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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...
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$ 36.37Sie 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...
The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2010; US$ 75.00The fifth part of the Corinth volume dedicated to the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore publishes the large-scale terracotta sculpture found in the sanctuary. Extending from the late 7th through the 4th century B.C., the sculpture consists of fragments from 132 to as many as 147 statues, from half- to nearly life-size. These are, for the most part, statues... more...
Ephesos - Eine antike Metropole in Kleinasien
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2010; US$ 17.63Hauptbeschreibung Die antike Metropole Ephesos ist eine der meist besuchten Ausgrabungsstätten in der Türkei und Ort eines Weltwunders der Antike: des Tempels der Artemis. Seit mehr als 100 Jahren werden Heiligtum und Stadt archäologisch untersucht. Die heute sichtbaren Denkmäler vermitteln nicht nur ein eindrucksvolles Bild einer antiken Stadt,... more...
Kythira Sights
MobileReference 2012; 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...
Thessaloniki Sights
MobileReference 2012; 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...









