Greece category: 2003 books

In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta had only just started, and Socrates was only beginning to lay the foundation of what...

Introducing the all-time bestseller self-help book in recorded history. Hear what Aristotle reportedly told young Alexander before he left to conquer the world. The Secret of Secrets was one of the most widely-read texts of the High Middle Ages for over 600 years. Medieval readers...

Minoan Crete is rightly famous for its idiosyncratic architecture, as well as its palaces and towns such as Knossos, Malia, Gournia, and Palaikastro. Indeed, these are often described as the first urban settlements of Bronze Age Europe. However, we still know relatively little about the dynamics of...

This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as the only book currently available on the best-preserved Byzantine city in the Peloponnese – Monemvasia. Haris A. Kalligas, a world authority on Monemvasia’s history and architecture, here explores the city’s foundation, its status as...

From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldiers...

Horses have been a staple of history, from the Gods through the cowboys. In this book, readers will find the stories of the mythical horses of history. They are interesting reading. We assure the reader will learn something.

Ulysses. The hero of Homer’s great poem was known to the Greeks under the name of Odysseus. He was king of the pastoral islands of Ithaca and Dulichium. Most of the petty Greek chieftains became suitors for the hand of the beautiful Helen, and Ulysses was among the number, but withdrew when he...

PERSEPHONE & THE 7 POMEGRANATE SEEDS: GREEK MYTHS & LEGENDS Both adults and children alike will enjoy this delightful Greek myth. In this enchanting story we are introduced to the goddess of agriculture, Demeter, the king of gods, Zeus, the god of the Underworld, Hades, the god of the...

Cit. "Pour moi, il me semble que si le Destin, et mieux encore l'aveugle fatalité, la nécessité absolue de toutes choses, ont un défenseur, et la liberté un ennemi, c'est bien ce philosophe qui déclare qu'on ne peut échapper à la fatalité qu'en recourant à cette déclinaison chimérique....

A remarkable number of Greek myths concern the plight of virgins – slaughtered, sacrificed, hanged, transformed into birds, cows, dear, bears, trees, and punished in Hades. Death and the Maiden, first published in 1989, contextualises this mythology in terms of geography, history and culture,...

The Rosetta Stone by noted Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge is a fascinating overview of the Rosetta Stone, its history, and its translation. Also included are discussion of other hieroglyphic writings, and a history of the translation of the stone. Many images of hieroglyphics and their translations are included. A table of contents is included to navigate through the book.

Los nueve libros de la Historia Heródoto, historiador y geógrafo griego (484 a.C.-425 a.C.) Este libro electrónico presenta «Los nueve libros de la Historia», de Heródoto, en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite acceder directamente al...

Iphigenia At Aulis By Euripides The Greek fleet assembles at the bay of Aulis in readiness to launch an attack on Troy, but the wind suddenly drops and the ships stand idle. The army blames its leader, Agamemnon. In danger of losing his command, he is presented with a solution: sacrifice his...

Heracles By Euripides Daughter, there may yet be a happy escape from present troubles for me and thee; my son, thy husband, may yet arrive. So calm thyself, and wipe those tears from thy children's eyes, and soothe them with soft words, inventing a tale to delude them, piteous though such fraud...