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The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto
RRP: $21.43$15.15The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.About the AuthorHumphrey Kitto... -
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy 9780190925369
RRP: $134.53$123.34Revised and updated throughout, the fourth 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 six leading ancient... -
The History of Sexuality: 3: The Care of the Self by Michel Foucault
RRP: $25.33$17.73'Bristles with provocative insights into the tangled liaisons of sex and self' Times Higher EducationIn the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a ... -
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122210Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 167g -
The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors by Diodorus Siculus
RRP: $25.33$17.73Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from... -
Aristotle: Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher by John Sellars 9780241615645
RRP: $19.48$13.86'John Sellars excels at writing short books for a general audience on ancient philosophy. . . A great way into one of the greatest philosophers of all time' Nigel Warburton, Five Books Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world?... -
An Archaeology of Interaction: Network Perspectives on Material Culture and Society by Carl Knappett 9780198706939
RRP: $89.68$88.96Think of a souvenir from a foreign trip, or an heirloom passed down the generations - distinctive individual artefacts allow us to think and act beyond the proximate, across both space and time. While this makes anecdotal sense, what does scholarship... -
Understanding Greek Vases - A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques by . Clark 9780892365999
RRP: $33.13$28.49What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum... -
The If Odyssey: A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8 - 16-Year-Olds by Peter Worley
RRP: $38.98$29.85The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value... -
From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple 9780805061772
RRP: $35.08$27.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805061772Author William DalrympleFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 726g -
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage by William E. Metcalf 9780199372188
RRP: $91.63$85.35A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily... -
Into the labyrinth: in search of Daidalos by Michael Wilson
RRP: $40.93$29.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528988148Author Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths by Jean Menzies 9781912489848
RRP: $14.63$9.63For a period in time that gave us Sappho and the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the Ancient Greek relationship with queer folk is more complicated that at first glance. Tales as old as antiquity persevere, whether the goddess of love Aphrodite,... -
Greek Lives by Plutarch
RRP: $21.43$15.15Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive... -
Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age by Robin Waterfield
RRP: $25.33$16.69It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from modern-day Iraq into the mountains of Kurdistan and... -
Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age by Donna Zuckerberg 9780674241411
RRP: $33.05$27.01A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekA virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to... -
Ancient Athens: Five Intriguing Lives: Socrates, Pericles, Aspasia, Peisistratos & Alcibiades by Sanford Holst 9781945199011
RRP: $21.35$18.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945199011Author Sanford HolstFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Santorini PublishingPublisher Santorini PublishingWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm)... -
The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales: The Illiad the Odyssey and the Migration of Myth by Felice Vinci 9781594770524
RRP: $46.80$41.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594770524Author Felice VinciFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
Anabasis of Alexander: v.1 by Arrian
RRP: $48.65$46.39On the march to greatness.Arrian (Flavius Arrianus), of the period ca. AD 95-175, was a Greek historian and philosopher of Nicomedia in Bithynia. Both a Roman and an Athenian citizen, he was governor of the Roman province of Cappadocia 132-137, and... -
Protagoras by Plato
RRP: $15.58$11.29'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public... -
Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World by Michael Scott 9780691169842
RRP: $33.13$26.36The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to... -
The Franco-Prussian War by Michael Howard 9780367705305
RRP: $38.98$35.28In 1870 the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the European continent but the whole climate of... -
Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds by John Montagu
RRP: $33.13$18.17This comprehensive reference book on the battles of the ancient world covers events from the eighth century BC down to 31BC, when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. The author presents, in an exciting and vivid style,... -
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
RRP: $33.13$23.95'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome' Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- until Sarah Pomeroy's pioneering history, which at last revealed the women of antiquity to modern eyes.What... -
Blessed Thessaly: The Identities of a Place and Its People from the Archaic Period to the Hellenistic Emma Aston 9781835530016
RRP: $68.23$61.85Thessaly was a region of great importance in the ancient Greek world, possessing both agricultural abundance and a strategic position between north and south. It presents historians with the challenge of seeing beyond traditional stereotypes (wealth and... -
Persia - Ancient Iran and the Classical World Jeffrey Spier 9781606066805
RRP: $107.25$89.88The founding of the first Persian Empire by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great in the sixth century BCE established one of the greatest world powers of antiquity. Extending from the borders of Greece to northern India, Persia was seen by the Greeks as a... -
From Agent to Spectator: Witnessing the Aftermath in Ancient Greek Epic and Tragedy by Emily Allen-Hornblower 9783110578188
RRP: $37.05$31.75This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death in ancient Greek epic (Homer's Iliad) and tragedy. Internal spectators abound in both genres, and have received due scholarly attention. The present monograph covers new ground by dealing with a... -
The Cave And The Light by Arthur Herman
RRP: $44.85$29.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553385663Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Jennifer R. March 9781782976356
$86.39Jenny March's acclaimed Dictionary of Classical Mythology, first published in 1998 but long out of print, has been extensively revised and expanded including a completely new set of beautiful line-drawing illustrations for this Oxbow edition. It is a... -
The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle 9780140444315
RRP: $21.43$15.15Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived... -
Hekate: Goddess of Witches by Courtney Weber
RRP: $27.28$20.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637164Author Courtney WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Psyche and Eros: The spellbinding and hotly-anticipated Greek mythology retelling that everyone’s talking about! by Luna McNamara
RRP: $33.13$22.76'A riotous adventure, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters' JENNIFER SAINT'An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers' SUE LYNN TANNTHE GOD OF LOVE HAS FINALLY MET HIS MATCH...Born into an era of heroes, a prophecy... -
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: Compact Edition by Diogenes Laertius
RRP: $31.18$26.77Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a... -
The Wars of Alexander's Successors 323 - 281 BC: Volume 1: Commanders and Campaigns by Bennett, Bob 9781526760746
RRP: $25.33$21.35When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied to the strongest". There ensued a long series of struggles between his generals and governors for control of these territories. Most of these... -
Ancient Skies: Constellation Mythology of the Greeks David Weston Marshall 9781682682111
RRP: $38.98$33.87Tales of the forty-eight classical constellations have captured the human imagination from ancient times to the present. Compiled from literature spanning from Homer to Claudius Ptolemy, with illustrations and star charts reconstructed from ancient... -
Ancient Greek Architects at Work: Problems of Structure and Design by J. J. Coulton 9780801492341
RRP: $42.88$31.63Taking an unusual approach to his subject, J. J. Coulton examines ancient Greek architecture from the point of view of the practicing architects. He discusses their ideas and technical achievements from the early seventh century B.C. to the first century... -
Republic by Plato 9780141442433
RRP: $21.43$15.15An authoritative new translation of Plato's The Republic by Christopher Rowe, with notes and an introduction.'We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good we would find justice in it' The Republic,... -
Looking for Theophrastus: Travels in Search of a Lost Philosopher by Laura Beatty
RRP: $33.13$22.58Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care?Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is his invention, the Canterbury Tales as a whole, perhaps,... -
On the Soul: and Other Psychological works by Aristotle
RRP: $19.48$13.86'. . . the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul. . . ' What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so he offers a psychological theory that... -
Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate's Roles in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature by Sarah Iles Johnston
$35.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555404277Author Sarah Iles JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Scholars PressPublisher Scholars PressWeight(grams) 341gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...