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  • Greek Magic

    Ancient, Medieval and Modern

    Edited by John Petropoulos ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    Magic has always been a widespread phenomenon in Greek Society, starting from Homer’s Circe (the first ‘evil witch’ in western history) and extending to the pervasive belief in the ‘evil eye’ in the twenty-first century Greece. Indeed, magic is probably the most ancient and durable among social and religious phenomena known to classical and other scholars, and it can be traced over a span of some ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • The Trojan War

    A New History

    by Barry Strauss ...
    The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer's Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based on actual events, there is disagreement about how much of Homer's tale is true. Drawing on recent archeological research, historian and classicist Barry Strauss explains what really happened in Troy ... Read more

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  • Theogony / Works and Days

    by Hesiod ...
    Translated by C.S. Morrissey ...
    C.S. Morrissey’s brilliant translations bring a modern, lyrical sensibility to Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod’s two great poems that paved the way for subsequent achievements in Greek philosophy. Theogony tells of the first generations of the gods and recollects how Zeus established his cosmic reign of justice. Works and Days examines the two-fold role of competition in life, what Hesiod ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Rise of Athens

    The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

    by Anthony Everitt ...
    A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and HadrianFilled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world—from the democratic revolution that marked its beginning, ... Read more

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  • First Historians: Herodotus' History and Thucydides' Peloponnesian War

    by Herodotus, Thucydides ...
    This file includes two history classics: The History by Herodotus and The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. According to Wikipedia: Herodotus "has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.[1] The Histories—his masterpiece and the ... Read more

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  • Alexander the Great

    Lessons from History's Undefeated General

    by Bill Yenne ...
    Series series World Generals Series
    This biography of the celebrated Greek king "provides today's leaders with examples of leadership that transcend the centuries" ( Military Review ).Foreword by General Wesley K. ClarkWhen the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's... ... Read more

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  • Syracuse, City of Legends

    A Glory of Sicily

    by Jeremy Dummett ...
    Dubbed 'the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all' by Cicero, Syracuse also boasts the richest history of anywhere in Sicily. Syracuse, City of Legends - the first modern historical guide to the city - explores Syracuse's place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millennia after its ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Critias (Illustrated Edition)

    by Plato ...
    In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta had only just started, and Socrates was only beginning to lay the foundation of what would become Western philosophy. That year Plato was born to a wealthy family: with an uncle who was ... Read more

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  • Classical Mythology

    A dictionary of the tales, characters and traditions of Classical Mythology

    by Waverley Books ...
    For thousands of years the myths of Ancient Greece and Rome have fascinated people and inspired great writers, thinkers, artists and culture. This book explains myths and retells them in this comprehensive and useful tales, myths and characters in over 1000 cross-references. ... Read more

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  • Pericles of Athens

    by Vincent Azoulay ...
    Translated by Janet Lloyd ...
    The definitive biography of the legendary "first citizen of Athens"Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and achievements of the highest order in philosophy, drama, poetry, oratory, and architecture. ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris

    by Andrew Robinson ...
    “Highly readable . . . a fitting tribute to the quiet outsider who taught the professionals their business and increased our knowledge of the human past.”—Archaeology OdysseyMore than a century ago, in 1900, one of the great archaeological finds of all time was made in Crete. Arthur Evans discovered what he believed was the palace of King Minos, with its notorious labyrinth, home of the Minotaur. ... Read more

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  • Ancient Greek Literary Letters

    Selections in Translation

    by Patricia A. Rosenmeyer ...
    Series series Routledge Classical Translations
    The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem.Patricia Rosenmeyer, an ... Read more

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