Greece category: 2003 books
by Xenophon
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Xenophon of Athens (circa 430 354 B.C.) was a Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher who lived at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history. Although he was recognized as a great writer and poet in his lifetime, Xenophons involvement with Spartan politics and fighting led to his exile...
The History of Herodotus
Vol II
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
The Histories (also known as The History) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Written from the 450s to the 420s BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories serves as a record of the ancient traditions, politics, geography, and clashes of various...
Greek to GCSE: Part 2
Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek (9–1)
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now endorsed by OCR, this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the language of the ancient Greeks. Revised throughout...
The Phonological Interpretation of Ancient Greek
A Pandialectal Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1983
This volume treats systematically the variation found in the successive stages of the development of all ancient Greek dialects. It combines synchronic approach, in which generative rules expound phonological divergencies between the systems of different dialects, with a diachronic statement of unproductive...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike.
Features new, specially commissioned essays by leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field
Examines...
Renaissance Craftsmen and Humanistic Scholars
Circulation of Knowledge between Portugal and Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
The study of the relations between Portugal and the German-speaking countries in the 15th and 16th centuries is an intriguing topic that has attracted the interest of scholars for some decades. In recent years evidence accumulated has shown that there was still much to be known and even some large...
by David M. Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
In his On the Glory of Athens, Plutarch complained that the Athenian people spent more on the production of dramatic festivals and the misfortunes of Medeas and Electras than they did on maintaining their empire and fighting for their liberty against the Persians. This view of the Athenians misplaced...
The Arbitration (Routledge Revivals)
The Epitrepontes of Menander
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Gilbert Murray translated and made available to modern readers The Epitrepontes of Menander or The Arbitration for the first time in 1945. The Arbitration is among the most frequently quoted and most famous of Menander’s plays and – being less farcical than others - belongs to his mature style....
Aesopic Conversations
Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, and the Invention of Greek Prose
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived from the literary record of antiquity is almost entirely the product of an elite of birth, wealth,...
The Battle of Arginusae
Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Arginusae was at the time the largest naval battle ever fought between warring Greeks. It was a crucial win for the Athenians, since losing the battle would have led...
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by Sir W. W. Tarn
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Written by a highly regarded scholar in the field, this book represents the first published study on the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states. Referring to classical Western and Indian sources, as well as numismatics, the author gives a multi-faceted account of...
Consumerism in the Ancient World
Imports and Identity Construction
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Greek pottery was exported around the ancient world in vast quantities over a period of several centuries. This book focuses on the Greek pottery consumed by people in the western Mediterranean and trans-Alpine Europe from 800-300 BCE, attempting to understand the distribution of vases, and particularly...
by Deborah Kamen
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Ancient Greek literature, Athenian civic ideology, and modern classical scholarship have all worked together to reinforce the idea that there were three neatly defined status groups in classical Athens--citizens, slaves, and resident foreigners. But this book--the first comprehensive account of status...
by Σταύρος Γ. ΝΤΑΓΙΟΣ
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Το βιβλίο πραγματεύεται το προσφυγικό ζήτημα των Ελλήνων, που βρέθηκαν εκτοπισμένοι στην Αλβανία μετά την κατάληξη της κομμουνιστικής ανταρσίας και την οριστική...