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Ancient Greece: The Famous Monuments Past and Present (Monuments Past and Present)
by G Behor  Publisher Comments This tour through ancient Greece includes the Acropolis, the Temple of Poseidon, Agora, Olympia and Delphi. Overlays depict the sculptures and other adornments thought to have embellished the buildings in their day....
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-284) and index....
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
by Adrienne Mayor Publisher Comments With the news full of talk about bioterrorism and chemical weapons, Adrienne Mayor's exploration of the origins of biological and unethical warfare is an attention-grabber that follows through with fascinating illustrative episodes. A meticulously...
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Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History
by Mary Lefkowitz Publisher Comments Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic...
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The Hellenistic Age: A Short History (Modern Library Classics)
by Peter Green Publisher Comments The Hellenistic Age chronicles the years 336 to 30 BCE, a period that witnessed the overlap of two of antiquity’s great civilizations, the Greek and the Roman. Peter Green’s remarkably far-ranging study covers the prevalent themes and events...
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (Cambridge Illustrated Histories)
by Paul Cartledge Publisher Comments Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much...
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Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times (Yale Nota Bene)
by Thomas Martin Publisher Comments In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and...
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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture
by Sarah Pomeroy Publisher Comments This book reestablishes the importance of religion in the historical assessment of the Glorious Revolution and its consequences. The distinguished scholars who contributed to this volume explore a variety of themes, including the nature of religious...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
by John Boardman Publisher Comments In this vividly illustrated volume, readers can embrace the spirit of the classical world, from the eighth to the first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. Numerous b&w...
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Campaign #188: Thermopylae 480 BC: Last Stand of the 300
by Nic Fields Publisher Comments Thermopylae resonates throughout history as a battle involving extreme courage and sacrifice. It was in this rocky pass in northern Greece that Leonidas, king of the Spartans and commander-in-chief of the Greek force, delayed the Persian hordes for three...
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The Greek Way
by Edith Hamilton Synopsis The aim of this work is not a history of events but an account of the achievement and spirit of Greece. Edith Hamilton is also the author of "The Roman Way"....
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The Black Hunter: Forms of Thought and Forms of Society in the Greek World
by Pierre Vidal-Naquet Publisher Comments The text organizes the discussions around four principle themes: space and time; youth and warriors; women, slaves and artisans; and the city of vision and reality. It focuses on the congruence of the textual and the actual, on the patterns that link...
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First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea
by Paul Woodruff Publisher Comments Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to import it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own "democracy"? If you can vote, if the majority rules, if you have elected representatives--does this automatically...
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The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Restitution, New and Fully Updated Edition
by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments With the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, the case for restitution is now unanswerable. The opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens in spring 2008 provides the opportunity to re-state the case for the return of the Elgin Marbles to...
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Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past
by Paul Cartledge Publisher Comments In time to coincide with the release of the motion picture directed by Oliver Stone comes a biography on the infamous Macedonian king and conqueror. Author Cartledge is academic consultant on the forthcoming Discovery Channel documentary "Becoming...
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia
by Michael Wood Publisher Comments Between 334 and 324 B.C. the Macedonian army, led by Alexander the Great, marched relentlessly across Asia. An event of bravery and cruelty, endurance and greed, Alexander's expedition was a turning point in human history. His conquest opened up contacts...
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Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Vintage)
by Paul Cartledge Publisher Comments In this brilliant examination of one of civilizations greatest stands, Cartledge illuminates how the confrontation between a huge army and a small group of defenders in 480 B.C. changed the way that generations would come to think about courage, combat...
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Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History
by Sarah Pomeroy Publisher Comments Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, here is a new history of ancient Greece that dynamically presents a generation of new scholarship on the birthplace of Western civilization. Ranging from Greece's first beginnings in the Bronze...
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The Greeks and Greek civilization
by Jacob Burckhardt Publisher Comments Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) is perhaps the most preeminent historian of classical and Renaissance culture. In a famous series of lectures in 1872, he presented this revolutionary work, which he dramatically renounced in his lifetime, fearing a hostile...
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The Peloponnesian War
by Donald Kagan Publisher Comments For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world's most respected...
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