Cultural Region/Greece
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Phaedo
$11.95 Add to cartThe Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato’s masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019953893X
- Language: English
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The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Spectator,… [more below]
- Author: Nixey, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1328589285
- Language: English
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Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths
$20.00 Add to cartFrom acclaimed writer and scholar Philip Freeman, a contemporary retelling of classic Greek and Roman mythology.The Greek and Roman myths have never died out; in fact they are as relevant today as eve… [more below]
- Author: Freeman, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1451609981
- Language: English
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Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fasc
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Morales, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 09, 2007
- ISBN10: 0192804766
- Language: English
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World
$19.95 Add to cartA gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211086
- Language: English
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Gorgias
$8.95 Add to cartOne of Plato’s most widely read dialogues, Gorgias treats the temptations of worldly success and the rewards of the genuinely moral life. Appealing to philosophers as a classic text of moral philosoph… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540322
- Language: English
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Antigone: In a New Translation by Nicholas Rudall
$14.93 Add to cartOne of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate p… [more below]
- Series: Plays for Performance
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1566632110
- Language: English
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Music: A Subversive History
$22.99 Add to cart“A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched” (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.
Histories of music overwhelmingly su- Author: Gioia, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1541644379
- Language: English
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Olympians: Hermes: Tales of the Trickster
$12.99 Read moreGeorge O’Connor’s vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to life in the New York Times Bestselling series The Olympians. This fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology is perfect
- Series: Olympians #10
- Author: O’Connor, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 162672525X
- Language: English
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Eros the Bittersweet
$15.95 Add to cartSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson’s exploration of the concept of “eros” in both classic
- Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1628973862
- Language: English
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The Oresteia
$17.00 Add to cartIn the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: February 07 1984
- ISBN10: 0140443339
- Language: English
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
$5.95 Add to cartMagic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies.
When four young lovers, fleeing the law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to- Series: Signet Classic Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0451526961
- Language: English
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Haute Bohemians: Greece: Historic and Contemporary Interiors of Greece
$75.00 Read moreA glorious, intimate homage to the magical country of Greece, from bestselling photographer and writer Miguel Flores-Vianna.
A land immortalized by poets for its otherworldly beauty, Greece is the b- Author: Flores-Vianna, Miguel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0865654069
- Language: English
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Mina Stone: Cooking for Artists
$50.00 Add to cartSimple,
Chef Mina Stone has been cooking delicious lunches at Urs Fischer’s
fresh Greek cooking from Mina Stone
Brooklyn-based art studio for the past five years and producing private gallery
dinners in- Author: Stone, Mina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 098472107X
- Language: English
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The McElderry Book of Greek Myths
$24.99 Add to cartWalk among the gods and goddesses, men and monsters, in this enchanting volume of classic Greek myths Here are twelve of the most beloved legends of Greek mythology, from Pandora and her dreaded box … [more below]
- Series: Margaret K. McElderry Book
- Author: Kimmel, Eric A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 05 2008
- ISBN10: 1416915346
- Language: English
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The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set
$65.00 Add to cartA stunning set of Homer’s epics, brilliantly translated by a leading ancient world scholar.
Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green’s landmark translations of Homer’s timeless epics are no- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1145
- Publish Date: May 31 2019
- ISBN10: 0520306651
- Language: English
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Peináo: A Greek Feast for All: Recipes to Feed Hungry Guests
$35.00 Add to cartModern Greek feasts to feed those you love.
Pein?o is a contemporary celebration of traditional tried-and-tested Greek food, delivered feast style: cooking for roommates, brunch with your besties, or- Author: Moursellas, Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1922754595
- Language: English
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Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #10: Geronimo Stilton Saves the Olympics
$9.99 Add to cartAthens, Greece: the first Olympic Games are about to take place, and the Pirate Cats have traveled back in time to enter the competition. The fiendish felines plan to win as many events as they can, a… [more below]
- Series: Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #10
- Author: Stilton, Geronimo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1597073199
- Language: English
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Aphrodite the Beauty Graphic Novel
$10.99 Add to cartAphrodite copes with unexpected feelings in the third book in the Goddess Girls Graphic Novel series.
Aphrodite, goddess girl of love, must deal with jealousy after giving Athena a makeover. It doesn’- Series: Goddess Girls Graphic Novel #3
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1534473920
- Language: English
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Clytemnestra
$16.99 Add to cart“Fans of Circe and Elektra should pick up this powerful Greek myth retelling.” —Cosmopolitan
For fans of Madeline Miller, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the
- Author: Casati, Costanza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 5, 2024
- ISBN10: 1728279372
- Language: English
