Greece
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Ancient Greece: The Definitive Visual History
$50.00 Add to cartEmbark upon a lavish visual journey through ancient Greece–its origins, its rise and fall, and its legacy that still permeates the Western world today.
Spanning more than 3,000 years, Ancient Greece- Series: DK Classic History
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0593961595
- Language: English
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Plato: A Civic Life
$22.50 Add to cartA new reading of Plato’s philosophy that reveals it as deeply shaped by his experiences in Athens.
Plato is a key figure from the beginnings of Western philosophy, yet the impact of his lived experie- Series: Great Lives of the Ancient World
- Author: Atack, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1789149460
- Language: English
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The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
$37.95 Add to cartHow the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today.
“This majestic book by Oswyn Murray has been long and eagerly awaited…and its quality and scope exceed expectations.” –E- Author: Murray, Oswyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0674297458
- Language: English
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Aesop’s Fables: A New Translation
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the H- Author: Aesop
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604849
- Language: English
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Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece
$33.99 Add to cartIs there anyone on earth who is so narrow-minded or uninquisitive that he could fail to want to know how and thanks to what kind of political system almost the entire known world was conquered and bro… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0199916896
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives: Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, Lysander, with Excerpt
$22.00 Add to cart- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0140449051
- Language: English
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The Shadows of Socrates: The Heresy, War, and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates
$29.95 Read moreThe death of Socrates may be the most famous unsolved murder in history. Set during the Peloponnesian War, this narrative solves that mystery, revealing for the first time how the philosopher was set … [more below]
- Author: Gatton, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365826
- Language: English
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Moon Best of Greece: Make the Most of 7-10 Days
$24.99 Read moreFrom ancient ruins and picturesque mountain towns to epic hikes and secluded beaches, a week in the Mediterranean awaits with Moon Best of Greece. Inside you’ll find:
- Flexible, strategic itineraries:
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Kalafatis, Joanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1640499644
- Language: English
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How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks
$20.00 Read moreNicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past.
What is the nature of things?
What is justice? How can I be myself?
How should we treat each o- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338166
- Language: English
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The Waters of Mnemosyne: Ancient Greek Religion for Modern Pagans
$22.99 Read moreBuild a Deep, Contemporary Practice Rooted in Ancient Greek Traditions
Presenting more than seventy exercises, rites, pathworkings, and prayers, Gwendolyn Reece ingeniously revitalizes fundamental con
- Author: Reece, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 08 2024
- ISBN10: 738778893
- Language: English
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The Hellenistic Age: A Short History
$20.00 Add to cartThe 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 stu… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Green, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2008
- ISBN10: 0812967402
- Language: English
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The Siege of Tyre: Alexander the Great and the Gateway to Empire
$32.50 Read moreThe island city of Tyre along the coast of Lebanon was for centuries an impregnable fortress and key to unlocking Phoenician and Persian power in the Near East. Its fall was first prophesied in the Bo… [more below]
- Author: Guenther, David A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1594164282
- Language: English
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The Histories
$10.95 Add to cart“The father of history,” as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Herodotus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 840
- Publish Date: May 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199535663
- Language: English
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The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epic Tales: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Migration of Myth
$24.99 Read moreCompelling evidence that the events of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey took place in the Baltic and not the Mediterranean
– Reveals how a climate change forced the migration of a people and their myth to an- Author: Vinci, Felice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1594770522
- Language: English
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
$40.00 Read moreThis definitive biography of one of history’s most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world — and their rise and fall from power.
Alexander the Great’s conquests… [more below]- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 154164669X
- Language: English
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Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
$20.00 Read more“Mr. Cartledge’s command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciation of Thebes is persuasive.” —Wall Street Journal
“An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating- Author: Cartledge, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758551
- Language: English
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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the… [more below]
- Author: Herman, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0553385666
- Language: English
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
$23.00 Read moreOne of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first centur… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0812969707
- Language: English
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Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths
$27.95 Read more“Breathtakingly successful.” –Michael Dirda, Washington Post
A bold and dynamic retelling of five great male-female pairings from the Greek myths: Prometheus and Pandora, Jason and Medea, Oedipus an- Author: Spurling, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363181
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology: A Traveler’s Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy
$24.95 Read moreThe Greek myths have a universal appeal, beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific landscapes: the city of Thebes and mountain range Cithaer… [more below]
- Author: Stuttard, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0500518327
- Language: English
