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Material Type: | Biography |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nathanael J Andrade; Oxford University Press. |
ISBN: | 9780190638818 0190638818 9780190638825 0190638826 9780190638832 0190638834 9780190638849 0190638842 |
OCLC Number: | 1091274423 |
Description: | XVII, [3], 284 strony : ilustracje ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | ForwardAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsChapter 1: Zenobia's Likenesses Part I: Palmyra, Zenobia's CityChapter 2: Urban Landscape Chapter 3: Social Landscape Part II: Embryonic Star Chapter 4: Social World Chapter 5: Coming of Age Part III: Rising StarChapter 6: Marital Household Chapter 7: Widowhood Part IV: Shooting StarChapter 8: Dynasty Chapter 9: Civil War Epilogue: Fallen StarChapter 10: Legacy and Likenesses Appendix 1: Palmyrene Monuments Mentioned Appendix 2: Brief and Simple Guide to Palmyrenean Aramaic Appendix 3: Inscriptions for Odainath's Household Bibliography |
Series Title: | Women in Antiquity. |
Other Titles: | Shooting star of Palmyra Zenobia |
Responsibility: | Nathanael J. Andrade. |
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Of far greater consequence, especially for the educated public, are the appendices and bibliography: the destruction of monuments, the nature of Palmyrene Aramaic, original language version of inscriptions detailing Zenobia's household (Aramaic in transliteration). These and the bibliography illustrate the multinational and lengthy careers [of] those building upon intelligent assumptions in the recreation of an ancient site. * Michael Weiskopf, Berkeley, CA, Ancient West & East * Andrade has done a worthwhile job of collecting physical and literary evidence that will interest scholars of ancient history. * J.A.S. Evans, CHOICE * interesting and informative - in particular for an undergraduate course on gender history * James Corke-Webster, Kings College London, Greece & Rome * Admirable and well-articulated ... Andrade's book, intended both for the specialist and the educated reader in general, analyses each of these events with objectivity and rigour, and presents a highly fitting approximation to the attractive figure of this singular woman. We should congratulate ourselves on its publication and congratulate the author on his work. * Gustavo A. Vivas Garcia, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Read more...

