When Jean-Pierre Vernant first published Myth and Thought among the Greeks in 1965, it transformed the field of ancient Greek scholarship, calling forth a new way to think about Greek myth and thought. In eighteen essays--three of which, along with a new preface, are translated into English for the first time--Vernant freed the subject of ancient Greece from its philological ch...(展开全部)

For the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian was a way of refusing society. It follows that the roasting or cooking of meat was a political act, as the division of portions asserted a social order. And the only proper manner of preparing meat for consumption, according to the Greeks, was blood sacrifice. The fundamen...(展开全部)

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved 'a totally new conception of what human life was for'. Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved 'a totally new conception of what human life was for'. Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.

In this work, first published in two volumes in 1890 and 1894, Erwin Rohde (1845 1898), the German classical scholar and friend of Nietzsche, describes the ancient Greek cult of souls and establishes the sources of the belief in the immortality of the soul, exploring its relation to life both before and after death. This belief in the survival of the soul already existed in the...(展开全部)

In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct obs...(展开全部)

作者简介 G.W.考克斯，英国著名历史学家。主要研究世界古代史和中世纪史。在欧美学术界，他的影响力巨大，曾受牛津大学、剑桥大学、爱丁堡大学、柏林大学、巴黎大学、哥伦比亚大学、芝加哥大学、哈佛大学等二十余所世界名校邀请前往讲学，最后形成了传为美谈的“考克斯效应”，成为19世纪中后期欧美讲学热潮的重要现象。他的代表作品除了《希波战争》一书外，还有《十字军东征》。这两部大作分别代表了考克斯世界古代史研究与中世纪史研究的*高水平，广受好评。 译者简介 刘满芸，北京外国语大学（原北京外国语学院）毕业，北京语言大学比较文学与世界文学硕士，美国伯米吉州立大学访问学者。长治学院外语系教授、学术带头人。中国翻译协会会员，山西省高等院校外语教学与研究学会理事。主要研究方向为翻译学与比较文学。近年来主持山西省教育厅规划及教改课题四项，指导山西省大学生创新创业项目两项。出版...(展开全部)

In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct obs...(展开全部)

作者简介 G.W.考克斯，英国著名历史学家。主要研究世界古代史和中世纪史。在欧美学术界，他的影响力巨大，曾受牛津大学、剑桥大学、爱丁堡大学、柏林大学、巴黎大学、哥伦比亚大学、芝加哥大学、哈佛大学等二十余所世界名校邀请前往讲学，最后形成了传为美谈的“考克斯效应”，成为19世纪中后期欧美讲学热潮的重要现象。他的代表作品除了《希波战争》一书外，还有《十字军东征》。这两部大作分别代表了考克斯世界古代史研究与中世纪史研究的*高水平，广受好评。 译者简介 刘满芸，北京外国语大学（原北京外国语学院）毕业，北京语言大学比较文学与世界文学硕士，美国伯米吉州立大学访问学者。长治学院外语系教授、学术带头人。中国翻译协会会员，山西省高等院校外语教学与研究学会理事。主要研究方向为翻译学与比较文学。近年来主持山西省教育厅规划及教改课题四项，指导山西省大学生创新创业项目两项。出版...(展开全部)

India and China dominate the Asian continent but are separated by formidable geographic barriers and language differences. For many centuries, most of the information that passed between the two lands came through Silk Route intermediaries in lieu of first-person encounters—leaving considerable room for invention. From their introduction to Indian culture in the first centuries...(展开全部)