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Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates. Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates. Here in one book are the four cl……続きを見る

Το βιβλίο αυτό αποτελεί συμβολή στον εορτασμό της αίσιας συμπλήρωσης 200 χρόνων από τότε που διακηρύχθηκε η εθνική μας υπόσταση και ανεξαρτησία. Δείχνει ότι η νεοελληνική εμπειρία εμφυλίων συγκρούσε……続きを見る

**Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize • One of The Economist's top history books of the year From one of our leading historians, the definitive history of the Greek War of Independence** The Greek War o……続きを見る

In a cruel, centuries-old tradition, lovely sixteen-year-old Marpessa of Lokris is chosen by lot to serve as a slave for one year in distant Troy, across the Aegean Sea. She can return, but only if ……続きを見る

In this compilation from Plutarch's Moralia of famous sayings from over sixty Spartans we are shown that not were these ancients brave warriors in battle but had a complete philosophy of life which ……続きを見る

**From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first c……続きを見る

In 'The Persian Wars,' Herodotus constructs a masterful narrative that chronicles the epic confrontations between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in the 5th century BCE. Employing a viv……続きを見る

If you want to learn about one of history's greatest military commanders and uncover some of his secrets of driveーdrive that enabled him and his small army to first subdue all of Greece and then th……続きを見る

This book starts in Nassau Bahamas with a six-year old's perspective on how calves are born, and ends with the mapping out of a newly discovered million-square-mile WWII battlefield. There are over ……続きを見る

Στα βιβλιοπωλεία υπάρχουν βιβλία που με απλή γλώσσα μας μεταφέρουν μαθήματα από παγκόσμιες ιστορικές προσωπικότητες, όπως ο Πλάτωνας, ο Αριστοτέλης, ο Αϊνστάιν ή ο Γκάντι. Δεν υπάρχει όμως, κανένα π……続きを見る

The government led by Syriza in Greece, elected in January 2015, at first seemed to be the most radical European government in recent history. It proclaimed itself the “Government of Hope” and throu……続きを見る

C.L.R. James was a leading figure in the independence movement in the West Indies, and the black and working-class movements in both Britain and the United States. As a major contributor to Marxist ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2021 European Society of Modern Greek Studies Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 Runciman Award The recent economic crisis in Greece has triggered national self-reflection and prompte……続きを見る

Liberation and Authority: Plato's Gorgias, the First Book of the Republic, and Thucydides provides a comparative treatment of Plato’s Gorgias, the first book of the Republic, and Thucydides’ History……続きを見る

This volume presents a series of reflections on modes of communication in the Bronze Age Aegean, drawing on papers presented at two round table workshops of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeolo……続きを見る

In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's voices were seldom heard in public. Female speech was more often represented in theatrical productions ……続きを見る

"Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Krieges" erzählt den Krieg zwischen Sparta und Athen im 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Bis zum Jahr 411 v. Chr. Thukydides verwendete einen strengen Standard der Chronologie……続きを見る

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni……続きを見る

Das goldene Zeitalter des klassischen Griechenlands wurde durch diesen antiken Weltkrieg, der von Sizilien bis nach Kleinasien getobt hatte und in dem jede größere Macht der Region beteiligt gewesen……続きを見る

Dive into the timeless tales of gods and heroes in this bestselling A-to-Z encyclopedia detailing classic myths and legendsーperfect for curious readers and academics alike. Edith Hamilton's mytholo……続きを見る

Experience a remarkable year among the real people of ancient Greece, as they prepare for the most important event in their calendar. It is 248 BC, the year of the 133rd Olympic Games. At this time ……続きを見る

A fourth century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher, Aristoxenus was the pupil of Aristotle and is now regarded as the first authority of musical theory in the classical world. Although he wrote almos……続きを見る

Mar Nuestro para los romanos, mar Blanco para los turcos, Gran Mar para los judíos, mar Medio para los germanos, el Mediterráneo ha recibido tantos nombres como pueblos se acercaron a sus orillas de……続きを見る

Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalizati……続きを見る

During the 1940s Greece was torn apart twice, first by World War II and second by Civil War.Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Germany was intensely brutal. Children starved on the stree……続きを見る

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans use psychoactive cannabis? Scholars say that hemp was commonplace in the ancient world, but there is no consensus on cannabis usage. According to botany, hemp and c……続きを見る

All we know of Arrian is derived from the notice of him in the Bibliotheca of Photius, who was Patriarch of Constantinople in the ninth century, and from a few incidental references in his own writi……続きを見る

2022 PROSE Award Finalist in Classics Although the era of the Enlightenment witnessed the rise of philosophical debates around benevolent social practice, the origins of European humane discourse da……続きを見る

This Ideas Roadshow Collection includes five carefully edited in-depth conversations with eminent historians Linda Colley, John Elliott, Richard Janko, Maria Mavroudi, and Jay Rubenstein. A detailed……続きを見る

Longlisted for the 2022 Runciman Award Few classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The legend of the boy, who discovers a new identity as son of a usurped king and ……続きを見る