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A Culture of Freedom
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 27.99Historians and President of the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt and in 2003 received thee prestigious Jacob Grimm prize for German literature. culture so special? A Culture of Freedom attempts to answer this question - to find the key to the 'miracle' of ancient Greece.The book takes us on a tour through the rich spectrum... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 26.00Provides a synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece. more...
The Greeks
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 32.95The Greeks has provided a concise yet wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greece since its first publication. In this expanded second edition the best-selling volume offers a lucid survey that: covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the Hellenistic period provides detailed... more...
The Constraints of Desire
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 36.95For centuries, classical scholars have intensely debated the "position of women" in classical Athens. Did women have a vast but informal power, or were they little better than slaves? Using methods developed from feminist anthropology, Winkler steps back from this narrowly framed question and puts it in the larger context of how sex and gender in ancient... more...
All About
Andrews UK 2013; US$ 6.99This book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for ancient Greeks. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about the Olympics, Gods, heroes, the Trojan War, city-states, famous people and much more! The All About series is an educational collection... more...
Genres of Recollection
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 39.00Genres of Recollection is an ethnography of popular historical practice in Greece. more...
A Companion to Archaic Greece
Wiley 2009; US$ 218.95A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic Greece Places Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical context Gives equal emphasis to established topics... more...
Imagining Men: Ideals of Masculinity in Ancient Greek Culture
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 45.00Exploring models for masculinity as they appear in major works of Greek literature, this book combines literary, historical, and psychological insights to examine how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life. The thoughts and actions of Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and other enduring characters from Greek literature reflect the imperatives... more...
Hellas und der Orient
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 35.00This lecture addresses the question of when and under what conditions the reception of Oriental traditions took place in ancient Greek culture. As a result of spectacular theories about the Oriental origins of Homer's epics, the question has once again become an issue of current interest, arousing controversial debate. Albrecht Dihle covers the relevant... more...









