Greek History
Artemis: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The interactions between mortals and immortals in Greek myths were usually a coin-flip of love and hate, with the Trojan War being the biggest exception. This...
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Ares: The Origins and History of the Greek God of War
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient myths and accounts of Ares and cults that worshiped him*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAres, the God of War and personification of all that is reactionary and violent, is remembered today as the hated,...
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Arches across the Roman Empire: The History of the Roman Arches Built in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Minor, and North Africa
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Some of the most iconic symbols of the Roman Empire that have survived into the modern world today are the arches that Romans erected to commemorate military...
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Apollo: The Origins and History of the Greek God
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of Apollo*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Foolish mortals and poor drudges are you, that you seek cares and hard toils and straits! Easily will I tell you a word and set it in...
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Apollo and Artemis: The Origins and History of the Twin Deities in Ancient Greek Mythology
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Apollo’s history is a confusing one,” said the renowned poet and mythologist Robert Graves. This notion is also illustrated in the above quote from the 6th...
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Aphrodite: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess of Love
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of the goddess and myths*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“However impious the apotheosis of sexuality may seem in the light of the Christian tradition, modern sensibility can nevertheless also...
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Antiquity's Greatest Philosophers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
*Analyzes the controversies and mysteries surrounding Socrates' life and death, including the debate over his portrayal in Plato's Socratic dialogues. *Discusses the philosophers' writings about knowledge, logic, metaphysics, science, reason, Forms, political science, rhetoric and more. *Includes busts and other...
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Antigua Sicilia: La Historia Y El Legado De La Isla Más Grande Del Mediterráneo En La Antigüedad
Es difícil encontrar una isla en el mapa más central que Sicilia. Situada en la encrucijada entre Europa y África, y entre el Mediterráneo oriental y occidental, Sicilia rara vez ha sido gobernada como un Estado independiente y unificado. Sin...
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Ancient Sicily: The History and Legacy of the Mediterranean's Largest Island in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIt is hard to find an island on the map more central than Sicily. Located at the crossroads between Europe and Africa, and between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean,...
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Ancient Rhodes: The History and Legacy of the Famous Greek Island in Antiquity
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of Rhodes *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Modern perceptions of Classical Greece are almost invariably based on Athens and Sparta, but there are perhaps few areas...
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Ancient Pergamon: The History and Legacy of Asia Minor's Most Influential Greek Cultural Center in Antiquity
The Library of Alexandria was one of the few libraries in the ancient Greek world, which helped ensure that mathematicians, scientists, and other scholars from across the Mediterranean traveled to Egypt to study there, and it was so impressive in...
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Ancient Macedonia: The History and Legacy of Alexander the Great and the Macedonians in Antiquity
“There is nothing impossible to him that will but try.” - Alexander the Great The role of Macedonia and the Macedonians in the ancient world is apparent to those with even a cursory knowledge of the period. After all, Alexander...
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Ancient Greek Technology: The History and Legacy of the Technological Advances Made in Greece During Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“What I would prefer is that you should fix your eyes every day on the greatness of Athens as she really is, and should fall in love with her....
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Ancient Ephesus: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity's Greatest Cities
*Includes pictures *Chronicles the history of Ephesus and profiles its most famous buildings *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “We shall never know what magnificence is, until this imperial city is...
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Ancient Egyptian Language and Writing: The History and Legacy of Hieroglyphs and Scripts in Ancient Egypt
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingPerhaps not surprisingly given how advanced they were in comparison to contemporaries, the Egyptians invented one of the first writing systems ever, and for centuries, people thought these ancient texts...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Troy
Discusses the Iliad's depiction of the Trojan War and the way the Iliad was used to rediscover Troy. Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Pompeii
*Includes pictures of Pompeii, artifacts, and more.*Chronicles the history of Pompeii since the first settlements there nearly 3,000 years ago.*Includes quotes from Pliny the Younger about the eruption of Vesuvius.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.They come in droves, busloads of...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Carthage
*Includes pictures depicting important people and places. *Comprehensively covers Carthage's rise and fall, including the Punic Wars. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. “Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.” (“Furthermore, I consider it imperative that...
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The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens: The History and Legacy of the Athenian City Center and Assembly Gathering Space
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and in all...
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Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire: The History and Legacy of the Macedonian King's Campaign against the Persians
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts of the campaign*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsOver the last 2,000 years, ambitious men have dreamed of forging vast empires and attaining eternal glory in battle, but of all the...
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