Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature

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This imprint was endowed by the late UCLA alum and philanthropist to foster scholarship and knowledge in classical studies.

Polyeideia: The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition

by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Author)
September 2002
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From Alexander to Jesus

by Ory Amitay (Author)
October 2010
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Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire

by Clifford Ando (Author)
August 2013
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The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire

by Clifford Ando (Author)
February 2008
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Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East

by Roger S. Bagnall (Author)
April 2012
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Staged Narrative: Poetics and the Messenger in Greek Tragedy

by James Barrett (Author)
August 2002
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Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity

by Jennifer Barry (Author)
April 2019
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Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World by Margaret Beissinger, Jane Tylus, Susanne Wofford

Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community

by Margaret Beissinger (Editor), Jane Tylus (Editor), Susanne Wofford (Editor)
March 1999
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The Portrait of the Lover

by Maurizio Bettini (Author)
September 1999
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Encountering the Sacred by Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony

Encountering the Sacred: The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity

by Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony (Author)
December 2005
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City and Empire in the Age of the Successors by Ryan Boehm

City and Empire in the Age of the Successors: Urbanization and Social Response in the Making of the Hellenistic Kingdoms

by Ryan Boehm (Author)
November 2021
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An Afterlife for the Khan by Jonathan Z. Brack

An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia

by Jonathan Z. Brack (Author)
May 2023
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Excavations at Nemea IV by Jorge J. Bravo III

Excavations at Nemea IV: The Shrine of Opheltes

by Jorge J. Bravo III (Author)
March 2018
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Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy

by Anne Pippin Burnett (Author)
October 1998
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The Body and Desire by Raphael A. Cadenhead

The Body and Desire: Gregory of Nyssa’s Ascetical Theology

by Raphael A. Cadenhead (Author)
November 2018
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The Two Eyes of the Earth by Matthew P. Canepa

The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran

by Matthew P. Canepa (Author)
March 2017
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The Iranian Expanse by Matthew P. Canepa

The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE–642 CE

by Matthew P. Canepa (Author)
November 2020
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The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium

by Daniel Caner (Author)
September 2021
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The Poems of Catullus by Gaius Valerius Catullus

The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (Author)
August 2007
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories

by Craige Champion (Author)
August 2004
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Greeks, Romans, Germans by Johann Chapoutot

Greeks, Romans, Germans: How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past

by Johann Chapoutot (Author)
September 2016
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Melania by Catherine Michael Chin, Caroline T. Schroeder

Melania: Early Christianity through the Life of One Family

by Catherine Michael Chin (Editor), Caroline T. Schroeder (Editor)
October 2020
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Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans by John R. Clarke

Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans: Visual Representation and Non-Elite Viewers in Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 315

by John R. Clarke (Author)
April 2006
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy by Cleomedes

Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of The Heavens

by Cleomedes (Author)
January 2004
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Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts

by L. Stephanie Cobb (Author)
November 2016
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The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India

by Getzel M. Cohen (Author)
June 2013
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

by Getzel M. Cohen (Author)
October 2006
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Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space by Susan Guettel Cole

Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience

by Susan Guettel Cole (Author)
March 2004
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A Greek State in Formation by Jack L. Davis

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A Greek State in Formation: The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean Pylos

by Jack L. Davis (Author)
May 2022
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Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity

by David Dawson (Author)
December 2001
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From Pergamon to Sperlonga by Nancy T. de Grummond, Brunilde S. Ridgway

From Pergamon to Sperlonga: Sculpture and Context

by Nancy T. de Grummond (Editor), Brunilde S. Ridgway (Editor)
February 2001
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Thucydides' War Narrative by Carolyn Dewald

Thucydides' War Narrative: A Structural Study

by Carolyn Dewald (Author)
February 2006
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Archaeologies of Colonialism by Michael Dietler

Archaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France

by Michael Dietler (Author)
September 2015
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Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son by Maria E. Doerfler

Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity

by Maria E. Doerfler (Author)
January 2020
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Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa

by Leslie Dossey (Author)
October 2010
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome

by Arthur M. Eckstein (Author)
April 2009
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Hesiod's Ascra

by Anthony T. Edwards (Author)
February 2004
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Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church by Susanna Elm

Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church: Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Vision of Rome

by Susanna Elm (Author)
September 2015
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Ancient Greek Epigrams by Gordon L. Fain

Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation

by Gordon L. Fain (Author)
August 2010
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Constantinople by Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos

Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial Capital

by Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos (Author)
June 2020
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What Makes a Church Sacred? by Mary K. Farag

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What Makes a Church Sacred?: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

by Mary K. Farag (Author)
November 2021
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Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History

by Denis Feeney (Author)
December 2008
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The Seer in Ancient Greece

by Michael Flower (Author)
January 2008
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Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

by Helene P. Foley (Author)
June 2014
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A Critical History of Early Rome by Gary Forsythe

A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War

by Gary Forsythe (Author)
August 2006
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The Seer and the City by Margaret Foster

The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece

by Margaret Foster (Author)
January 2018
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Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria

by Garth Fowden (Author)
September 2004
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Shameless: The Canine and the Feminine in Ancient Greece

by Cristiana Franco (Author)
September 2014
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A Free Will by Michael Frede, A. A. Long

A Free Will: Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought

by Michael Frede (Author), A. A. Long (Editor)
December 2012
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The Making of Fornication by Kathy L. Gaca

The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity

by Kathy L. Gaca (Author)
October 2017
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