History : Ancient

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. This e-book introduces: full text of The Iliad and The Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler, Homer's biography, historical and geographical background of Ancient Greece that helps to understand the period of time described in the epic poems, timeline, maps, epic poems' summaries, as well as description of key themes and characters of The Iliad and The Odyssey. more...

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Thorley outlines the development and operation of Athenian democracy to the end of the 5th century BC examining such issues as the prelude to democracy, the emergence of a democratic system, and the way the systems worked in practice. more...

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Gregory Daly's enthralling study considers the reasons that led the two armies to the field of battle, and why each followed the course that they did when they got there. This striking and vivid account is the fullest yet of the bloodiest battle more...

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Meineck and Woodruff's new annotated translations of Sophocles' Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes combine the same standards of accuracy, concision, clarity, and powerful speech that have so often made their Theban Plays a source of epiphany in the classroom and of understanding in the theatre. more...

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Was there such a person as Homer? Who were the key figures in the first democracy of the Western World? Who is the father of tragedy? Who is the father of history? Of all the world's ancient civilisations, it is perhaps the Ancient Greece that has the strongest hold over the modern imagination. The history, philosophy and literature continue to intrigue and enthral. Now John Hazel has compiled the definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire. more...

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