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Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation by Tim Rood 9780199275854
RRP: €86.87€70.52`War is a harsh teache' wrote Thucydides in the fifth-century BC. Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and exposes harsh truths about how individuals and states behave... -
Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian by Ian Worthington
RRP: €24.98€21.35A major new history of Athens' remarkably long and influential life after the collapse of its empire. To many the history of post-Classical Athens is one of decline. True, Athens hardly commanded the number of allies it had when hegemon of its... -
The Glorious Art of Peace: Paths to Peace in a New Age of War by John Gittings
RRP: €17.84€13.35Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often not by stories of peace but by tales of war. In this path-breaking study, former... -
Societies in Transition in Early Greece: An Archaeological History by Alex R. Knodell
RRP: €35.70€27.72A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Situated at the disciplinary boundary between prehistory and history, this book presents a new synthesis of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece, from the rise... -
The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity by Johanna Hanink
RRP: €42.78€34.46Ever since the International Monetary Fund's first bailout of Greece's sinking economy in 2010, the phrase "Greek debt" has meant one thing to the country's creditors. But for millions who claim to prize culture over capital, it means something quite... -
Kings and Queens of the Medieval World: From Conquerors and Exiles to Madmen and Saints by Martin J Dougherty
RRP: €23.79€16.72The Great, the Pious, the Fair; the Wise, the Lame, the Mad. Imprisoned, deposed, exiled. Excommunicated, assassinated; devout, debauched; loved, loathed - the Middle Ages produced a fascinating array of monarchs. From Britain to Russia, from Scandinavia... -
Library of History: v. 7 by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: €29.69€27.83Remains of a universal chronicle.Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War;... -
Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece Debra Hamel 9780300107630
RRP: €22.60€21.99Neaira grew up in a Corinthian brothel in the fourth century B.C., became a high-priced courtesan and a sex slave, then settled into a thirty-year relationship with Stephanos of Athens. But next she found herself in court, charged with transgressing... -
The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece by Brooke Holmes 9780691163406
RRP: €33.32€32.59The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with... -
The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1768 to 1913: The Long Nineteenth Century by Thomas W. Gallant
RRP: €36.89€34.62Traces the rich social, cultural, economic and political history of the Greeks. Often referred to as the 'Long Nineteenth Century', this period in Greek history conventionally begins with the war of independence in 1821. However, this book adopts a... -
Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought by Emeritus Professor of Greek Richard Seaford 9781474427142
€32.02This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures. It offers a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age and will be of... -
The Laws of Ancient Crete, c.650-400 BCE by Michael Gagarin 9780198832515
€41.92This volume presents the Greek text of approximately 200 stone inscriptions, which detail the laws of ancient Crete in the archaic and classical periods, c.650-400 BCE. The texts of the inscriptions, many of which are fragmentary and relatively unknown,... -
Classical Mythology: The Basics Richard Martin 9781032117270
RRP: €20.22€18.11This new edition introduces the core elements of ancient Greek and Roman narratives about immortal gods and heroic humans. It explains how myths once shaped ancient ways of thinking, and how they have fascinated and inspired artists, writers, musicians,... -
Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge by Jacques Brunschwig
RRP: €97.52€79.61Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In more than sixty essays by an international team of scholars, this... -
Power & the People: Five Lessons from the Birthplace of Democracy Alev Scott 9781529402858
RRP: €11.89€8.09Democracy was born in Athens. From its founding myths to its golden age and its chaotic downfall, it's rich with lessons for our own times. Why did vital civil engagement and fair debate descend into paralysis and populism? Can we compare Creon to Trump,... -
Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity: Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian Debate by Michael Bland Simmons 9780190202392
RRP: €151.73€121.45This study offers an in-depth examination of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre, whose significance for late antique thought is immense. Porphyry's concept of salvation is important for... -
The Idea of Marathon: Battle and Culture by Sonya Nevin
€34.59The Battle of Marathon changed the course of history in ancient Greece. To many, the impossible seemed to have been achieved - the mighty Persian Empire halted in its advance. What happened that day, why was the battle fought, and how did people make... -
The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome by Edward Bispham
RRP: €44.03€41.66The Edinburgh Companion, newly available in paperback, is a gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Wide-ranging in its approach, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation and enables readers to gain guidance... -
Ancient Epic Katherine Callen King (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 9781118255346
RRP: €30.88€26.89Ancient 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... -
Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems by Philippa Steele 9781785706448
€50.44Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems arises from a conference held in Cambridge in 2015. The question of how writing systems are related to each other, and how we can study those relationships, has not been studied in... -
Men And Gods by Rex Warner 9781590172636
RRP: €21.41€14.45Apologies 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)... -
A New History of the Peloponnesian War Lawrence A. Tritle (Loyola Marymount University, USA) 9781405122511
RRP: €43.97€38.69This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War... -
Classical Traditions in Science Fiction by Brett M. Rogers 9780190228330
RRP: €54.13€39.79For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of "classics" is actively... -
Moralia: v.13 by Plutarch
RRP: €29.69€27.83Eclectic 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... -
The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World by Frank L. Holt 9780199950966
RRP: €38.66€28.32War, the most profitable economic activity in the ancient world, transferred wealth violently from the vanquished to the victor. Invasions, massacres, confiscations, deportations, the sacking of cities, and the selling of survivors into slavery all... -
Black Athena Revisited by Mary R. Lefkowitz 9780807845554
RRP: €65.45€61.87In this collection of 20 essays, scholars in a broad range of disciplines confront the claims made by Martin Bernal in ""Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization"". In that work, Bernal proposed a radical reinterpretation of the... -
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change Between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC by Oliver Dickinson 9780415135900
RRP: €45.21€39.72Following Oliver Dickinson's successful The Aegean Bronze Age, this textbook is a synthesis of the period between the collapse of the Bronze Age civilization in the thirteenth and twelfth centuries BC, and the rise of the Greek civilization in the eighth... -
Hercules: The First Superhero by Philip Matyszak 9780988106659
RRP: €18.47€16.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988106659Author Philip MatyszakFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Monashee Mountain PublishingPublisher Monashee Mountain PublishingWeight(grams) 327g -
Library of History: v. 11 by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: €29.69€27.83Remains of a universal chronicle.Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War;... -
The Athenian Citizen: Democracy in the Athenian Agora by Mabel L. Lang 9780876616420 [USED COPY]
RRP: €7.74€7.09A concise introduction to the workings of ancient democracy, The Athenian Citizen has been a bestseller since the original edition was first published almost 60 years ago by Mabel Lang. Using archaeological evidence from excavations at the heart of... -
The Athenian Citizen: Democracy in the Athenian Agora by Mabel L. Lang 9780876616420
RRP: €7.74€7.46A concise introduction to the workings of ancient democracy, The Athenian Citizen has been a bestseller since the original edition was first published almost 60 years ago by Mabel Lang. Using archaeological evidence from excavations at the heart of... -
Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary by Erika Simon
RRP: €21.36€19.11The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshalling of a variety of proofs from literary,... -
Sparta by Michael Whitby 9780748612932
RRP: €36.89€34.14This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. During this period Sparta... -
Olympia - The Archaeological Site and the Museums by Manolis Andronicos 9789602130469 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.84€2.69Olympia is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece. The texts, written by experts, furnish details of the historical and cultural context ... -
Olympia - The Archaeological Site and the Museums by Manolis Andronicos 9789602130469
RRP: €17.84€16.64Olympia is part of the volume entitled "treasures of the Greek Museums" which introduces the reader to the priceless works of art housed in the museums of Greece. The texts, written by experts, furnish details of the historical and cultural context ... -
Helots and Their Masters in Messenia and Laconia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures by Nino Luraghi 9780674012233
RRP: €29.69€23.67The name "Helots" evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system of dependent labor that guaranteed the livelihood of the free citizens. The Helots fulfilled all the functions that slaves carried out elsewhere in the Greek... -
Library of History: v. 9 by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: €29.69€27.83Remains of a universal chronicle.Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War;... -
Ships and Silver, Taxes and Tribute: A Fiscal History of Archaic Athens by Hans van Wees 9781784534325
€29.93Historians since Herodotus and Thucydides have claimed that the year 483 BCE marked a turning point in the history of Athens. For it was then that Themistocles mobilized the revenues from the city's highly productive silver mines to build an enormous war... -
Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics of Popular Rule by Josiah Ober
RRP: €65.45€51.54How and why did the Western tradition of political theorizing arise in Athens during the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C.? By interweaving intellectual history with political philosophy and literary analysis, Josiah Ober argues that the tradition... -
Mothering and Motherhood in Ancient Greece and Rome by Lauren Hackworth Petersen 9780292754348
RRP: €23.79€20.87Motherhood played a central role in ancient Greece and Rome, despite the virtual absence of female participation in the public spheres of life. Mothers could wield enormous influence as the reproductive bodies of society and, in many cases, of culture...