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P. Valavanis: Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology. (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by Stephen G. Miller.) Pp. xviii + 183, ills. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1999. Paper, $40. ISBN: 0-520-09829-3.

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P. Valavanis: Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology. (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by Stephen G. Miller.) Pp. xviii + 183, ills. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1999. Paper, $40. ISBN: 0-520-09829-3. - Volume 51 Issue 2

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P. Valavanis: Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology. (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by Stephen G. Miller.) Pp. xviii + 183, ills. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1999. Paper, $40. ISBN: 0-520-09829-3. - Volume 51 Issue 2

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P. Valavanis: Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology. (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by Stephen G. Miller.) Pp. xviii + 183, ills. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1999. Paper, $40. ISBN: 0-520-09829-3. - Volume 51 Issue 2

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P. Valavanis: Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology. (University of California Publications: Classical Studies 36, translated from the Greek with an Appendix by Stephen G. Miller.) Pp. xviii + 183, ills. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1999. Paper, $40. ISBN: 0-520-09829-3. — Research Paper | ScholarLens