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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521522110

ISBN-139780521522113

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Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSelected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History

Publication Year2002

SubjectAncient / General, Ancient / Greece, Middle East / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorDavid M. Lewis

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight25.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This convenient selection of Lewis's most influential and original work will be extremely handy for historians and epigraphers." David F. Graf, Religious Studies Review, "This volume of a master's works will serve as an important collection for scholars of ancient history." Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 'These Selected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History â€¦ cannot be welcomed too warmly â€¦ The volume brings out excellently the enormous range of Professor Lewis's interests and sympathies, as well as the supremely high quality and attention to detail for which he was famous.' Rosalind Thomas, The Times Literary Supplement, ‘These Selected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History … cannot be welcomed too warmly … The volume brings out excellently the enormous range of Professor Lewis’s interests and sympathies, as well as the supremely high quality and attention to detail for which he was famous.’Rosalind Thomas, The Times Literary Supplement, 'Scholars ad students will find this book enormously useful â€¦ This book is a worthy final tribute to an outstanding scholar and generous helper of many.' Journal of Hellenic Studies, 'These Selected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History ... cannot be welcomed too warmly ... The volume brings out excellently the enormous range of Professor Lewis's interests and sympathies, as well as the supremely high quality and attention to detail for which he was famous.' Rosalind Thomas, The Times Literary Supplement, 'Scholars ad students will find this book enormously useful … This book is a worthy final tribute to an outstanding scholar and generous helper of many.'Journal of Hellenic Studies, 'Scholars ad students will find this book enormously useful ... This book is a worthy final tribute to an outstanding scholar and generous helper of many.' Journal of Hellenic Studies, "...combining precise and meticulous attention to the most technical details of Greek and Persian governmental institutions with a clear sense of the historical context to which they belong. As a consequence Selected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History will join David Lewis' other works on Ancient historians' short list of indispensible works." Stanley M. Burstein, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal938

Table Of ContentPart I. General: 1. Boeckh, Staatshaushaltung der Athener, 1817-1967; 2. On the new text of Teos; 3. The origins of the First Peloponnesian War; 4. The federal constitution of Keos; 5. The Athens Peace of 371; 6. Preliminary notes on the Locri archive; 7. Temple inventories in ancient Greece; 8. Democratic institutions and their diffusion; Part II. Athenian: 9. Public property in the city; 10. Cleisthenes and Attica; 11. Review of J. S. Traill, The Political Organisation of Attica; 12. Review of P. Siewart, Die Trittyen Attikas und die Heeresreform des Kleisthenes; 13. The Kerameikos ostraka; 14. Megakles and Eretria; 15. The Athenian Coinage Decree; 16. Athena's robe; 17. The treaties with Leontini and Rhegion; 18. Entrenchment-clauses in Attic decrees; 19. Apollo Delios; 20. After the profanation of the Mysteries; 21. Aristophanes and politics; 22. Who was Lysistrata?; 23. A note on IG i.2, 114; 24. The epigraphical evidence for the end of Eubulus and Lycurgus; 25. The dating of Demosthenes' speeches; 26. Law on the Lesser Panathenaia; 27. The Athenian Rationes Centesimarum; 28. The chronology of the Athenian new style coinage; 29. Review of M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens; Part III. Oriental: 30. The Persepolis Fortification Texts; 31. The King's dinner; 32. Datis the Mede; 33. Persians in Herodotus; 34. The Phoenician fleet in 411; 35. Persian gold and Greek international relations; 36. The first Greek Jew; 37. Review of J. N. Sevenster, Do You Know Greek?; Bibliography; Publications of David M. Lewis.

SynopsisDavid M. Lewis was one of the foremost historians of the ancient world, and was uniquely expert in both Greek and Near Eastern history. The papers selected for this volume (four of them previously unpublished) illustrate the range and quality of his work on Greek and Near Eastern history and his particular expertise in dealing with inscriptions, ostraka and coins. His interests were wide, and there is material here for students of ancient Greek religion and literature, as well as historians, epigraphists and orientalists., David M. Lewis (1928-1994) was one of the foremost historians of the ancient world, and was uniquely expert in both Greek and Near Eastern history. His name appears on the spine of numerous important books, but much of his most original and influential work was published in article form. The papers selected for this 1997 volume illustrate the range and quality of his work on Greek and Near Eastern history and his particular expertise in dealing with inscriptions, ostraka, and coins. Professor Lewis began considering the choice of papers for inclusion before his death and they have been prepared for publication by Professor P. J. Rhodes. A complete bibliography of the author's published works concludes the volume., David M. Lewis (1928-1994) was one of the foremost historians of the ancient world, and was uniquely expert in both Greek and Near Eastern history. His interests were wide, and there is material in this 1997 volume for students of ancient Greek religion and literature, as well as historians, epigraphists, and orientalists.

LC Classification NumberDF78 .L46 1997