Walter Burkert

Walter Burkert

Walter Burkert was born in Neuendettelsau on February 2nd, 1931 and passed away at the age of 84 on March 11th, 2015.

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Below is a complete list of Walter Burkert books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Walter Burkert is the Carl Newell Jackson Lectures Series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Homo Necans, Greek Religion, and Violent Origins.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism
1962
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2
Homo Necans
1972
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3
Greek Religion
1977
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4
Violent Origins
1987
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5
Savage Energies
1990
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6
Creation of the Sacred
1996
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7
Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis
2007
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List of Carl Newell Jackson Lectures Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Carl Newell Jackson Lectures books are Ancient Mystery Cults, Ethics After Aristotle, and The Empire That Would Not Die.

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1
The Development of Greek Biography (By: Arnaldo Momigliano)
1971
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2
The Making of Late Antiquity (By: Peter Brown)
1976
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3
Ancient Mystery Cults
1987
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4
The Roman Near East (By: Fergus Millar)
1993
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5
Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante (By: Peter Dronke)
1994
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6
I Have Always Loved The Holy Tongue (By: Anthony Grafton)
2011
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7
Ethics After Aristotle (By: Brad Inwood)
2014
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8
The Empire That Would Not Die (By: John F. Haldon)
2016
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List of Revealing Antiquity Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Revealing Antiquity books are The Invention of Jane Harrison, The Craft of Zeus, and The Orientalizing Revolution.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Orientalizing Revolution
1984
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2
Greek Virginity (By: Giulia Sissa)
1987
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3
Unruly Eloquence (By: R. Bracht Branham)
1989
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4
A Chronicle of the Last Pagans (By: Pierre Chuvin)
1990
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5
Hypatia of Alexandria (By: Maria Dzielska)
1993
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6
The Craft of Zeus (By: John Scheid)
1994
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7
Actors in the Audience (By: Shadi Bartsch)
1994
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8
Prophets & Emperors (By: David Stone Potter)
1994
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9
Pompeii (By: Paul Zanker)
1995
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10
The Invention of Jane Harrison (By: Mary Beard)
2000
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11
Ruling the Later Roman Empire (By: Christopher Kelly)
2004
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12
Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam (By: G.W. Bowersock)
2006
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13
New Heroes in Antiquity (By: Christopher P. Jones)
2010
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14
Spartacus (By: Aldo Schiavone)
2011
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15
From Shame to Sin (By: Kyle Harper)
2013
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16
Greek Models of Mind and Self (By: Anthony A. Long)
2014
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17
Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine (By: Zeev Weiss)
2014
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List of Sather Classical Lectures Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Sather Classical Lectures books are The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy, Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up, and Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography (By: Duane Reed Stuart)
1928
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2
Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome (By: Cyril Bailey)
1932
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3
Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry (By: Arthur Leslie Wheeler)
1934
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4
Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life (By: J. Wight Duff)
1936
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5
The Eclogues of Vergil (By: H.J. Rose)
1942
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6
Pindar (By: Gilbert Norwood)
1945
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7
Ovid: A Poet between Two Worlds (By: Hermann Frankel)
1945
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8
The Greeks and the Irrational (By: E.R. Dodds)
1951
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9
Personal Religion Among The Greeks (By: André-Jean Festugière)
1954
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10
Party Politics in the Age of Caesar (By: Lily Ross Taylor)
1961
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11
The Greek And Macedonian Art Of War (By: Frank E. Adcock)
1962
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12
Sallust (By: Ronald Syme)
1964
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13
The Ancient Romances: A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins (By: Ben E. Perry)
1967
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14
Lysias and the Corpus Lysiacum (By: K.J. Dover)
1968
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15
Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures (By: Geoffrey S. Kirk)
1970
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16
Change and Decline: Roman Literature in the Early Empire (By: Gordon Williams)
1978
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17
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
1980
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18
The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy (By: Bernard Knox)
1983
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19
The Justice of Zeus (By: Hugh Lloyd-Jones)
1983
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20
Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece (By: Christian Habicht)
1985
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21
The Ancient Economy (By: Moses I. Finley)
1985
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22
The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science (By: G.E.R. Lloyd)
1987
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23
An Archaeology of Greece: The Present State and Future Scope of a Discipline (By: Anthony M. Snodgrass)
1987
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24
Dionysius and The History of Archaic Rome (By: Emilio Gabba)
1991
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25
Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse (By: Averil Cameron)
1991
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26
The Classical Foundations of Modern Historiography (By: Arnaldo Momigliano, Riccardo Di Donato)
1992
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27
Shame and Necessity (By: Bernard Williams)
1993
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28
The Mask of Socrates: The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity (By: Alan Shapiro, Paul Zanker)
1995
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29
Fiction as History: Nero to Julian (By: G.W. Bowersock)
1995
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30
The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius's Satyricon (By: Gian Biagio Conte)
1997
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31
Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy (By: Anne Pippin Burnett)
1998
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32
The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (By: Alexander Nehamas)
1998
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33
Prayers in Stone: Greek Architectural Sculpture (By: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway)
1999
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34
The Poetry of Homer: Edited with an Introduction by Bruce Heiden (By: Samuel Eliot Bassett)
2003
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35
Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (By: Fergus Millar)
2006
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36
Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity (By: David N. Sedley)
2007
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37
Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (By: Denis Feeney)
2008
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38
Everyday Writing in the Græco-Roman East (By: Roger S. Bagnall)
2010
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39
A Free Will: Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (By: Michael Frede, David Sedley, A.A. Long)
2011
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40
Homer the Preclassic (By: Gregory Nagy)
2012
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41
Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage (By: Helene P. Foley)
2012
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42
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (By: Mary Beard)
2014
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43
Greek Gods Abroad: Names, Natures, and Transformations (By: Robert C.T. Parker)
2017
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44
Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality (By: Tonio Hölscher)
2018
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45
Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry (By: Philip Hardie)
2019
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46
Scenes from Greek Drama (By: Bruno Snell)
2021
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47
A Greek State in Formation: The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean Pylos (By: Jack L. Davis)
2022
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List of Walter Burkert Anthologies in Publication Order

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Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum: Processions, Sacrifices, Libation, Fumigations, Dedications; Volume I
2005
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Walter Burkert

Walter Burkert was born on February 2nd, 1931. Walter passed away March 11th, 2015 at 84 years old. Walter Burkert was born in Neuendettelsau.

Walter Burkert has written 7 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1962 with the book Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. The most recently released was Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis which was released in 2007.

Walter Burkert also wrote the Sather Classical Lectures series which has 47 books including Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography and Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome.

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Walter Burkert: F.A.Q

When was Walter Burkert Born?

Walter Burkert was born on February 2nd, 1931.

When did Walter Burkert die?

Walter Burkert died on March 11th, 2015 at 84 years old.

Where was Walter Burkert Born?

Walter Burkert was born in Neuendettelsau.

What was the first book Walter Burkert wrote?

The first book written by Walter Burkert was Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism, published in 1962.

What was the most recent book Walter Burkert wrote?

Their most recently released work was Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis on April 30th, 2007.

How many books has Walter Burkert written?

Walter Burkert has written 10 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 7 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Carl Newell Jackson Lectures Series, 1 book in the Revealing Antiquity Series, 1 book in the Sather Classical Lectures Series.

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