Greece category: 2003 books

The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought....

This book traces continuity in the development of the Athenian constitution, whereas previous studies have usually looked for catastrophic changes. Sealey selects three features of Athenian law which are important for the structure of society and the location of authority: (1) the legal status, and...

Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete, first published in 1955, investigates the emergence and progress of Dorian society on Crete from the 8th century BC onwards. The major contribution of Cretan culture in this period was in the field of law – law and order are traditionally linked, and Dorian...

This is the OCR endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2018 to 2023. The texts covered are: Homer Odyssey 6:48–159 Iliad 3:1–112 Odyssey 7:184–297 Herodotus Histories 1.30–4, 86–7 and 6.125 (Solon & Croesus; How Alcmaeon...

En este libro proponemos un viaje al mundo de los fantasmas, magos y brujas de Grecia y Roma. El lector, acostumbrado quizá a la racionalidad de los griegos y al sentido práctico de los romanos, se verá sorprendido por la gran variedad de historias sobrenaturales que circulaban en la Antigüedad....

An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. This Golden Deer Classics collection comprises the following classic epic works: - The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer - The Aeneid of...

This book offers the first presentation of Hellenistic and Roman period ceramic assemblages from the city of Hierapytna, located on the southeast coast of Crete. Recovered from three rescue excavations in the heart of the ancient city, this pottery records a diachronic history of Hierapytna from the...

This book presents a substantially revised version of some of the most important and innovative articles published by Alan Cameron in the field of late antique Greek poetry and philosophy. Much new material has been added to the account of the "Wandering Poets" from early Byzantine Egypt,...

Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people--from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau--to speculate...

"There is something of a paradox about our access to ancient Greek religion. We know too much, and too little. The materials that bear on it far outreach an individual's capacity to assimilate: so many casual allusions in so many literary texts over more than a millennium, so many direct or indirect...

"His keen understanding of history and legend...illuminate[s] his visits." -Publishers Weekly "A vivid picture of the island." -Associated Press "It is hard to think of anywhere on earth where so many firsts and mosts are crammed into a space so small,"...

Includes:•Charles River Editors original history of Ancient Athens •Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War•Plutarchs Life of Pericles, Life of Alcibiades, Life of Nicias, Life of Demosthenes, Life of Themistocles•Plutarchs Comparison of Fabius Maximus with Pericles, Crassus with Nicias,...

IN the year 360 B.C. the position of Athens in the Greek world  was, to all appearance, a very strong one. The battle  of Mantinea had put an end for the time to the rivalry of Thebes; the influence of Sparta even in the Peloponnese itself was held in check by the recently established powers of...