Greece in the Ancient World (McInerney Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Greece in the Ancient World (McInerney Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Balancing textual and archaeological evidence, this brand-new, single-voiced narrative paints a vivid picture of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman

Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece: A Philology of Worlds (Gagn Renaud)(Pevná vazba)

Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words (Mynott Jeremy)(Paperback)

Birds pervaded the ancient world. They impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and country alike, and figured prominently in literature and art. They also provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in their myths and folklore, and

Greek Myths - Meet the heroes, gods, and monsters of ancient Greece (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Tales of the Greek Heroes (Green Roger Lancelyn)(Pevná vazba)

Presents the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan

In Ancient Greece (Vallepur Shalini)(Pevná vazba)

Did the Romans really use bum sponges? What are the four humours? Who were the berserkers and why did the Egyptians worship cats? Delve deep into the past and read all about the wacky, weird and wonderful things that people used to do - you'll be saying `people did what?' in no

History of the Second World War in 100 Maps (Black Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major

World History - From the Ancient World to the Information Age (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Meet the Ancient Greeks (Davies James)(Pevná vazba)

With vibrant, playful artwork and snappy text, learning about Ancient Greece has never been

The Werewolf in the Ancient World (Ogden Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry

Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece (Forsdyke Sara)(Paperback)

Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own perspectives, rather than those of their owners, giving a voice to a group that is often rendered silent by the historical record. By reading ancient

Making Civilizations: The World Before 600 (Gehrke Hans-Joachim)(Pevná vazba)

Distinguished historians of the ancient world analyze the earliest developments in human history and the rise of the first major civilizations, from the Middle East to India and China. In this volume of the six-part History of the World series, Hans-Joachim Gehrke, a noted scholar of ancient

Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide (Riggs Christina)(Pevná vazba)

In the ancient world, if you needed a love charm, wanted to contact your dead wife, or needed the ability to fly like a bird, the magicians of Egypt were the ones who could make it happen. In Ancient Egyptian Magic, Christina Riggs explores how the Egyptians thought about magic, who performed it

The Met Gods of the Ancient World: A Kids´ Guide to Ancient Mythologies, From Mayan to Norse, Egyptian to Yoruba - Ward Marchella

The Echo of Greece (Hamilton Edith)(Paperback)

The kind of events that took place in the great free government of the ancient world may, by reason of unchanging human nature, be repeated in the modern world. The course that Athens followed can be to us not only a record of distant and forgotten events, but a blueprint of what may happen

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (Chisholm Jane)(Paperback / softback)

This is a far-reaching history of Ancient Greece, from the early Minoans to the rise of Classical Greece and its conquest by the Macedonians. It includes detailed information on the key figures, battles and geography of the Ancient Greek Empire, as well as information on the day-to-day life of its

Cannabis in the Ancient Greek and Roman World (Sumler Alan)(Pevná vazba)

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 cannabis are the same plant and thus the ancient Greeks and Romans must have used it in their daily

Mothering and Motherhood in Ancient Greece and Rome (Petersen Lauren Hackworth)(Paperback)

Motherhood played a central role in ancient Greece and Rome, despite the virtual absence of female participation in the public spheres of life. Mothers could wield enormous influence as the reproductive bodies of society and, in many cases, of culture. Yet motherhood and acts of mothering have

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes (Thomas Oliver)(Pevná vazba)

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from ancient Greece, our fullest source for the god Hermes, and an entertaining narrative of theft, invention, cheekiness, and learning to get along. This study contains a new text of the poem, based on advances in our understanding of its

The Last Greek (Cameron Christian)(Pevná vazba)

Few writers are better at conjuring up a vision of Ancient Greece' THE TIMES* * * * * * *210BCE. The most powerful empires in the world brawl over the spoils of a declawed Greece.Philopoemen has a vision to end the chaos and anarchy that consumes his homeland - to stop the endless wars and preserve

Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg (Maor Eli)(Pevná vazba)

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century Music is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said musical form is close to mathematics, while Arnold

British Museum 101 Stickers! Ancient Greece(Paperback / softback)

Take a tour of ancient Greece in this vibrant sticker activity book from the British Museum! Add some statues to the Acropolis, fill the busy marketplace with people and pots and use stickers to fill the ancient Olympic games with

Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World (Matyszak Philip)(Pevná vazba)

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been unjustly forgotten. Our history is overflowing with different cultures that have all evolved over

Great Escapes Greece. the Hotel Book (Taschen Angelika)(Pevná vazba)

Greece is the land of gods and scholars as well as the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophy. Completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, it is also one of the most popular vacation destinations—and has much more to offer than just the blue and white islands of the Cyclades. In this