History - Ancient - Greece

A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. In...

Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle offers a valuable introduction to the works of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle. For the Third Edition,...

John Davie, co-author of Et Tu, Brute? turns his attention to Ancient Greece. With a foreword by Harry Mount. Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us 'hypocrite'; sometimes beautiful -...

Hold on tight as Greeking Out goes to the dark side, bringing you scary (and surprisingly funny) tales of life, death, and everything in between! Get ready for 20 bone-chilling stories of the Underworld--from ancient Greece and around the world--as told by the team...

Learn the myths and legends behind this beloved goddess plus practices and suggestions for making Hekate part of your spiritual path. Courtney Weber (author of Brigid and The Morrigan) offers an informed, accessible journey through the lore and history of Hekate, the ancient goddess...

Herodoti Historiarum Libri IX For this transcription, the following edition was used: Any changes applied by the transcriber are indicated by footnotes ([TR1], [TR2], etc.). When a passage seemed doubtful, the following Greek/Latin edition was used to clear up any remaining doubts: Herodotus Halicarnassus,...

Herodotoksen historia-teos I-IIHalikarnassolainen Herodotos tarjoaa tss esityksen tutkimuksistaan, jotteivt ihmisten toimet aikojen kuluessa hlvenisi, eivtk ne suuret ja ihmeelliset teot, joita osaksi helleenit, osaksi barbarit, ovat suorittaneet, jisi maineettomiksi, ja ennen kaikkea, jotta selviisi, mist syyst he ovat joutuneet sotiin toistensa kanssa. 1. Persialaisten...

Herodotoksen historia-teos III-VI1. Yllmainittua Amasista vastaan Kambyses, Kyroksen poika, lhti sotaretkelle, vieden mukaansa paitsi muita mys helleenien joukosta ioonilaisia ja aiolilaisia. Syy thn retkeen oli seuraava. Kambyses lhetti Egyptiin airuen ja pyysi Amasiilta hnen tytrtn. Nin tekemn hnt oli yllyttnyt ers egyptilinen mies, joka...

Herodotoksen historia-teos VII-IX1. Kun tieto Marathonin taistelusta oli saapunut kuningas Dareiokselle, Hystaspeen pojalle, joka jo ennestnkin oli suuresti katkeroitunut atenalaisia kohtaan heidn hykkyksestn Sardesta rastaan, suuttui hn paljoa ankarammin ja hankkiutui viel innokkaammin lhtemn sotaan Hellasta vastaan. Ja heti hn lhetti kautta kaupunkien kskyn...

The definitive English edition of the "Father of Medicine." This is the third volume in the Loeb Classical Library's complete edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body....

'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics 'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on Homer as they were' Frank Skinner 'Every page is an illuminating joy'...

A new perspective on ancient Athens at the height of its powers, reinterpreting the city's supposed "Golden Age" as a period of ruinous culture wars. The age of Pericles, in the fifth century BC, is often described as the Golden Age of Athens. The...

"Never has medical history been more entertaining" (Dr Jennifer Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible) than in this turbulent history of women's bodies from classical Greece to the modern age Breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb. Across history, these body parts have told women who...

A set of ancient inscriptions on marble found sixty years ago in southern Italy, recording details so bewildering that scholars have kept silent about them ...Strange evidence about a tradition of people who were mystics but who were so intensely practical that, two and...

The 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, acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall offers a...

Life of Constantine the great is a panegyric written in Greek in honor of Constantine the Great by Eusebius of Caesarea in the 4th century AD. It was never completed due to the death of Eusebius in 339.Author: Eusebius of CaesareaPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing CompanyPublished:...

Subtitled Modern American Edition of Twelve Lives, this volume includes adaptations of Plutarch's biographies of the following men: Greek: Lycurgus, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Alcibiades, Alexander Roman: Coriolanus, Marcus Cato, The Gracchi, Cicero, Caesar, Antony This edition makes the writing of Plutarch more accessible to...

The epic true story of Themistocles and the Battle of Salamis, and a rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It...

Aristophanes, a native Athenian and the leading exponent of Greek comedy, was born c. 450 BCE. Today forty-three of his plays are known by title; eleven survive. The most famous of these is the whimsical fantasy Lysistrata. A perennial classroom and stage favorite as...

Y si la clave para vivir con serenidad no estuviera en cambiar el mundo, sino en aprender a vivir con sabiduría dentro de él?Hace casi dos mil años, Epicteto -un esclavo convertido en filósofo- reunió en este breve manual de vida las enseñanzas fundamentales...