History - Ancient - Greece

Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study...

A Story Waiting to Pierce You is a breathtaking account of our past and our future as human beings. Firmly and gracefully it traces the ancient threads that connect Mongolia, Tibet and Native Americans to ancient figures such as Pythagoras and the very origins...

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion...

"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...

"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...

The definitive biography of the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conqueror of the Persians, and the visionary ruler of a vast empire--from one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece. "An amazingly solid, balanced, and evocative view of...

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history....

"He was a man like no other man has ever been" In twelve years that changed the world, Alexander the Great conquered a vast empire, extending from the Danube to the rivers of the Punjab, and from Egypt to Uzbekistan. Arrian, a Greek man...

*Longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize*"In this staggeringly good biography, Edmund Richardson reveals in riveting and sumptuous detail the real Alexander, the man behind the legend. Richardson has drawn on new sources from recent archeological discoveries, adding a real freshness to this millennia old...

From Marginalian Editions: a far-seeing essay collection by the iconoclastic historian Jane Ellen Harrison--heroine to generations of writers from Virginia Woolf to Mary Beard--that explores the invisible tendrils between science and the sacred, the psychology of bias, the fulcrum of progress, and the countercultural...

How the Odyssey illuminatesthe two sides of the American mind, from one of our most influential cultural commentators.The Odyssey is among the oldest-known written works. Yet it is somehow profoundly contemporary. Its themes are inescapably human: the desire to strike out for new adventures;...

2013 Reprint of 1888/1889 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Published by Oxford University Press, this remains a central reference work for all scholars of ancient Greek authors and texts discovered up to 1889, from the 11th...

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in...

We tend to take democracy, philosophy, theatre and the beautiful buildings of Athens for granted, as if they were always going to happen. But in reality, five determined people had an overwhelming impact on making those things come about. And the rich details of...

*Includes pictures of Pompeii, artifacts, and more.*Chronicles the history of Pompeii since the first settlements there nearly 3,000 years ago.*Includes quotes from Pliny the Younger about the eruption of Vesuvius.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.They come in droves, busloads of tourists shepherded down through...

"We have provided . . . monuments that those alive today look on with wonder, as those in generations still to come will wonder, too." More than 2,000 years later, the words uttered by the Athenian politician Pericles have been proven correct many times...

This highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. Cartledge highlights the role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also...

Embark upon a lavish visual journey through ancient Greece--its origins, its rise and fall, and its legacy that still permeates the Western world today. Spanning more than 3,000 years, Ancient Greece explores the tumultuous history of this glorious empire in vivid detail--from its Minoan...

"Philosophy begins in wonder." --Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of...

Trace the origins of modern philosophy back to ancient Greece with the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and other famous thinkers. Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from...