Greece category: 2003 books
by Demosthenes
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Demosthenes, the son of Demosthenes of Paeania in Attica, a rich and highly respected factory-owner, was born in or about the year 384 B.C. He was early left an orphan; his guardians mismanaged his property for their own advantage; and although, soon after coming of age in 366, he took proceedings...
by Plato, Epictetus, & Marcus Aurelius
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
*Includes Platos The Apology of Socrates, Crito, and Phaedo, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, and fragments attributed to him, Marcus Aurelius The Meditations, and George Longs M. Aurelius Antoninus and The Philosophy of Antoninus. The Harvard Classics series is an incredible collection of the most important...
by Arthur M. Curteis
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
In Greek mythology, Makedon is the eponymous hero of Macedonia and is mentioned in Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women. The first historical mention of the Macedonians occurs in the works of Herodotus during the mid-5th century BC.
The book’s seventeen chapters cover the history of...
by Philip de Souza
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
It is a testament to the fascination of the subject that even today the events of the Peloponnesian War are studied for what they can teach about diplomacy, strategy and tactics. This book reveals the darker side of Classical Greek civilization. From the horrific effects of overcrowding and the plague...
A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War
Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431-404 BC
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the preeminent land power of the day, Sparta. Only Athens’ superior fleet, her ‘wooden walls’, by protecting her vital supply routes allowed her to survive. It also allowed...
by Evelyn Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
THIS sketch of the Age of Pericles consists of two parts: in the first and larger part I have endeavoured to trace the growth of the Athenian empire and the causes which alienated Athens and Sparta; in the second I have given a brief account of the government, the art and literature, the society and...
by Thucydides
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2019
The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War, which was fought between the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war.
THUCYDIDES, an...
Great Captains: Alexander
A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of "classics" is actively transformed and as an open-ended set of texts whose own...
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos (Routledge Revivals)
Foundation Myths of a Roman City
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance...
TRAC 2014
Proceedings of the Twenty Fourth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Reading 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at TRAC 2014, as well as some invited contributions. In keeping with the aims of TRAC, several papers make make innovative use of interdisciplinary theory: in humanistic geography, philosophy and archaeology; social psychology; and the cognitive...
Moving the Obelisks:
A Chapter in Engineering History in which the Vatican Obelisk in Rome in 1586 was Moved by Muscle Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Dating from the beginning of historical memory, the obelisks of ancient Egypt—those tall, tapering shafts typically weighing from 200 to 500 tons—were carved from a single block of solid stone to commemorate the ruler of the moment.
Many of these ancient monoliths, taken from Egypt as trophies...
Building for Eternity
the History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the...
by Xenophon
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates. Xenophon was not considered a philosopher during his time but he is now often considered one. Xenophon’s writings cover many different genres and are still widely studied by students today. This edition of Hellenica includes a table of contents.