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Author | : Mary R. Lefkowitz |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801844751 |
This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from wet nurses, prostitutes, and gladiatrixes to poets, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition adds new texts to sections throughout the book, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, as well as property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and pagan cults.
Author | : Xenophon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Horsemanship |
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Author | : Robin Waterfield |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198727887 |
A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.
Author | : Paul Cartledge |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1468316079 |
The riveting, definitive account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, by the acclaimed author of The Spartans—now in paperback Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks’ achievements—whether politically or culturally—and thus to the wider politico-cultural traditions of western Europe, the Americas, and indeed the world. From its role as an ancient political power, to its destruction at the hands of Alexander the Great as punishment for a failed revolt, to its eventual restoration by Alexander’s successor, Cartledge deftly chronicles the rise and fall of the ancient city. He recounts the history with deep clarity and mastery for the subject and makes clear both the di?erences and the interconnections between the Thebes of myth and the Thebes of history. Written in clear prose and illustrated with images in two color inserts, Thebes is a gripping read for students of ancient history and those looking to experience the real city behind the myths of Cadmus, Hercules, and Oedipus.
Author | : Sarah B. Pomeroy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : 9780199846047 |
A Political, Social, and Cultural History is a comprehensive and balanced history, covering the political, military, social, cultural, and economic history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Era.
Author | : Gabriel H. Reuben |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Civilization, Greek |
ISBN | : |
A textbook for the Elementary level. Examines the successes and failures of early Greece and Rome as an introduction to contemporary Western civilization.
Author | : PERCY BYSSHE. SHELLEY |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781033509951 |
Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2002-11-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780140448153 |
The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence—great though that was—than in their astonishing intellectual ambition and imaginative reach. Zeno's dizzying 'proofs' that motion is impossible; the extraordinary atomic theories of Democritus; the haunting and enigmatic epigrams of Heraclitus; and the maxims of Alcmaeon: fragmentary as they often are, the thoughts of these philosophers seem strikingly modern in their concern to forge a truly scientific vocabulary and way of reasoning. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author | : Madeline Miller |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2012-04-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1408826135 |
WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
Author | : Robin Lynn |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0393733572 |
A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience. The thirty-eight urban gems covered here range from newly created linear spaces along the water’s edge, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park and the East River Waterfront Esplanade, to revitalized squares and circles, such as those at Gansevoort Plaza in the Meatpacking District and Columbus Circle, to repurposed open spaces like the freight tracks, now the High Line, and Concrete Plant Park in the Bronx. Readers can discover midtown atriums, mingle with the crowds in Union Square, travel offshore to nearby Governors Island, and enjoy the vistas of historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Pete Hamill writes in his foreword, “I’ve . . . made a list of new places I must visit while there is time. With any luck at all, I’ll see all of them. I hope you, the reader, can find the time too.” Concise descriptions, helpful maps, and vivid photographs capture the New York urban scene.