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Histories: Bk. V-VII by Herodotus
RRP: £24.95£22.92The "Father of History."Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BC, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He traveled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Aswan), North Africa, Syria, the... -
Spartans: A New History by Nigel M. Kennell 9781405130004
RRP: £30.95£28.29Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan historyApplies new... -
Herodotus: Histories, Books 1-4 (Herodoti Historiae: Libri I-IV) by N. G. Wilson
£43.91In this new edition of Herodotus' Histories, Nigel Wilson has revised the original Oxford Classical Text by the Danish scholar C. Hude, published in 1906 and last revised in 1927. As well as incorporating much of the valuable work on the text that has... -
Early Iron Age Greek Warrior 1100-700 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £14.99£10.95The period from 1200 BC onwards saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands as monarchies disappeared and were replaced by aristocratic rule and a new form of community developed: the city-state. Alongside these... -
The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation by G. R. Tsetskhladze 9780947816612
RRP: £9.95£8.15This collection of eight essays on the archaeology of Greek colonisation, dedicated to Sir John Boardman on the occasion of his retirement, has now been reprinted in paperback. Greek colonisation continues to be a much debated topic among ancient ... -
Ancient Epic by K King 9781118255346
RRP: £25.95£22.60Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes' Agonautica. Provides an accessible introduction to the... -
The Learned Banqueters: v. 1 by Athenaeus
RRP: £24.95£22.92Scholars at dinner.In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century AD) is amusing reading and of... -
A Brief History of Atlantis: Plato's Ideal State by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with the modern imagination. But where did Atlantis come from, what was it like, and where did it go to?Atlantis was first... -
Diodorus Siculus, The Persian Wars to the Fall of Athens: Books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE) by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: £21.99£18.79Only one surviving source provides a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great-the Bibliotheke, or "Library," produced by Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca... -
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle by Christopher Shields 9780190244842
£65.10The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle reflects the lively international character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, and Japan; it also, appropriately,... -
Troy: Myth, City, Icon by Naoise Mac Sweeney 9781472529374
RRP: £23.99£19.66From the palaces of Homeric epic to the ancestral seat of Roman emperors, Troy in antiquity was a place couched in myth. But for nearly four millennia, Troy was also a living city, inhabited by real people. Troy today is therefore a site of major... -
Plato's Atlantis Story: Text, Translation and Commentary by Christopher Gill 9781786940155
RRP: £24.99£22.41This book aims to bring together all the evidence relevant for understanding Plato's Atlantis Story, providing the Greek text of the relevant Platonic texts (the start of Plato's Timaeus and the incomplete Critias), together with a commentary on language... -
Alexander The Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius by James Romm 9780872207271
RRP: £15.99£13.81Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Great still survive--Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius--this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in Alexander's life. The... -
On Buildings by Procopius
RRP: £24.95£22.92Late antique architecture.Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the fifth century, became a lawyer. In AD 527 he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 ... -
Greek Mathematical Works: Selections: v. 2: From Aristarchus to Pappus by I. Thomas 9780674993990
RRP: £24.95£22.92Elemental learning.The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) contains the divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical... -
Moralia: v.13 by Plutarch
RRP: £24.95£22.92Eclectic essays on ethics, education, and much else besides.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given... -
Alexander the Great: A Reader by Ian Worthington
RRP: £45.99£40.53This exciting new edition is an indispensable guide for undergraduates to the study of Alexander the Great, showing the problems of the ancient source material, and making it clear that there is no single approach to be taken.The twelve thematic chapters... -
The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks by Richard Stoneman 9780691154039
RRP: £38.00£30.44An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCEWhen the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends and... -
On the Natural Faculties by Galen
RRP: £24.95£22.92Antiquity's most prolific and influential medical writer and practitioner.If the work of Hippocrates is taken as representing the foundation upon which the edifice of historical Greek medicine was raised, then the work of Galen, who lived some six... -
Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital by Elizabeth French 9780752419510
RRP: £27.50£19.86Famous from ancient Greek literature as King Agamemnon's capital, Mycenae was the site of almost unbroken excavation during the 20th century, and this continues today. In presenting a full up-to-date account of the site and placing it in its geographical... -
Flame of Miletus: The Birth of Science in Ancient Greece (and How It Changed the World) by John Freely 9781788312455
RRP: £12.99£9.54Miletus: one of the wealthiest and most important towns in ancient Greece. It was here, on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, in the 6th century BC, that the great traditions of Greek science and philosophy sparked into life, setting in motion a chain of... -
Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece by David Michael Smith 9780500519585
RRP: £12.95£7.72Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece presents more than 200 objects currently housed in public collections around the world that offer both context and immediacy to the rich culture of Ancient Greece. From the bifacial hand tools of the Lower Palaeolithic to... -
Men And Gods by Rex Warner 9781590172636
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172636Author Rex WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm)... -
City of Suppliants: Tragedy and the Athenian Empire by Angeliki Tzanetou
RRP: £21.99£18.79After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE, Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially it led the Delian League, a military alliance against the Persians, but eventually the league evolved into an empire with Athens in... -
The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides by Ryan Balot
£44.01The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides contains newly commissioned essays on Thucydides as an historian, thinker, and writer. It also features chapters on Thucydides' intellectual context and ancient reception. The creative juxtaposition of historical,... -
How to Read Greek Sculpture by Sean Hemingway
RRP: £19.95£16.94Featuring decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek sculpture Introducing eight centuries of Greek sculpture, this latest addition to The Met's compelling and... -
Greek Historical Inscriptions 478-404 BC by Robin Osborne
£38.54This volume is both a companion to the editors' Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC, and a successor to the later part of the Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions to the End of the Fifth Century BC, edited by Russell Meiggs and David M. Lewis... -
Socrates: The Best of Socrates: The Founding Philosophies of Ethics, Virtues & Life by William Hackett 9781539427667
RRP: £14.98£12.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539427667Author William HackettFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Lost Masters: Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers by Linda Johnsen
RRP: £12.99£11.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608684380Author Linda JohnsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Iliad - Imperium Press by Homer 9780648690504
RRP: £22.95£16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648690504Author HomerFormat PaperbackPage Count 626Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 35mm -
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth by Richard Stoneman 9780712354479
RRP: £30.00£19.40Accompanying the first ever exhibition on the storytelling around Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, this book charts the evolution of a legend that continues to captivate audiences today. Alexander the Great acceded to the throne at the age of 20,... -
In Search of the Labyrinth: The Cultural Legacy of Minoan Crete by Nicoletta Momigliano
RRP: £22.99£20.11Shortlisted for the European Association of Archaeologies 2023 book prize In Search of the Labyrinth explores the enduring cultural legacy of Minoan Crete by offering an overview of Minoan archaeology and modern responses to it in literature, the... -
Alexander The Great And The Hellenistic Age by Peter Green
RRP: £9.99£6.80A masterly narrative survey of three centuries, from Alexander's conquest and empire to the triumph of Rome.The book begins with the personality and achievements of Alexander the Great, and continues with the military and political violence of the... -
Ancient Greece: The Legacy of Leonidas I by T D Van Basten 9781533653130
RRP: £8.89£7.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533653130Author T D Van BastenFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism by Cathy Gere 9780226289540
RRP: £18.00£15.40In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. With... -
Orations, Volume II by Aelius Aristides
RRP: £24.95£22.92Meticulous eloquence.Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus was among the most celebrated, versatile, and influential authors of the Second Sophistic era and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism. Born to wealthy landowners in Mysia in AD 117,... -
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture: Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 by Zahra Newby
RRP: £36.99£29.75Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new... -
Sparta: Beyond the Mirage by Anton Powell
RRP: £25.00£23.30The study of the Spartans is now pursued more widely and intensively than ever. Indeed, no longer is Sparta the 'second city' of ancient Greece. This volume, the fourth in the established series on which Powell and Hodkinson have collaborated, breaks... -
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation by Stephen M. Trzaskoma 9781624664977
RRP: £29.99£25.13This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts-the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), and Atrahasis; the Hittite Song of Emergence; and the flood story from the book of... -
Medea by Euripides 9780872209237
RRP: £11.99£9.52This is the Medea we have been waiting for. It offers clarity without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. No English Medea can ever be Euripides', but this is as close as anyone has come so far,...