The Book of the Ancient Greeks

This book takes a thematic approach that analyses a broad range of military and social aspects of Greek warfare in the period from the Late Bronze ...

Reducere. Voices from Ancient Greece: Sources for Greek History, Society, and Culture provides students with an engaging exploration of one of the most influ...

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. How did the ancient Greeks and Romans envision the end of the world? What is the long-term future of the human race? Will the world always remain a...

How many authors were there in antiquity? Where did they work? How was the 'canon' made? This book provides an account of ancient culture in terms ...

This book is a collection of Simone Weil's writings, which reflect her intellectual and spiritual concerns, on Greek thought. It discusses how prec...

Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? In this book, leading historians argue that racism can be traced back to t...

Reducere. The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods, Ancient Greek Divination offers a broad yet detailed treatment of the earlie...

Reducere. Marshall McLuhan has been described as Canada's most exciting and original thinker, a member of the small company of intellectual geniuses this cou...

There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "e...

Reducere. The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather th...

This revised and expanded second edition of The Code of the Warrior--a book George R. Lucas has described as "groundbreaking" and "now part of the ...

Reducere. In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an impo...

Reducere. Explore the ancient world on a tour of the most beautiful, vibrant, and fascinating places people have called home. History Unboxed takes you outsi...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative...

This book provides a groundbreaking reassessment of the prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that in the Early Iron Age bilingual poets transmitte...

Reducere. "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king..." Shakespeare was repeating what the ancient Greeks had pioneered--if you wan...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

In Search of the Greeks offers an engaging introduction to the societies of Classical Greece. Making extensive use of ancient sources and illustrat...

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DescriptionIn this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph o...

Reducere. We know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us much that defines Western culture today. Yet, as financial crises ha...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Greece: A Capt...

We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanc...

DescriptionGreek myths abound in images of beauty and perfection: charming gods, attractive goddesses, and handsome heroes, all of them standards o...

Reducere. The Book of the Ancient Greeks is an introduction to the history and civilization of Greece from the coming of the Greeks to the conquest of Corint...

Reducere. PROSEIn this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prom...

A celebration of Edmond Fallot, an iconic French mustard maker, including the history, recipes, and inspirational gastronomical uses of the popular...

The Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even r...

Reducere. An incisive exploration of the way Greek myths empower us to defeat tyranny. As tyrannical passions increasingly plague twenty-first-century politi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Iran, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: Achaemenid Empire: A Captiva...

Reducere. Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your f...

Reducere. Fight temptation, tame your impulses, and learn to persevere.We know we should use self-discipline, just like we know we should budget more wisely,...

The great Jewish ethical tradition through a contemporary lens In this new edition of the well-known Jewish classic, Berkson helps us see that Pirk...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Spanish, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Spain: A Captiv...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of India: A Captiv...

Reducere. Do you want to explore the energizing and stunning story of Ancient Greece? This history book will unpack the brilliant people, the astonishing war...

Reducere. Did you know that the Achaemenid Persian Empire stretched from North Africa to Central Asia?If ranked by population percentage, the Achaemenid Empi...

Out-of-print for more than 60 years and extremely rare, Frances Pratt and Becca Fizell's Encaustic Materials and Methods, first published in 1949, ...

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read By Tim C. Leedom This book is delivered to you with the hope that that fires will ignite in your mind...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has i...

Reducere. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots ac...

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

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...

Reducere. The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city...

What are numbers? What were the counting methods used by ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Greeks? Read this book to find out! Building Blocks of...

Reducere. "Chronicles from pre-Celtic Europe" is a factual account of European and Asian pre-history as described in an ancient manuscript discovered in the ...

Reducere. The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of ho...

If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of India: A Captiv...

Reducere. This vintage book presents a comprehensive history of footwear, exploring the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, and Romans; as ...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (2014) - Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - (Grades 3-6)Nominee (2014) - Charlotte Award - (Middle School/Grades 6-8)Contrib...

Most people have heard of the Celts--the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxic...

Reducere. The actual beginnings of astrology are unknown and unknowable. The science emerges already highly refined from the utter obscurity of the pre-histo...

Reducere. This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokesCaptured centaurs...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Spanish, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Spain: A Captiv...

DescriptionWho were the ancient Phoenicians--and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Roma...

Reducere. A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Ancient Greek Religion with Its Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and MortalsThe ancient Greeks were explorers in ...

Reducere. A revolutionary book about mnemonic techniques, and their relation to culture as a whole, which is itself hard to forget. The ancient Greeks, to wh...

Reducere. Have you heard about Native American healing herbs and want to learn more?Are you looking for natural remedies for common ailments? If yes, this is...

Explore the History and Mythology of the Ancient Greeks There are few things as fascinating and exciting as the world of Ancient Greece, and in the...

Reducere. Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising m...

Reducere. In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democra...

DescriptionPoetry - Ancient Literature These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to ...

Reducere. "I hope that the text can be widely disseminated among the scholars in this field. If my experience is any indication of the likely response, it wi...

A personal and insightful look at the extraordinary life and times of eyewear from the Ancient Greeks to Google Glass by the author of The Bus We L...

Reducere. Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundru...

Reducere. In the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn To Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and A History of God, Hecht c...

From the moderator of The New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone, " a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go bac...