Author: James Evans
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.
Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: James Evans
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.
Conceptions of Time in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Author: Richard Faure
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110736071
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This collection of articles is an important milestone in the history of the study of time conceptions in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It spans from Homer to Neoplatonism. Conceptions of time are considered from different points of view and sources. Reflections on time were both central and various throughout the history of ancient philosophy. Time was a topic, but also material for poets, historians and doctors. Importantly, the contributions also explore implicit conceptions and how language influences our thought categories.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110736071
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This collection of articles is an important milestone in the history of the study of time conceptions in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It spans from Homer to Neoplatonism. Conceptions of time are considered from different points of view and sources. Reflections on time were both central and various throughout the history of ancient philosophy. Time was a topic, but also material for poets, historians and doctors. Importantly, the contributions also explore implicit conceptions and how language influences our thought categories.
Time in Antiquity
Author: Robert Hannah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134323166
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Time in Antiquity explores the different perceptions of time from Classical antiquity, principally through the technology designed to measure, mark or tell time. The material discussed ranges from the sixth century BC in archaic Greece to the 3rd century AD in the Roman Empire, and offers fascinating insights into ordinary people’s perceptions of time and time-keeping instruments.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134323166
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Time in Antiquity explores the different perceptions of time from Classical antiquity, principally through the technology designed to measure, mark or tell time. The material discussed ranges from the sixth century BC in archaic Greece to the 3rd century AD in the Roman Empire, and offers fascinating insights into ordinary people’s perceptions of time and time-keeping instruments.
History of the Sciences in Greco-Roman Antiquity
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 1, Ancient Science
Author: Alexander Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108682626
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient science currently available. Together, they reveal the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and India. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the ancient world, contributors consider scientific, medical and mathematical learning in the cultures associated with the ancient world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108682626
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient science currently available. Together, they reveal the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and India. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the ancient world, contributors consider scientific, medical and mathematical learning in the cultures associated with the ancient world.
History of the Sciences in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: Arnold Reymond
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Portable Cosmos
Author: Alexander Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019973934X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019973934X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought"--
The History of the Sciences in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: Arnold Reymond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258936266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258936266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: Crystal Addey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315449463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Focusing on diverse types of divination, including oracles, astrology, and the reading of omens and signs in the entrails of sacrificial animals, chance utterances and other earthly and celestial phenomena, this volume reveals that divination was conceived of as a significant path to the attainment of insight and understanding by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It also explores the connections between divination and other branches of knowledge in Greco-Roman antiquity, such as medicine and ethnographic discourse. Drawing on anthropological studies of contemporary divination and exploring a wide range of ancient philosophical, historical, technical and literary evidence, chapters focus on the interconnections and close relationship between divine and human modes of knowledge, in relation to nuanced and subtle formulations of the blending of divine, cosmic and human agency; philosophical approaches towards and uses of divination (particularly within Platonism), including links between divination and time, ethics, and cosmology; and the relationship between divination and cultural discourses focusing on gender. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life. which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, religious studies and anthropology who are working on divination, lived religion and intellectual culture, but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315449463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Focusing on diverse types of divination, including oracles, astrology, and the reading of omens and signs in the entrails of sacrificial animals, chance utterances and other earthly and celestial phenomena, this volume reveals that divination was conceived of as a significant path to the attainment of insight and understanding by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It also explores the connections between divination and other branches of knowledge in Greco-Roman antiquity, such as medicine and ethnographic discourse. Drawing on anthropological studies of contemporary divination and exploring a wide range of ancient philosophical, historical, technical and literary evidence, chapters focus on the interconnections and close relationship between divine and human modes of knowledge, in relation to nuanced and subtle formulations of the blending of divine, cosmic and human agency; philosophical approaches towards and uses of divination (particularly within Platonism), including links between divination and time, ethics, and cosmology; and the relationship between divination and cultural discourses focusing on gender. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life. which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, religious studies and anthropology who are working on divination, lived religion and intellectual culture, but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.
The Eye Expanded
Author: Frances B. Titchener
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520210295
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Sixteen contributors show in various ways that the boundary between life and art was more porous in the ancient world than it is generally felt to be now.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520210295
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Sixteen contributors show in various ways that the boundary between life and art was more porous in the ancient world than it is generally felt to be now.