Greece category: 2003 books

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a well known English novelist in the 19th century, and he's been immortalized for coining famous phrases like  "pursuit of the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword". In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a well known English novelist in the 19th century, and he's been immortalized for coining famous phrases like  "pursuit of the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword". In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.

In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community were the subject of democratic debate, the communication between the speaker and his audience in the public forum, whether the law-court or the Assembly, cannot be separated...

Sophocles was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.  Sophocles wrote over 100 plays but only 7 have survived including the famous Oedipus trilogy.  This edition of Electra includes a table of contents.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

Le 9 novembre 1989 au soir s’ouvrait le Mur de Berlin. Vingt-huit ans durant, il avait divisé la ville, l’Allemagne, l’Europe et même le monde en deux blocs rivaux. Il devint l’un des emblèmes majeurs de la guerre froide. Erigé pour mettre fin à la fuite vers l’Ouest des Allemands de...

Explorez les trésors de la civilisation de la Grèce antique ! La civilisation de la Grèce antique et ses nombreux apports culturels ont marqué durablement et profondément l'histoire et les contours du monde tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui. Littérature, philosophie, mythologie, architecture,...

Isocrates (436-338 B.C.) was an ancient Athenian orator, rhetorician, and teacher whose writings are an important historical source on the intellectual and political life of the Golden Age of Athens. The school he founded differed markedly in its aims from the Academy of Plato but it was influential...

History of the Wars, Books I and II by the prominent late antique scholar from Palaestina Prima, Procopius.Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars (or Histories), the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated (and infamous) Secret History.

Procopius, from Palaestina Prima, or modern day Israel, is an important first hand source for the history of the 6th century, especially concerning the Emperor Justinian. Procopius was an incredibly learned man, having received a classical education, possibly from the famed School of Gaza. He would become...

Greek drama has been subject to ongoing textual and historical interpretation, but surprisingly little scholarship has examined the people who composed the theater audiences in Athens. Typically, scholars have presupposed an audience of Athenian male citizens viewing dramas created exclusively for...

Extrait : "Le jour où Constantin fonda Constantinople et en fit la seconde capitale de l'empire romain, — ce jour-là, le 11 mai 330, — l'empire byzantin commença. Par sa situation géographique, au point où l'Europe se rencontre avec l'Asie, Constantinople était le centre naturel autour duquel...

The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control of ever-fewer states. Two...

Appian of Alexandria (95 165 A.D.), was a Roman historian, known for his only surviving work, Roman History. The Foreign Wars is a series of books from Roman History describing, among others, the wars in Spain, the Hannibalic War, the Punic Wars, and the Syrian Wars. This edition is translated by Horace White.