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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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There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ by Michael Gaddis

There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ: Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire

by Michael Gaddis (Author)
March 2015
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Doctrine and Power by Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho

Doctrine and Power: Theological Controversy and Christian Leadership in the Later Roman Empire

by Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho (Author)
March 2021
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Interpreting a Classic by Craig A. Gibson

Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators

by Craig A. Gibson (Author)
August 2002
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Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece

by Barbara Goff (Author)
June 2004
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Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity

by Tomas Hägg (Editor), Philip Rousseau (Editor)
December 2000
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Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry

by Philip Hardie (Author)
August 2019
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Scenting Salvation by Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination

by Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Author)
August 2015
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The History of Make-Believe by Holly Haynes

The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome

by Holly Haynes (Author)
December 2003
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The Poems of Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, and the Shield of Herakles

by Hesiod (Author)
August 2017
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Man and the Word by Himerius, Robert J. Penella

Man and the Word: The Orations of Himerius

by Himerius (Author), Robert J. Penella (Editor)
October 2007
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Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome by Tonio Hölscher

Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality

by Tonio Hölscher (Author)
June 2018
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Lost World of the Golden King by Frank L. Holt

Lost World of the Golden King: In Search of Ancient Afghanistan

by Frank L. Holt (Author)
October 2012
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Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan

by Frank L. Holt (Author)
October 2012
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Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan

by Frank L. Holt (Author)
July 2005
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Homosexuality in Greece and Rome by Thomas K. Hubbard

Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents

by Thomas K. Hubbard (Editor)
May 2003
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Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age by Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner, Uriel Simonsohn, Luke Yarbrough

Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook

by Nimrod Hurvitz (Editor), Christian C. Sahner (Editor), Uriel Simonsohn (Editor), Luke Yarbrough (Editor)
December 2020
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A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji

by Reginald Jackson (Author)
June 2021
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The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas in Late Antiquity

March 2021
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Learned Girls and Male Persuasion by Sharon Lynn James

Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy

by Sharon Lynn James (Author)
February 2003
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The Politics of Desire: Propertius IV

by Micaela Janan (Author)
December 2000
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Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity by Sara Raup Johnson

Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity: Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context

by Sara Raup Johnson (Author)
February 2005
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City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity

by Dayna S. Kalleres (Author)
October 2015
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Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides by Lisa Kallet

Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides: The Sicilian Expedition and Its Aftermath

by Lisa Kallet (Author)
January 2002
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Societies in Transition in Early Greece by Alex R. Knodell

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Societies in Transition in Early Greece: An Archaeological History

by Alex R. Knodell (Author)
May 2021
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Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.

by Noel Lenski (Author)
June 2014
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The Narrative Shape of Emotion in the Preaching of John Chrysostom

by Blake Leyerle (Author)
December 2020
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Summoned to the Roman Courts by Detlef Liebs

Summoned to the Roman Courts: Famous Trials from Antiquity

by Detlef Liebs (Author)
February 2017
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Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830

by Ellen Lockhart (Author)
September 2017
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The Politics of Socratic Humor

by John Lombardini (Author)
August 2018
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Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty by Ariel G. Lopez

Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty: Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt

by Ariel G. Lopez (Author)
February 2013
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Music of a Thousand Years by Ann E. Lucas

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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

by Ann E. Lucas (Author)
December 2019
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De Rerum Natura, The Nature of Things by Lucretius

De Rerum Natura, The Nature of Things: A Poetic Translation

by Lucretius (Author)
August 2008
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The Shadows of Poetry by Sabine MacCormack

The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of Augustine

by Sabine MacCormack (Author)
June 1998
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Creating a Common Polity by Emily Mackil

Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon

by Emily Mackil (Author)
April 2016
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The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity

by Irad Malkin (Author)
November 1998
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Lectura Dantis, Purgatorio

by Allen Mandelbaum (Editor), Anthony Oldcorn (Editor), Charles Ross (Editor)
February 2008
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Emperors and Rhetoricians by Moysés Marcos

Emperors and Rhetoricians: Panegyric, Communication, and Power in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire

by Moysés Marcos (Author)
December 2023
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The Economy of the Greek Cities by Léopold Migeotte

The Economy of the Greek Cities: From the Archaic Period to the Early Roman Empire

by Léopold Migeotte (Author)
September 2009
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Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited

by Margaret M. Miles (Editor)
September 2011
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A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408–450)

by Fergus Millar (Author)
July 2006
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The Berkeley Plato: From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure, An Archaeological Detective Story

by Stephen G. Miller (Author)
December 1969
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The School of History: Athens in the Age of Socrates

by Mark H. Munn (Author)
January 2003
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The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia by Mark H. Munn

The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion

by Mark H. Munn (Author)
July 2006
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Xenophon's Prince: Republic and Empire in the Cyropaedia

by Christopher Nadon (Author)
June 2001
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Homer the Preclassic

by Gregory Nagy (Author)
February 2017
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The Greeks and the Rational by Josiah Ober

The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason

by Josiah Ober (Author)
November 2022
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae by Maria C. Pantelia

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Bibliographic Guide to the Canon of Greek Authors and Works

by Maria C. Pantelia (Author)
April 2022
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Religion in Roman Phrygia by Robert Parker

Religion in Roman Phrygia: From Polytheism to Christianity

by Robert Parker (Author)
September 2023
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Greek Gods Abroad: Names, Natures, and Transformations

by Robert Parker (Author)
May 2017
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