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  • Thucydides Between History and Literatureby Melina Tamiolaki; Antonis Tsakmakis

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 154.00

    Papers in this volume explore Thucydides? methods of research and representation (also contrasting the notions of an objective historian and an artful narrator), provide insights into the historian?s narrative techniques and style, examine the use of the past in Thucydidean historiography, analyse Thucydides? political ideas in the context of 5th century... more...

  • Xenophon's Marchby John Prevas

    Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 35.00

    An unforgettable personal retracing of one of the most extraordinary expeditions of all time, when two great ancient civilizations, and two great armies, clashed more...

  • Collected Papers on Alexander the Greatby Ernst Badian

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00

    Professor Ernst Badian (1925-2011) was one of the most influential Alexander historians of the twentieth century. His first articles on the subject appeared in 1958, and he continued for a full fifty years to reshape scholarly perception of the reign of Alexander the Great. A steady output of articles was reinforced by lectures and reviews in his... more...

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Periclesby Loren J. Samons II

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 30.00

    This Companion volume shows the infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible. more...

  • Schliemann en Nederlandby Wout Arentzen

    Sidestone Press 2012; US$ 29.35

    This book describes the life of the famous archaeologist and shrewd trader Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) from a Dutch perspective since his commercial succes started in the Netherlands. We see how two myths meet: the myth of the ancient city Troy and the the myth of the poor boy that was determined to find the remains of this legendary city. Dutch... more...

  • Back to the Beginningby Ilse Schoep; P. Tomkins; J M. Driessen

    Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 40.00

    Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egalitarian societies of the Early Bronze Age were transformed... more...

  • Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Ageby Daniel J. Pullen

    Oxbow Books 2010; US$ 30.00

    This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state) entities within the Aegean Bronze Age, including the issues... more...

  • Antigonus II Gonatasby Janice J. Gabbert

    Routledge 1997; US$ 44.95

    Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. more...

  • Xenophon And The History Of His Timesby John Dillery

    Routledge 1995; US$ 148.00

    Through an analysis of Xenophon's complete body of work, focusing on the Hellenica and Anabasis, he is shown to be very much a man of his times, with topical concerns such as panhellenism, the influence of the gods, and the idea of utopia. more...

  • Lysimachusby Dr Helen S Lund; Helen S. Lund

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 148.00

    Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the assumption that he was a vicious, but ultimately incompetent... more...