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In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian Wa……続きを見る

*Includes Table of ContentsGeorge Grotes multi-volume History of Greece is considered one of the finest works on the history of Greece. Volume 10 begins with the peace of Antalcidas to Sicily dur……続きを見る

Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aris……続きを見る

Everyone knows of the Titans, mythical higher beings who lived on Mount Olympus and fought, caroused and loved their way across Earth at the dawn of history, but did you know that you are descended ……続きを見る

Ancient Greek culture is pervaded by a profound ambivalence regarding female beauty. It is an awe-inspiring, supremely desirable gift from the gods, essential to the perpetuation of a man's name thr……続きを見る

Love triangles and Pythagorean women. In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, ……続きを見る

A comprehensive view of the ancient Greek world, its history and its achievements. The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast--it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual ……続きを見る

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more wor……続きを見る

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories tells the story……続きを見る

Volume 1 of Grotes authoritative series on the history of Greece covers Legendary Greece, and the intermingling between Greek myth and history. Greek myths, heroic legends, and epics are discussed ……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

Apollonius of Tyana ( c. 15–100 CE) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. Being a 1st-century orator and philosopher around……続きを見る

The Olympic Games have had two livesーthe first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a s……続きを見る

Delo Janeza Vrečka je zanimivo in vznemirljivo branje, ki nas popelje skozi zgodovinski razvoj tragedije in pojma tragičnosti. V prvem delu avtor razpravlja o Ahilovi smrtnosti in iz tega izhajajoči……続きを見る

Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician ... Dur……続きを見る

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, L……続きを見る

Protagoras (circa 490 BC – 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and is numbered as one of the Sophists by Plato. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato credits him with having invented the role ……続きを見る

This complete and unexpurgated Xenophon Anthology with unique illustrations has been compiled by www.Bybliotech.org and optimised for e-readers. It includes an active table of contents for ease of n……続きを見る

Es Cazzoas uno de esos personajes mágicos de la literatura que surgen y se imponen a su autor, perplejo ante la fuerza de ese ser, que aparece de la nada como una revelación divina, y ……続きを見る

Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aris……続きを見る

Volume 4 of Grotes authoritative series on Greece covers the history of Greece during the rise of the Persian Empire. Topics include a discussion of the democratization of Athens, the Macedonians, ……続きを見る

Aristotle was one of the most influential Western philosophers in history, and along with Socrates and Plato, he formed the foundation of logic, reason, rhetoric, and even science. The Essential Ari……続きを見る

A New History of the Peloponnesian War is an ebook-only omnibus edition that includes all four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between Athens and Sparta (431–404 B.C.): The Ou……続きを見る

On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire: And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations. . By Charles Hardwick Author of a "History of Preston and its Environs," "Traditions, Supers……続きを見る

The Secret History of Procopius tr. by Richard Atwater Procopius, who also wrote a mainstream military history and a toadying description of the monuments which Justinian built, had to keep his most……続きを見る

The names of historys most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the worlds most famous race, but it also preserved We……続きを見る

The entire Greek world plunged into three decades of bloodshed in 431 B.C., when the ongoing friction between Athens and Sparta exploded into war. Ten years into the struggle, the Athenian general T……続きを見る

For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, ……続きを見る

Greece sits at the center of a geopolitical storm that threatens the stability of the European Union. To comprehend how this small country precipitated such an outsized crisis, it is necessary to un……続きを見る

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably d……続きを見る