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

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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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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Hesiod's Ascra

by Anthony T. Edwards (Author)
February 2004
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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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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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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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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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A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408–450)

by Fergus Millar (Author)
July 2006
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Greek Gods Abroad: Names, Natures, and Transformations

by Robert Parker (Author)
May 2017
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Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity

by Tomas Hägg (Editor), Philip Rousseau (Editor)
December 2000
Hardcover $68.95, £54.00

The Gnat and Other Minor Poems of Virgil

by Virgil (Author)
July 2011
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The Gift of the Nile: Hellenizing Egypt from Aeschylus to Alexander

by Phiroze Vasunia (Author)
December 2001
Hardcover $63.00, £49.00

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
Hardcover $84.00, £65.00

From Alexander to Jesus

by Ory Amitay (Author)
October 2010
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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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Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.

by Noel Lenski (Author)
June 2014
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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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Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East

by Roger S. Bagnall (Author)
April 2012
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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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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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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus

by Theocritus (Author)
November 2003
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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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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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Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts

by L. Stephanie Cobb (Author)
November 2016
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