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Greeks were history's great men of thought. John Haaren has collected stories from the lives of thirty famous Greek Men, detailing the rise, Golden Age, and fall of Greece. Among these men are Arist……続きを見る

This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as merely a tool for the delivery of politi……続きを見る

Vidas e Doutrinas dos Filósofos Ilustres é uma biografia dos filósofos gregos escrita em grego por Diógenes Laércio por volta da primeira metade do século 3 d.C. Vidas e doutrinas dos filósofos ilus……続きを見る

Vidas e Doutrinas dos Filósofos Ilustres é uma biografia dos filósofos gregos escrita em grego por Diógenes Laércio por volta da primeira metade do século 3 d.C. Vidas e doutrinas dos filósofos ilus……続きを見る

Spätestens seit dem dritten Jahrhundert n. Chr. zieht eine ungewöhnliche Persönlichkeit die Aufmerksamkeit vieler religiöser Gelehrter im Abendland auf sich. Sie soll in undenkbar früher Zeit Ägypte……続きを見る

Angelos Chaniotis bietet eine gut lesbare Einführung in Geschichte und Kultur Kretas vom 3.Jahrtausend v. Chr. bis zur Spätantike. Er erläutert die Grundzüge der minoischen Hochkultur, beschreibt di……続きを見る

In 1896 werden in Athene de eerste moderne Olympische Spelen georganiseerd. Vijftien eeuwen eerder had de christelijke keizer Theodosius i de oude Spelen ter ere van Zeus verboden omdat ze onverenig……続きを見る

Alla fine del 1940 i fronti militari italiani, di terra, di cielo e di mare, attraversavano un periodo di grande crisi, perché il nemico, allora rappresentato dall’Impero britannico e dalla Grecia, ……続きを見る

Awarded the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei’s Mario Di Nola Prize 2023 Between the late seventh and the mid-ninth centuries, a debate about sacred images – conventionally addressed as ‘Byzantine icon……続きを見る

A COMPANION TO GREEKS ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD An innovative, up-to-date treatment of ancient Greek mobility and migration from 1000 BCE to 30 BCE A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World expl……続きを見る

Extrait : De la nature de la morale. Elle fait partie de la politique. ー Il faut étudier la vertu surtout à un point de vue pratique, afin de la connaître et de l’acquérir. ー Travaux antérieurs : ……続きを見る

What role does food play in the shaping of humanity? Is sharing a good meal with friends and family an experience of life at its best, or is food merely a burdensome necessity? David Roochnik explor……続きを見る

'Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.' – Elie Wiesel When Nazi occupiers arrived in Greece in 1941, it was the beginning of a horror that would reverberate through generations. In the ci……続きを見る

The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics -- the……続きを見る

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic**, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy.** “To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we th……続きを見る

Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Gree……続きを見る

A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian. Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But ……続きを見る

A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully engaging A-to-Z guide to more than 700 major and minor gods and goddesses, characters, creatures, and places of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Classical ……続きを見る

What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxiety Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: all we really wan……続きを見る

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. It is Plato's best-known w……続きを見る

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by EM Berens was originally intended for young readers. Written in an easy and light style, the author attempts to bring the pantheon of gods into a comp……続きを見る

This book explores the phenomenon of aniconismーthe denotation of the presence of gods, saints, or spiritual forces using non-figural visual markers that do not resemble these supranatural entities.……続きを見る

Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905) was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor of Greek at C……続きを見る

Grecia desempeña un papel capital en el desarrollo de la cultura occidental. Los griegos sobresalieron en las artes (orden-claridad-armo- nía son los rasgos básicos del arte griego clásico; se favor……続きを見る

Dr schliemann´s original narrative of his wonderful discoveries on the spot marked as the site of Homer's Ilium by an unbroken tradition, from the earliest historic age of Greece, has a permanent va……続きを見る

Andrew Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at ……続きを見る

This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil and Shakespeare. The contributors – Francis Cairns, Ian Du……続きを見る

Cappadocia was a place of co-habitation of Christians and Muslims, until the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange (1923) terminated the Christian presence in the region. Using an interdisciplinary appr……続きを見る

Proclus (b. circa. 412 C.E., d. 485) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher. This is a short book of translations of fragments of Proclus by Thomas Taylor, the English Neoplatonist and translator of A……続きを見る

This essay, published in 1820, was an attempt to prove that modern Freemasonry derived from ancient Greek philosophical and religious ideas. Hippolyto da Costa (1774-1823), was a Brazilian journalis……続きを見る