In Ancient Greece

Chariot racing, peplos weaving, cooking, and helmet making! Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Greece! It is over two thousand y...

Did the Romans really use bum sponges? What are the four humours? Who were the berserkers and why did the Egyptians worship cats? Delve deep into t...

Josh, Emma and Libby Binkerton return to the Good Times Travel Agency - but this time, with a plan to travel to the future, to the next Olympic Gam...

This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in Ancient Greece. Supported by timelines, maps and references to important events...

A social history of Greek civilization, its culture, arts and beliefs, with 180 magnificent images.Publisher: Anness PublishingAuthor(s): Rodgers N...

A vivid and contemporary retelling of the Greek myths.

Reducere. Did you know that the classical Greek philosophers were the earliest people to believe that the earth was a sphere? Among them was Aristotle, the p...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. Myth and Society in Ancient Greece takes us...

Reducere. Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own per...

Reducere. What do you know about Greek history?The ancient Greeks loom large in legend and lore. In ancient myth, names such as Hercules, Achilles, and Prome...

DescriptionJourney through 30, 000 years of human history and explore the ideas, discoveries and technology that shaped the human race at the begin...

Wherever the idea of a world appears, there is an expression of cosmography. Cosmography, here, is defined as the rhetoric of cosmology: the art of...

"Comprehensive, reader-friendly, richly detailed, forthright, subtle, and very clear, Controlling Desires is the only handbook on ancient sexuality...

DescriptionParting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece...

Reducere. Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna's "marriage" to ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum. Tom's not only lost in time,...

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum. Tom's not only lost in time,...

Locates the origins and early form of Indian and Greek philosophy, and the striking similarities between them, in their entire societal and religio...

Explores the creative potential of juxtaposing the cultural foundations of the Mediterranean world and ancient China. Embarking from the observatio...

We often talk loosely of the "tyranny of the majority" as a threat to the workings of democracy. But, in ancient Greece, the analogy of demos and t...

Balancing textual and archaeological evidence, this brand-new, single-voiced narrative paints a vivid picture of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age...

DescriptionChariot racing, peplos weaving, cooking, and helmet making Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Greece It is over two t...

Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramo...

A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decade...

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology, and our modern understanding o...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Ross (University of Liverpool, UK) ClareIllustration(s): 25 bw illusNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

A kid's life in ancient Greece might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and watching the Olympic Games, but actually life f...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mycenaeans, then keep reading...The Mycenaeans were the first advanced civilization to devel...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers...

DescriptionIn the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies. In ...

Reducere. This book surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds, with a focus on their physical appearance, on urban f...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Minoans, then keep reading... The Minoans continue to be an intriguing subject fo...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Minoans, then keep reading...The Minoans continue to be an intriguing subject for modern aud...

Reducere. Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 2000The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring the archaic and classical periods, Greek ideas about the dead evolved in response to changing social and cultural conditions--mos...

Reducere. Rude Talk in Athens is brave, brilliant, and incredibly funny. There are loads of very specific characters, including Mark himself. It's the Mark H...

Reducere. An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom.I...

Reducere. This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the ...

Reducere. Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of GreeceThis full page picture book will make a great home coffee table decor accessory or as a...

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Greeks, during an historic and triumphant Olympic year, and experience the drama and excitement that swe...

The most engaging, accessible, and rich overview of the ancient Greeks' institutions, structures, activities, and cultural outputs from the Bronze ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis riveting historical fiction depicts a soldier in Alexander the Great's army, and was written using the authentic Macedonian letters...

Reducere. Epic story or historical fact? Historians disagree whether the Trojan War was either - or both! Around 1, 200 BCE, war raged between the Ancient Gr...