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The Campaigns of Alexander
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; US$ 14.09Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of... more...
The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 1, Books 1-4
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 50.00This Commentary will be an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature. more...
Socrates and Self-Knowledge
Cambridge University Press 2015; US$ 25.00The first systematic study of Socrates' interest in selfhood, examining ancient philosophical ideas of what constitutes the self. more...
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University Press 2013; US$ 7.99Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there. more...
Medea
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 7.95This is the Medea we have been waiting for. It offers clarity without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. No English Medea can ever be Euripides', but this is as close as anyone has come so far, and a good deal closer than I thought anyone would ever come. Arnson Svarlien has shown herself... more...
Reading Greek
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 27.00Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. more...
The Chinese Neolithic
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 64.00Examination of the transformation of chiefdom societies in Neolithic China drawing on detailed archaeological data. more...
Sources of Western Zhou History
University of California Press 1992; US$ 73.95The thousands of ritual bronze vessels discovered by China's archaeologists serve as the major documentary source for the Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.). These vessels contain long inscriptions full of detail on subjects as diverse as the military history of the period, the bureaucratic structure of the royal court, and lawsuits among the gentry.... more...
Disability in the Hebrew Bible
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 38.00This book seeks to reconstruct the Hebrew Bible's ideas of mental and physical disability and their social ramifications. more...
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 29.95 US$ 27.25Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking... more...
