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Still used as a guide to classical Greece even today this remains one of the most influential travel books ever written. Written in the second century AD by a Greek...

The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the...

Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic...

A collection of translated extracts from Greek writers from Homer to Pausanias. The extracts are organised into chapters with a brief linking narrative under the following headings - War, The...

Ideas & Influences of the Ancient World Bargain Book Box The men and women who built the ancient world — and the fights that tore it apart. Inside: Caesar and...

A vivid and richly anecdotal portrait of Spartan society. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise...

The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city-states consistently proved unwilling and unable to unite. The cradle...

The 'great man' of later Greek historical thought is the long product of traceable changes in ancient ideas about the meaning and impact of an individual life. At least as...

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's...

Edition: 1st ed. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in classical archaeology and Mediterranean history, Salamis in Cyprus: Homeric, Hellenistic and Roman presents...

'Delightful ... Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew civilizations have left as indelible a mark on the human story as ancient Greece, and Treasures of Ancient Greece by John S. Bowman...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew civilizations have cast as long a shadow over human history as ancient Greece, and Greece: History -...

The World of Athens is a serious, up-to-date account of the history and culture of fifth century Athens for adults, university students and sixth-formers with an intelligent interest in ancient...

Favourite Puffin Classics in beautiful hardback The mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative historical account, A History Of Greece To 322 B.C., chronicles...

Vivid biographies of famous characters from the Ancient Greek world, in a revised edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew civilisations have left so indelible a mark on the human story as ancient Greece, and Treasures of Ancient Greece by John S. Bowman offers...

The poetry of ancient Greece Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is...

A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis , or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on...

Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? How does...

The volume that completes our new 4-book collection of Euripides plays. Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Book is in original shrink-wrapping. An unread, clean copy. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, a wave of adventurous...

A fascinating study of Athenian political machinery, containing invaluable insights into Athenian democracy Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis...

The luxury of the ancient world is legendary, but the Athenian reputation is sober because this wealthy, successful city-state spent all its money on the conspicuous consumption of ephemeral things....

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The book titled The Monuments and the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus by the author George Steinhauer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Timaeus and Critias has a central place in Western thought and is best known to many for the story of Atlantis Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of reason and mythology, the Presocratic philosophers of ancient Greece dared to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew civilizations have left behind a legacy as enduring or as breathtaking as that of ancient Greece, and The Greek...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis classic of ancient Greek comedy, The Acharnians, presents a biting satire...

Sparta - its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness, justice and masculinity. The Spartans' reputation as fighters is matched only by...

Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of popular history, Men of Athens: The Story of Fifth Century Athens chronicles one of the...

Winner, 1992 Association des Ecrivains de Langue Francaise Prix Europeen "I have lived, alone, in a cell, 157,852,800 seconds of solitude and fear. Cause for screaming! They sentence me to...