Men of Bronze: Ancient Greek Hoplite Battles (Farrington Eric)(Paperback)

Men of Bronze: Ancient Greek Hoplite Battles (Farrington Eric)(Paperback)

Men of Bronze is a wargame that allows you to play out Classical Greek hoplite battles on the tabletop. Players are Strategoi (generals) leading phalanxes of bronze-clad warriors in pursuit of fame, glory, and the honor of their city-states. To win such prizes, however, you must prove your mettle,

Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World (Rees Owen)(Pevná vazba)

Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees looks to redress the balance, giving naval battles their due attention. This book presents a selection of thirteen naval battles that span a defining century in

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (Cline Eric H.)(Paperback)

The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious

Ancient Greek Athletics: Primary Sources in Translation (Stocking Charles H.)(Paperback)

The Sourcebook of Ancient Greek Athletics offers the most comprehensive collection to date of primary sources in translation for the study of ancient Greek athletics. Because Greek athletics was such an essential feature of both Greek and Roman culture, there is an especially strong need for proper

Athenaze, Book I: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: An Introduction to Ancient Greek (Balme Maurice)(Paperback)

Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestselling course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the begining and guides them to the point where they can begin

Pirates of Poseidon: An Ancient Greek Mystery (Pirotta Saviour)(Paperback / softback)

Shadow of the Centaurs: An Ancient Greek Mystery (Pirotta Saviour)(Paperback / softback)

Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery (Pirotta Saviour)(Paperback / softback)

Ancient Battle Formations (Swanton Justin)(Pevná vazba)

A careful study of the Greek and Latin sources that shed fresh light on how these formations were organized, reevaluating many conventional notions and leading to some surprising conclusions.Justin Swanton examines the principal battle-winning formations of the Ancient world, determining their

Ancient Greece (Kovacs Charles)(Paperback)

A retelling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Class 5-6 (age 10-12). This welcome new addition to Charles Kovacs' work contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic figures from the dawn of western civilization. Through the fearless

Learning Greek with Plato: A Beginner's Course in Classical Greek (Beetham Frank)(Paperback)

Adult learners of ancient Greek are often attracted to it by the prospect of being able to read in the original a particular author or genre. Greek philosophical writing and Plato in particular is often the target. This book's material has been tried and tested by the author over the years with

Ancient Empires (Cline Eric H.)(Paperback)

Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity, and the early Muslim period. Taking a focused and thematic approach, it aims to provoke a discussion of an

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics (Bobonich Christopher)(Paperback)

The field of ancient Greek ethics is increasingly emerging as a major branch of philosophical enquiry, and students and scholars of ancient philosophy will find this Companion to be a rich and invaluable guide to the themes and movements which characterised the discipline from the Pre-Socratics to

Understand Greek Mythology (Eddy Steve)(Paperback)

Ancient Greek myths shaped and were shaped by one of the most important culture in the history of the world. Even today, stories such as Oedipus, Narcissus, Odysseus and the Golden Fleece reverberate through our popular culture. This is the ideal introduction to Greek myth. The opening chapter is a

Thebes - The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece (Cartledge Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The

On Greek Religion (Parker Robert)(Paperback)

There is something of a paradox about our access to ancient Greek religion. We know too much, and too little. The materials that bear on it far outreach an individual's capacity to assimilate: so many casual allusions in so many literary texts over more than a millennium, so many direct or indirect

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian (Various)(Paperback)

A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics The Greek Cynics owned no property and rejected fame and fortune, living almost entirely out of doors while surviving on wild plants and water from natural springs. They promoted ideals such as self-sufficiency,

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction (Cartledge Paul)(Paperback)

This highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. Cartledge highlights the role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines

Of Men and Mary: How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their Lives (Watkins Christine Anne)(Paperback)

Athenaze, Book II: An Introduction to Ancient Greek (Balme Maurice)(Paperback)

Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestselling course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the begining and guides them to the point where they can begin

Antigonick (Carson Anne)(Paperback)

Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her seminal work. Sophokles' luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation. This paperback edition includes a new

Tragic Heroines in Ancient Greek Drama (Roisman Hanna M.)(Paperback)

The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences and critics. In this volume each of the eleven chapters discusses one of the heroines: Clytemnestra, Hecuba, Medea, Iphigenia, Alcestis, Antigone Electra, Deianeira, Phaedra,

Ancient Philosophy: A Companion to the Core Readings (Stumpf Andrew)(Paperback)

A guide to the most important and influential works of ancient Greek philosophy. The book begins with mythology and the pre-Socratics, then proceeds to examine a number of the most important works from Plato and Aristotle, including Euthyphro, Meno, Republic the Categories, the Physics and the

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife (Hornung Erik)(Paperback)

Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millennia later in royal tombs. Erik Hornung, the world's leading authority on these religious texts, surveys what is known about them today.The contents of