This illustrated comprehensive and accessible history of Ancient Greece explores the rise and fall of the Greek empire, its powerful legacy for the modern world, and new discoveries shedding light on ancient Greek civilization.
The book offers a chronological political history of Ancient Greece, as well as chapters on the major themes, such as gods and goddesses, arts and architecture, houses, cities and public buildings, slaves, education, language, medicine, ...
A third vegetation type is phrygana – smaller , frequently aromatic or spiny shrubs , often with a narrow strip of bare ground between each hedgehog - like bush . Many aromatic herbs such as lavender , rosemary , savory , sage and thyme ...
Xenophon in Seven Volumes: Cyropaedia, with an English translation by Walter Miller
From famous Gods to the inside of temples, let your child get all the homework help they need, and learn all about Ancient Greece with this comprehensive reference book for kids.
Jeffrey Henderson, noted Greek scholar, puts the work in historical and cultural context in his comprehensive introduction. Suggestions for further reading, notes, and map are also included.
The classical scholar takes a new look at the war between Athens and Sparta, examining the conflict that devastated Ancient Greece in the fifth century B.C.E.
12.3.8-12 Metz 2 Artaxerxes 27 for Deinon) Deinon - Pearson. The Metz Epitome opens here, replete with Cleitarchan stories. F. Dicaearchus (Athenaeus 13.5 [557]) citing 350 concubines Alexander burns surplus baggage and wagons to avoid ...
Fragment 1 (Athenaeus 148D-F), which is attributed to Book 1, self-evidently relates to the fall of Thebes in October of 335BC ... but it may be a garbled reference to his history of Alexander; see Pearson, Lost Histories, 26); Jacoby, ...
This guide covers sites on and off the beaten track and contains extensive choices for places to stay and eat, detailed background on history, culture, art, and mythology and a...