology in the Space Age / Mark Brake.…”
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Alien life imagined communicating the science and culture of astrobiology / by Brake, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Kosmos : aliens in ancient Greece : Kosmos / Mark Brake -- The world turned upside down : Copernicanism and the voyages of discovery : voyages / Mark Brake -- In Newton's train : pluralism and the system of the world : Newton's train / Mark Brake -- Extraterrestrials in the early machine age / Mark Brake -- After Darwin : the War of the worlds : Darwin--WOTW / Mark Brake -- Einstein's sky : life in the new universe : Einstein's sky / Mark Brake -- Ever since SETI : astrobiology in the Space Age / Mark Brake.…”
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Gay and lesbian communities the world over / by Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931-2013, Brooks, Alison, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Legal status of gays and lesbians -- Christianity and homosexuality -- Judaism and homosexuality -- Islam and homosexuality -- Hinduism, Buddhism, and homosexuality -- Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome -- Homosexuality during the middle ages -- Early africa and homosexuality -- Portrayal of gays and lesbians in the arts -- Early psychology and homosexuality -- Tearoom trade -- The mattachine society and New York city's Stonewall Inn : country studies -- Canada -- United States -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sweden -- Hungary -- Poland -- Russia -- Israel -- Egypt -- Iran -- Nigeria -- South Africa -- India -- China -- Japan -- Australia -- Gay and lesbian adoption -- Concluding comments.…”
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Gay and lesbian communities the world over / by Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931-2013, Brooks, Alison, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Legal status of gays and lesbians -- Christianity and homosexuality -- Judaism and homosexuality -- Islam and homosexuality -- Hinduism, Buddhism, and homosexuality -- Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome -- Homosexuality during the middle ages -- Early africa and homosexuality -- Portrayal of gays and lesbians in the arts -- Early psychology and homosexuality -- Tearoom trade -- The mattachine society and New York city's Stonewall Inn : country studies -- Canada -- United States -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sweden -- Hungary -- Poland -- Russia -- Israel -- Egypt -- Iran -- Nigeria -- South Africa -- India -- China -- Japan -- Australia -- Gay and lesbian adoption -- Concluding comments.…”
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Accustomed to Obedience? : Classical Ionia and the Aegean World, 480–294 BCE / by Nudell, Joshua P.

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Accustomed to Obedience? : Classical Ionia and the Aegean World, 480–294 BCE / by Nudell, Joshua P.

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The archaeology of ancestors : death, memory, and veneration /

Table of Contents: “…Hageman -- Memory, power, and death in Chinese history and prehistory / Roderick Campbell -- Achieving ancestorhood in Ancient Greece / Carla Antonaccio -- The ethnoarchaeology of West African ancestors: Kusasi shrines and domestic space / Charles Mather -- Discovering ancestors -- Landscapes of ancestors: the structuring of space around Iron Age funerary monuments in Central Europe / Matthew L. …”
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The archaeology of ancestors : death, memory, and veneration /

Table of Contents: “…Hageman -- Memory, power, and death in Chinese history and prehistory / Roderick Campbell -- Achieving ancestorhood in Ancient Greece / Carla Antonaccio -- The ethnoarchaeology of West African ancestors: Kusasi shrines and domestic space / Charles Mather -- Discovering ancestors -- Landscapes of ancestors: the structuring of space around Iron Age funerary monuments in Central Europe / Matthew L. …”
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The Violence of the Letter : Toward a Theory of Writing / by McMahon, Melanie

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