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Provides a broad and deep exploration of ancient Greek and Macedonian warfare A Companion to Greek Warfare is an authoritative survey of all major areas in the field of Greek and Macedonian military history, covering diverse operational, economic, social, psychological,...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2021-07-08
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Professor James Cracraft is an established specialist on early modern Russian history, particularly the era of Peter the Great (1682-1725), tsar and first Russian emperor. This volume gathers some of the many key articles and reviews published by him over the last forty...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2021-07-08
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Provides a comprehensive gateway to Herodotus' Histories, the story they tell, and the world in which they were written The first work of its kind, this book offers students and faculty of all levels an easy-to-use, up-to-date reference tool on Herodotus of...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2021-03-18
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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In The History of the Destruction of Troy, Dares the Phrygian boldly claimed to be an eyewitness to the Trojan War, while challenging the accounts of two of the ancient world's most canonical poets, Homer and Virgil. For over a millennium, Dares' work was circulated as...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-09-30
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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A COMPANION TO GREEKS ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD An innovative, up-to-date treatment of ancient Greek mobility and migration from 1000 BCE to 30 BCEA Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World explores the mobility and migration of Greeks who left their homelands in the...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2020-05-07
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Sophocles' Electra is a riveting play with a long and varied reception. Its nuanced treatment of matricidal revenge with all the questions it raises; its compelling depictions of the idealistic, long -grieving, rebellious Electra; her compliant sister; her brother; and...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-01-23
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and their attendant mortuary practices have been a topic of scholarly debate for over a century, dominated by the idea of a monolithic culture with the same developmental trajectories throughout the region. This book contributes to that...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2019-12-05
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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'Lively' THE TIMES'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR'Stunning' WOMAN & HOME'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEThrough ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological discoveries and philosophical explorations, Bettany Hughes takes us on a voyage of discovery to reveal the...
Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2019-11-14
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
Format(s) : ePub
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The New Politics of Olympos explores the dynamics of praise, power, and persuasion in Kallimachos' hymns, detailing how they simultaneously substantiate and interrogate the radically new phenomenon of Hellenistic kingship taking shape during Kallimachos' lifetime. Long...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2019-10-02
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe
The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from mythological times...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2019-07-04
Format(s) : PDF
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Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe
The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from mythological times...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2019-07-04
Format(s) : ePub
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The Persian War was one of the most significant events in ancient history. It halted Persia's westward expansion, inspired the Golden Age of Greece, and propelled Athens to the heights of power. From the end of the war almost to the end of antiquity, the Greeks and...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2019-05-29
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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An introductory guide to the Archaic period in ancient Greece—the people, their society, and their culture. Excerpts from literary and other texts give voice to the interests, concerns, and emotions of the Archaic Greeks themselves. This book provides a brief but...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2019-03-20
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book examines the impact that Athenian Old Comedy had on Greek writers of the imperial era. It is generally acknowledged that imperial-era Greeks responded to Athenian Old Comedy in one of two ways: either as a treasure trove of Atticisms or as a genre defined by...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2019-02-01
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. He was a key player in Athens in the twilight of the city's independence, and is today a primary source for its history and society during that period. The Oxford Handbook of...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-11-15
Format(s) : ePub
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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. He was a key player in Athens in the twilight of the city's independence, and is today a primary source for its history and society during that period. The Oxford Handbook of...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-11-08
Format(s) : PDF
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The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also the day-to-day interactions of its citizens. Kinship in Ancient Athens aims to illuminate both of these issues by providing a comprehensive account of...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-11-08
Format(s) : ePub
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The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also the day-to-day interactions of its citizens. Kinship in Ancient Athens aims to illuminate both of these issues by providing a comprehensive account of...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-11-08
Format(s) : PDF
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This volume brings together 29 junior and senior scholars to discuss aspects of Hesiod's poetry and its milieu and to explore questions of reception over two and half millennia from shortly after the poems' conception to Twitter hashtags. Rather than an exhaustive study...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-07-26
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The orthodox view of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean holds that Greece and Rome were its only 'genuine slave societies', that is, societies in which slave labour contributed significantly to the economy and underpinned the wealth of elites. Other societies,...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-07-19
Format(s) : ePub
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