Alexan - Greece 1

Originally published in 1981, Alpha to Omega is divided into twenty-four sections, each of which examines one letter of the Greek alphabet, looking at English words that come from Greek words beginn……続きを見る

Les historiens de l’Antiquité considèrent que le sacrifice sanglant suivi de la consommation des viandes lors du banquet est un acte fondamental et fédérateur de la vie civique grecque. Dans ce cont……続きを見る

Radical Resilience relates narratives of Athenians struggling to survive the impoverishment of relentless austerity measures, compounding emergencies, and human disasters of successive national cris……続きを見る

Black German Studies is an interdisciplinary field that has experienced significant growth over the past three decades, integrating subjects such as gender studies, diaspora studies, history, and me……続きを見る

Le tribunal de l’Héliée est une des institutions les plus importantes de la démocratie athénienne aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C. Au début de chaque année, six mille Athéniens, non professionnels,……続きを見る

De juin à août 1866, une guerre fratricide (Deutscher Krieg ou Deutscher Bruderkrieg) oppose l’Empire d’Autriche, suivi par la plus grande partie de la Confédération germanique, au royaume de Prusse……続きを見る

The arrival of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia forms an indispensable part of modern Turkish discourse on national identity, but Western scholars, by contrast, have rarely included the Anatolian Turks ……続きを見る

Platone è una delle pietre miliari della filosofia greca. I dialoghi sono i luoghi dove si dispiega il suo progetto filosofico: il disegno di un sapere senza precedenti, di una filosofia in grado di……続きを見る

Epicuro fundó la escuela filosófica conocida como "Epicureísmo”, que nos dejaría importantes lecciones que podrían aplicarse a los tiempos actuales. Su filosofía se centraba en la búsqueda de la fel……続きを見る

Durante la edad antigua serían erigidas una serie de obras maestras que acabarían siendo elementos icónicos del mundo. Estas obras arquitectónicas fueron admiradas en su tiempo por su belleza, magni……続きを見る

Saint Athanasius was a fourth century theologian and ecclesiastical statesman, who was the chief defender of Christian orthodoxy in the battle against Arianism ー the heresy that the Son of God was ……続きを見る

Saint Athanasius was a fourth century theologian and ecclesiastical statesman, who was the chief defender of Christian orthodoxy in the battle against Arianism ー the heresy that the Son of God was ……続きを見る

In "Das Buch der 1000 Wunder" entfaltet Alexander Moszkowski eine faszinierende Sammlung von Erzählungen und Essays, die sich mit den geheimnisvollen und oft unerklärlichen Phänomenen der Welt besch……続きを見る

Using a variety of methodologies from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, this volume is the first to present an in-depth analysis of the life and times of Laskarina Bouboulina, the legendary heroine of……続きを見る

This volume presents comprehensive research on how southern European Catholics and the Japanese confronted each other, interacted and mutually experienced religious otherness in early modern times. ……続きを見る

This absorbing book explores the possibility that the Atlantis story represents a distortion of a number of myths and legends already present in the ancient Greece and Egypt of the time. Putting mor……続きを見る

After the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the United States became deeply involved in Greek affairs. By 1952, however, the pro-Western government of Marshal Papagos began to support the……続きを見る

While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of Western civilizationーdemocracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and rationalismー……続きを見る

Here, from the award-winning writer and historian Alexander Eliot, is the dramatic story of the rise of ancient Greece to the fall of the Greek Empire - from the city-states of Athens and Sparta to ……続きを見る

Durant toute l’Antiquité gréco-romaine deux noms de peuple jouent un rôle prépondérant dans toutes les questions ethniques de la Protohistoire en Russie méridionale : ce sont les Scythes et les Cimm……続きを見る

Athens’ decision to invade Sicily in 415 BCE marked an important turning point in its war with Sparta, which led ultimately to Athens’ defeat and the collapse of its empire. This is the story of the……続きを見る

Les Helléniques est un ouvrage de l’Athénien Xénophon dans lequel celui-ci raconte l’histoire grecque entre 411 et 362 L’ouvrage débute là où s’achève l’Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse de Thucy……続きを見る

Dussions-nous scandaliser les admirateurs de M. Patin (il en a, paraît-il), nous proclamerons très haut cette vérité stupéfiante, paradoxe d'aujourd'hui, qui triomphera demain: «Les Poètes anciens n……続きを見る

This book contains Alexander Pope’s seminal interpretation of the original Homeric poem, published serially from 1715 to 1720. Hailed by Samuel Johnson as “a performance which no age or nation could……続きを見る