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The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 41.00The Hellenistic period saw the Greek world expand through Alexander's campaigns before ultimately submitting to Rome. This new and enlarged edition of the seminal sourcebook presents over three hundred ancient texts in original translations supported by introductory sections, notes and references, chronological tables, maps, illustrations, and a full... more...
Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 70.00Encompasses all aspects of ancient Greek life-from the beginnings of the Minoan civilization in Crete to the defeat by the Roman world in 30 BC. Coverage includes government, religion, music, art and visual culture, education and daily life. more...
On Justice, Power, and Human Nature
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1993; US$ 10.95Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides? political theory?famous as well as important but lesser-known pieces frequently overlooked by nonspecialists. Newly translated into... more...
The Tourists Gaze, The Cretans Glance
Left Coast Press 2010; US$ 32.95As researchers bring their analytic skills to bear on contemporary archaeological tourism, they find that it is as much about the present as the past. Philip Duke’s study of tourists gazing at the remains of Bronze Age Crete highlights this nexus between past and present, between exotic and mundane. Using personal diaries, ethnographic interviews,... more...
Alcibiades
Pen and Sword 2011; US$ 23.95Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates persuaded the Athenians to attempt to stand up to the Spartans on land as part... more...
After Thermopylae
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 18.99The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle... more...
Dionysos und seine Gefolgschaft: Weibliche Besessenheitskulte in der griechischen Antike
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.59Sie zerreißen Tiere mit bloßen Händen, lassen Milch mit einem Schlag aus einem unbelebten Felsen fließen und säugen wilde Tiere. Ganze Landstriche sollen sie in Angst und Schrecken versetzt haben - Die Mänaden - Die heiligen Anhängerinnen des Dionysos. So beschreibt es jedenfalls der antike Autor Euripides. Klingt wie ein Märchen, aber über Hunderte... more...
Mykonos Sights
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual... more...
Athens Sights
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual... more...
Ionien - Brücke zum Orient
Konrad Theiss Verlag 2011; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Die Perle Griechenlands Ionische Städte wie Ephesos zählen zu den schönsten archäologischen Sehenswürdigkeiten der Ägäis. In der Antike waren sie das Tor Griechenlands zum Orient und Drehscheibe für Wissen und Handel. Sein Name sollte für alle Zeiten unsterblich sein. Dieses größenwahnsinnige Ziel vor Augen, zündete ein Grieche... more...









