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  • Amazons

    The History Behind the Legend

    by David Braund ...
    The idea of the Amazons is one of the most romantic and resonant in all antiquity. Greeks were fascinated by images and tales of these fierce female fighters. At Troy, Achilles' duel with Penthesilea was a clash of superman and superwoman. Achilles won the fight, but the queen's dying beauty had torn into his soul. This vibrant new book offers the first complete picture of the reality behind the ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Greek Religion and Cults in the Black Sea Region

    Goddesses in the Bosporan Kingdom from the Archaic Period to the Byzantine Era

    by David Braund ...
    This is the first integrated study of Greek religion and cults of the Black Sea region, centred upon the Bosporan Kingdom of its northern shores, but with connections and consequences for Greece and much of the Mediterranean world. David Braund explains the cohesive function of key goddesses (Aphrodite Ourania, Artemis Ephesia, Taurian Parthenos, Isis) as it develops from archaic colonization ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Rome and the Friendly King (Routledge Revivals)

    The Character of Client Kingship

    by David Braund ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Rome and the Friendly King, first published in 1984, offers a functional definition of what is usually called client kingship – to show what a client king (or ‘friendly king’, to use the Roman term) was in practice.Each aspect of this complex role is examined over a period of six centuries: the making of a king; exposure to Roman institutions and individuals; formal recognition as a friendly ruler ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Ruling Roman Britain

    Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola

    by David Braund ...
    In this book, David Braund offers a significantly different perspective upon the history of Roman Britain. He concentrates upon the literary evidence, which has been studied to a lesser extent than archaeology in recent years. Close attention to the Greek and Roman sources enables the construction of a new approach to Roman Britain, its history and its archaeology. For the first time, monarchy is ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Augustus to Nero (Routledge Revivals)

    A Sourcebook on Roman History, 31 BC-AD 68

    by David Braund ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The years from the battle of Actium to the death of Nero stand at the very heart of Roman history. Yet the sources of this key period, particularly the inscriptions, papyri and coins, are not readily accessible. Crucial new discoveries remain buried in learned periodicals, and now that the study of the ancient world is widespread among those without Latin and Greek, the lack of translations is ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea

    Edited by David Braund, Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles ...
    This is the first study of ancient theatre and performance around the coasts of the Black Sea. It brings together key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars on theatre and the Black Sea, from a wide range of disciplines, especially archaeology, drama and history. In that way the wealth of material found around these great coasts is brought together with the best ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

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  • Introducing the Ancient Greeks

    From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind

    by Edith Hall ...
    "Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, IndependentThe ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient Greeks, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves

    Women in Classical Antiquity

    by Sarah Pomeroy ...
    "The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women's history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged."--Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement. Illustrations. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Ancient Greek Religion

    by Jon D. Mikalson ...
    Series Book 15 - Blackwell Ancient Religions
    Ancient Greek Religion provides an introduction to the fundamental beliefs, practices, and major deities of Greek religion.Focuses on Athens in the classical periodIncludes detailed discussion of Greek gods and heroes, myth and cult, and vivid descriptions of Greek religion as it was practicedAncient texts are presented in boxes to promote thought and discussion, and abundant illustrations help ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

    by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire.The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth and Epic in Homer's Iliad & Odyssey; gives an outline of Greek history in the 5th & 4th Centuries BC; looks at Greek social life and the alternative ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Sacred Band

    Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom

    by James Romm ...
    From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes—and the saga of the greatest military corps of the time, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.The story of the Sacred Band, an elite 300-man corps recruited from pairs of lovers, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Young Alexander

    The Making of Alexander the Great

    by Alex Rowson ...
    ‘Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThis is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great – one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery.Alexander the Great’s story often reads like fiction: son ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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