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Aeschylus I: Oresteiaby AeschylusISBN 0226307786 (0-226-30778-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aeschylus I: Oresteia'Book summary:"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."Robert Brustein, The New Republic[via]
"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation
"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."Times Education Supplement
"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian
"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."Commonweal
"Grene is one of the great translators."Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times
"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book ReviewMore editions of Aeschylus I: Oresteia:
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Aeschylus IIby David Grene, Richmond LattimorISBN 0226307948 (0-226-30794-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aeschylus II'Book summary:The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, we take pleasure in reissuing this complete work in a handsome four-volume slipcased edition as well as in redesigned versions of the familiar paperbacks.[via]
For the Centennial Edition two of the original translations have been replaced. In the original publication David Grene translated only one of the three Theban plays, Oedipus the King. Now he has added his own translations of the remaining two, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, thus bringing a new unity of tone and style to this group. Grene has also revised his earlier translation of Prometheus Bound and rendered some of the former prose sections in verse. These new translations replace the originals included in the paperback volumes Sophocles I (which contains all three Theban plays), Aeschylus II, Greek Tragedies, Volume I, and Greek Tragedies, Volume III, all of which are now being published in second editions.
All other volumes contain the translations of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides for the most part from the original versions first published in the 1940s and 1950s. These translations have been the choice of generations of teachers and students, selling in the past forty years over three million copies.More editions of Aeschylus II:
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Aeschylus: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliants, Prometheus Boundby David R. Slavitt, Palmer BovieISBN 0812216717 (0-8122-1671-7)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aeschylus: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliants, Prometheus Bound'Book summary:The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.
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This final volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt, because of his demand that they marry his sons, and the well-known tale of the proud and unrepentant Prometheus, who is chained to a massive rock for revealing fire and hope to humankind.
Translations are by David Slavitt (Persians), Stephen Sandy (Seven Against Thebes), Gail Holst-Warhaft (The Suppliants), and William Matthews (Prometheus Bound).More editions of Aeschylus: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliants, Prometheus Bound:
Aeschylus Two: Four Tragedies Prometheus Bound, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians, the Suppliant Maidensby AeschylusISBN 0226307794 (0-226-30779-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Aeschylus, 2: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliants, Prometheus Boundby David R. Slavitt, Palmer BovieISBN 0812234650 (0-8122-3465-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Armyby Donald W. EngelsISBN 0520042727 (0-520-04272-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohsby Lorna OakesISBN 0760749434 (0-7607-4943-4)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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Ancient Times Vol. 1 : From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0971412960 (0-9714129-6-0)
Hardcover, Peace Hill Press
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Aristotelis Metaphysicaby AristotleISBN 0198145136 (0-19-814513-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristotle's Metaphysics Books Four, Five and Sixby AristotleISBN 0198720289 (0-19-872028-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristotle's Metaphysics: Books m and Nby Aristotle, Julia Elizabeth AnnasISBN 0198721331 (0-19-872133-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Aristotle-Metaphysicsby AristotleISBN 0472060422 (0-472-06042-2)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle-Metaphysics'Book summary:This work has been written from the conviction that general statements about the philosophical position taken by Theophrastus in this small, but extremely difficult treatise, can only be made on the basis of a detailed interpretation of each and every sentence of the text. This has resulted in a full commentary which evades no philological or philosophical question that should be asked in order to elicit from the text a maximum of information. The outcome is a cautious but nonetheless explicit and dterminate characterization and evaluation of Theophrastean metaphysics as a biologists' metaphysics, which derserves the attention of philosophers in its own right. The author has paid special attention to questions of Peripatetic idiom and terminology, thus increasing the value of this book to students of Peripatetic thought in general. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes. [via]
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Civilization Before Greece and Romeby H.W.F. SaggsISBN 0300050313 (0-300-05031-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilization Before Greece and Rome'Book summary:For many centuries it was accepted that civilization began with the Greeks and Romans. During the last two hundred years, however, archaeological discoveries in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Syria, Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus Valley have revealed that rich cultures existed in these regions some two thousand years before the Greco-Roman era. In this fascinating work, H.W.F Saggs presents a wide-ranging survey of the more notable achievements of these societies, showing how much the ancient peoples of the Near and Middle East have influenced the patterns of our daily lives. Saggs discussesthe the invention of writing, tracing it from the earliest pictograms (designed for account-keeping) to the Phoenician alphabet, the source of the Greek and all European alphabets. He investigates teh curricula, teaching methods, and values of the schools from which scribes graduated. Analyzing the provisions of some of the law codes, he illustrates the operation of international law and the international trade that it made possible. Saggs highlights the creative ways that these ancient peoples used their natural resources, describing the vast works in stone created by the Egyptians, the development of technology in bronze and iron, and the introduction of useful plants into regions outside their natural habitat. In chapters on mathematics, astronomy, and medicine, he offers interesting explanations about how modern calculations of time derive from the ancient world, how the Egyptians practiced scientific surgery, and how the Babylonians used algebra. The book concludes with a discussion of ancient religion, showing its evolution from the most primitive forms toward monotheism. [via]
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Complete Greek Tragediesby EuripideISBN 0226307727 (0-226-30772-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Early Greek Philosophyby Jonathan BarnesISBN 0140448152 (0-14-044815-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Greek Philosophy'Book summary:Zeno's extraordinary and disturbing paradoxes, the atomic theories of Democritus that so strikingly anticipate contemporary physics, the enigmatic and haunting epigrams of Heraclitus - these are just some of the riches to be found in this collection of writings of the early Greek philosophers. Jonathan Barnes's masterly Introduction shows how the most skilled detective work is often needed to reconstruct the ideas of these thinkers from the surviving fragments of their work. But the effort is always worth while. In forging the first truly scientific vocabulary and offering rational arguments for their views, the pre-Socratics were doing something new and profoundly important; they also posed the questions that have remained at the centre of philosophy to this day. [via]
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Euripidesby EuripidesISBN 0674990102 (0-674-99010-2)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Euripides Iby EuripidesISBN 0226307808 (0-226-30780-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Euripides IIby Richmond Lattimore, Euripides, David GreneISBN 0226307816 (0-226-30781-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Euripides IV: Four Tragedies Rhesus, the Suppliant Women, Orestes and Iphigenia in Aulisby Richmond Lattimore, Euripides, David Grene, Frank JonesISBN 0226307832 (0-226-30783-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Euripides IV: Four Tragedies Rhesus, the Suppliant Women, Orestes and Iphigenia in Aulis'Book summary:In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.[via]More editions of Euripides IV: Four Tragedies Rhesus, the Suppliant Women, Orestes and Iphigenia in Aulis:
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Euripides V: Electra, the Phoenician Women, the Bacchaeby Richmond Lattimore, Euripides, David GreneISBN 0226307840 (0-226-30784-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146Bcby Adrian GoldsworthyISBN 0304366420 (0-304-36642-0)
Softcover, Cassell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146Bc'Book summary:Adrian Goldsworthy is one of the best young historians writing today. John Keegan[via]
The Fall of Carthage was the greatest conflict of the ancient world, and thanks to one of the finest historians of our time, this sweeping saga comes to life anew for modern audiences. The cast of endlessly fascinating characters includes the generals Hannibal and Scipio, as well as treacherous chieftains, beautiful princesses, scheming politicians, and tough professional warriors.More editions of The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146Bc:
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Find Out About Mesopotamia: What Life Was Like in Ancient Sumer, Babylon and Assyriaby Lorna Oakes, John HaywoodISBN 1842159178 (1-84215-917-8)
Softcover, Southwater Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Find Out About Mesopotamia: What Life Was Like in Ancient Sumer, Babylon and Assyria'Book summary:Explore the land between the Two Rivers--one of the most ancient of all civilizations--and investigate why the Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians were among the first to develop writing, mathematics and the science of astronomy. the Earth--the Arctic. [via]
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Great Dialogues of Platoby PlatoISBN 0451625226 (0-451-62522-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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"There has been no adequate translation of Plato since Jowett...and I think Rouse has done it." --Dudley Fitts
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Great Dialogues of Platoby W.H.D. RouseISBN 0451628276 (0-451-62827-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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"There has been no adequate translation of Plato since Jowett...and I think Rouse has done it." --Dudley Fitts
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Great Dialogues of Plato : Complete Texts of the Republic, Apology, Crito Phaido, Ion and Menoby W. H. D. Rouse, Eric H. Warmington, Philip G. RouseISBN 0451527453 (0-451-52745-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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"There has been no adequate translation of Plato since Jowett...and I think Rouse has done it." --Dudley Fitts
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The Great Pyramidby Elizabeth Mann, Laura Loturco, Laura Lo TurcoISBN 0965049310 (0-9650493-1-0)
Hardcover, Mikaya Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Pyramid'Book summary:Nearly 50 stories high, The Great Pyramid was built more than 4,500 years ago, made from over 2,300,00 giant stone blocks and constructed by primitive farmers. Some believe aliens from outer space created it, but the true story of the Great Pyramid is even more fascinating than the speculation.
A nation of farmers living on the green edge of a harsh desert had a king who was a god in life and death. Tens of thousands of farmers left their homes each year to chisel hard stone without iron tools and move 10-ton blocks up steep grades without the use of a wheel.
Elizabeth Mann captures the marvel that is The Great Pyramid and the people that built it. She tells the story of a world that is strange, distant and yet poignantly human. In the process, The Great Pyramid and the Old Kingdom become more than dusty remnants of an ancient civilization; they come alive.
Laura Lo Turco's shimmering paintings are a perfect visual complement to the text, combining reality with a sense of awe and mystery. Photographs of haunting 4,500-year old walls and statues let Ancient Egypt remind the young reader that these people were indeed real.
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The winner of numerous awards, this series is renowned for Elizabeth Mann's ability to convey adventure and excitement while revealing technical information in engaging and easily understood language. The illustrations are lavishly realistic and accurate in detail but do not ignore the human element. Outstanding in the genre, these books are sure to bring even the most indifferent young reader into the worlds of history, geography, and architecture.
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Greece and the Hellenistic Worldby John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0192821652 (0-19-282165-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greece and the Hellenistic World'Book summary:From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world has established the foundations of our culture, as well as many of its enduring achievements. Astonishingly in-depth in its coverage of the entire 1000-year history of the classical world and richly illustrated, The Oxford History of the Classical World offers the general reader the definitive companion to the Graeco-Roman world, its history, and its achievements.
The first volume, Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World, covers the period from the eighth to first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. It also treats the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the Great.
The second volume, Classical Rome, covers early Rome and Italy, the expansion of the Roman republic, the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus, its consolidation in the first two centuries A.D., and the later Empire and its influence on Western civilization.
The editors--three eminent classicists, John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray--intersperse chapters on political and social history with chapters on literature, philosophy, and the arts, and reinforce the historical framework with maps and chronological charts. The two volumes also contain bibliographies and a full index, as well as color plates, black and white illustrations, and maps integrated into the text.
The contributors--thirty of the world's leading scholars--present the latest in modern scholarship through masterpieces of wit, brevity, and style. While concentrating on the aspects essential to understanding each period, they also focus on those elements of the classical world that remain of lasting importance and interest to readers today. Together, these volumes provide both a provocative and entertaining window into our past. [via]More editions of Greece and the Hellenistic World:
Greek Mythsby Robert GravesISBN 0918825806 (0-918825-80-6)
Hardcover, Moyer Bell
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Hesiod and Theognisby Dorothea WenderISBN 0140442839 (0-14-044283-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hesiod and Theognis'Book summary: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 powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's "Works and Days", written to advise his indolent brother Perseus, is an intriguing, sophisticated combination of ethical maxims, social and political comment and superstitious law. Elegiac rather than epic, the works of Theognis - written some two centuries after Hesiod - include theological speculations, love lyrics and moral advice for his protege Kurnos, reflecting the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society. [via]
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History of the Persian Empireby Arthur T. OlmsteadISBN 0226627772 (0-226-62777-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Persian Empire'Book summary:Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view.[via]
"The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."M. RostovtzeffMore editions of History of the Persian Empire:
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I, Claudiusby Robert GravesISBN 067972477X (0-679-72477-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Claudius'Book summary:Having never seen the famous 1970s television series based on Graves' historical novel of ancient Rome and being generally uneducated about matters both ancient and Roman, I wasn't prepared for such an engaging book. But it's a ripping good read, this fictional autobiography set in the Roman Empire's days of glory and decadence. As a history lesson, it's fabulous; as a novel it's also wonderful. Best is Claudius himself, the stutterer who let everyone think he was an idiot (to avoid getting poisoned) but who reveals himself in the narrative to be a wry and likable observer. His story continues in Claudius the God. [via]
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Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - I, Claudius: ISBN 0140003185 (0-14-000318-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Books - I, Claudius: ISBN 0394608119 (0-394-60811-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - I, Claudius: ISBN 0413370704 (0-413-37070-4)
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Marcus Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bokes of Dutiesby Nicolas Grimalde, Gerald O'Gorman, Marcus Tullius CiceroISBN 0918016932 (0-918016-93-2)
Hardcover, Folger Books
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Metaphysicsby Aristotle, Hugh Lawson-TancredISBN 0140446192 (0-14-044619-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metaphysics'Book summary:Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, "The Metaphysics" is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought, translated from the with an introduction by Hugh Lawson-Tancred in "Penguin Classics". "The Metaphysics" presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are ultimately material. He argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms, and in so doing he probed some of the deepest questions of philosophy: What is existence? How is change possible? And are there certain things that must exist for anything else to exist at all? The seminal notions discussed in "The Metaphysics" - of 'substance' and associated concepts of matter and form, essence and accident, potentiality and actuality - have had a profound and enduring influence, and laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy. Hugh Lawson-Tancred's lucid translation is accompanied by a stimulating introduction in which he highlights the central themes of one of philosophy's supreme masterpieces. Aristotle (384-22 BC) studied at the Academy of Plato for 20 years and then established his own school and research institute, 'The Lyceum'. His writings, which were of extraordinary range, profoundly affected the whole course of ancient and medieval philosophy and are still eagerly studied and debated by philosophers today. If you enjoyed "The Metaphysics", you might like Aristotle's "The Nicomachean Ethics", also available in "Penguin Classics". [via]
Metaphysics Books Z and Hby Aristotle, David BostockISBN 0198239475 (0-19-823947-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptby Lorna Oakes, Lucia GahlinISBN 0754811875 (0-7548-1187-5)
Softcover, Lorenz Books
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Oedipus Rexby SophoclesISBN 0486268772 (0-486-26877-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus Rex'Book summary:'Sophocles, in a play that won only second prize, created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama. In it he played on certain latent terrors that are part of man's nature in all kinds of societies and at all epochs; terrors whose influence may pervade our lives in ways we scarcely guess ...' These words come from the introduction to Dr Dawe's edition of Oedipus Rex. In an attempt to analyse why this play '...has exercised such a powerful and long-lasting fascination on the human mind' Dr Dawe devotes his introduction to an examination of the content of the story and to the technique displayed by Sophocles in the unfolding of the plot. The commentary deals authoritatively with problems of language and expression. This is an edition for classical scholars, undergraduates, and students in the upper forms of schools. The Introduction requires no knowledge of Greek and may be read by anyone interested in Greek literature and drama. [via]
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Oedipus the King: Uses And Abusesby Sophocles, Bernard KnoxISBN 0671888048 (0-671-88804-8)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Oedipus the King.by Anthony BurgessISBN 0816606676 (0-8166-0667-6)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Oedipus the Kingby Bernard KnoxISBN 0808509004 (0-8085-0900-4)
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Oedipus the King: Uses And Abusesby Stephen Berg, Sophocles, Diskin ClayISBN 0195054938 (0-19-505493-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus the King: Uses And Abuses'Book summary:Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the sense of poetry evident in the originals. Under the editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shaprio, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on difficult passages, ample stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical names and geographical references encountered in the dialogue.
Sophocles' Oedipus the King paves the way as the first in the series to appear in paperback. In this highly-acclaimed translation of the greatest of all Greek tragedies, Stephen Berg--the well-known poet--and Diskin Clay--the distinguished classicist--combine their talents to offer the contemporary reader a dazzling version of Sophocles' timeless work. Emphasizing the intensity of the spoken language, they capture the unrelenting power of Sophoclean drama.
No other English translation conveys the same terrifying emotional level, especially in the choral odes, the forceful descriptions of Jokasta's death, the blinding of Oedipus, and the final scene of desolation. Berg and Clay's translation--now available for the first time in paperback--both adheres strictly to the original meaning of the play and breathes new life into its language. [via]More editions of Oedipus the King: Uses And Abuses:
Oedipus Tyrannus - a New Translation: Passages from Ancient Authors - Religion And Psychologyby Sophocles, Luci Berkowitz, Theodore F. BrunnerISBN 0393098745 (0-393-09874-5)
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The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic Worldby Jasper Griffin, John Boardman, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0192852477 (0-19-285247-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World'Book summary:From the epic poems of Homer through the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world established the foundations of our culture as well as many of its most enduring achievements. Now available in a smaller, more convenient format, the astonishingly in-depth and widely praised Oxford History of the Classical World offers the general reader the definitive companion to the Graeco-Roman world.
The first volume, Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World, covers the period from the eighth to the first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. It also treats the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquested by Alexander the Great.
The second volume, Classical Rome, covers early Rome and Italy, the expansion of the Roman republic, the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus, its consolidation in the first two centuries A.D., and the later Empire and its influence on Western civilization.
The editors, John Boardman, Jasper Griffen, and Oswyn Murray--all eminent classicists--intersperse chapters on political and social history with sections on literature, philosophy, and the arts, and reinforce the historical framework with maps and historical charts. The two volumes also offer bibliographies and a full index, as well as black and white photographs integrated into the text.
The contributors--thirty of the world's leading scholars--present the latest in modern scholarship through masterpieces of wit, brevity, and style. While concentrating on the aspects essential to the understanding of each period, they also focus on those elements of the classical world that remain of lasting importance and interest to readers today. Together, these volumes provide both a provocative and entertaining window into our classical heritage. [via]More editions of The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World:
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The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic Worldby John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0192801376 (0-19-280137-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World'Book summary:From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical Greek world established the foundations of our culture as well as many of its most enduring achievements.
Now, in this vivid volume, readers can embrace the spirit of the classical world, from the eighth to the first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. This work also treats the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the Great. The editors, all celebrated classicists, intersperse chapters on political and social history with sections on literature, philosophy, and the arts, and reinforce the historical framework with maps and historical charts. Moreover, the contributors--thirty of the world's leading scholars--present the latest in modern scholarship through masterpieces of wit, brevity, and style. Together with hundreds of excellent illustrations, these entries provide both a provocative and entertaining window into our classical heritage. [via]More editions of The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World:
The Oxford History of the Classical Worldby John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayISBN 019814380X (0-19-814380-X)
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The Oxford History of the Classical Worldby Oswyn Murray, John Boardman, Jasper GriffinISBN 0198721129 (0-19-872112-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of the Classical World'Book summary:This overview of ancient European history is divided into three roughly equal parts on Greece, Greece and Rome, and Rome, an organizational scheme that underscores the historical progression by which the Greek city-states forged empires that the Romans would later inherit. Within this broad outline, authors Oswyn Murray, John Boardman, and Jasper Griffin, all distinguished Oxford University scholars, outline patterns of trade and colonization, look at the rise of philosophical schools and religions, and examine key works of literature. Oxford History of the Classical World, heavily illustrated with photographs and maps, is a fine reference, complete with compact chronologies. [via]
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The Oxford History of the Classical World Vol. 2 : The Roman Worldby John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0192821660 (0-19-282166-0)
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Penguin Atlas of Ancient Historyby Colin McEvedyISBN 0140511512 (0-14-051151-2)
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The Persian Empireby J. M. CookISBN 0460044486 (0-460-04448-6)
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Plato Complete Worksby Plato, D.S. Hutchinson, John M. CooperISBN 0872203492 (0-87220-349-2)
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Plays: One/Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Prometheus Boundby Aeschylus, Kenneth McLeish, Frederic RaphaelISBN 0413651908 (0-413-65190-8)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Prometheus Bound/the Suppliants/Seven Against Thebes/the Persiansby Philip VellacottISBN 0140441123 (0-14-044112-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prometheus Bound/the Suppliants/Seven Against Thebes/the Persians'Book summary:[via]Your kindness to the human race has earned you this.
A god who would not bow to the gods anger you
Transgressing right, gave privileges to mortal menAeschylus (525456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daughters of Danaus who must flee to escape enforced marriages, while Seven Against Thebes shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus. And The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the aftermath of the defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, with a sympathetic portrayal of its disgraced King Xerxes.
Philip Vellacotts evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction, with individual discussions of the plays, and their sources in history and mythology.
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The Punic Warsby Adrian GoldsworthyISBN 030435967X (0-304-35967-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Rise of the Greeksby Michael GrantISBN 1842122657 (1-84212-265-7)
Softcover, Phoenix Pr
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republicby Tom HollandISBN 038550313X (0-385-50313-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic'Book summary:A masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of perhaps the greatest civilization ever and the events and people that led to its transformation from a republic to an empire.
On a dark January morning, Julius Caesar, the governor of Gaul, rode with his closest aides towards a river named the Rubicon, which marked the line of the frontier with Italy. A governor was forbidden to lead troops out of his allotted province to break this severest of laws was tantamount to a declaration of civil war. Caesar was a gambler, however. Like the consummate actor on the public stage he had always been, he quoted a line from one of Menander's plays: "It's time to roll the die." Then he ordered the legion behind him to advance, over the river and on towards Rome. Crossing the Rubicon was a step so consequential that it has come to stand for every fateful step in history since. When Caesar rolled his die, the result was indeed a civil war, one that would end up destroying Rome's traditional freedoms and establishing a permanent dictatorship on the wreckage of her constitution.
In Rubicon, Cambridge- and Oxford-educated historian and novelist Tom Holland gives us a harrowing and exciting account of the fall of the Republic, one that begins in 100 BC, the approximate birthdate of the generation that was to bring about the Republic's ruin. He then traces the development of these men into the ruling minds of the Republic, and the occurrence at the Rubicon that marked the end of the expansionism for which they had fought. Rubicon captures the suspense and drama of Rome's most famous political rivalries and shows its vibrant and charged atmosphere, all the while featuring some of the most celebrated personalities in historyJulius Caesar, Cicero, Spartacus, Cleopatra, Brutus, Pompey, Virgil, and Augustus. As America embarks on its own imperial adventures, Rubicon is the chronicle of Rome for which we have all been waitingcarefully researched and wildly compelling. [via]More editions of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic:
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Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republicby Tom HollandISBN 0316861308 (0-316-86130-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown Uk
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Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Guide to the Temples and Tombs of the Pharoahsby Lorna OakesISBN 0754806715 (0-7548-0671-5)
Hardcover, Lorenz Books
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Sophoclesby Sophocles, David R. Slavitt, Palmer BovieISBN 0812216539 (0-8122-1653-9)
Softcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigoneby Sophocles, David Greene, Richard LattimoreISBN 0226307921 (0-226-30792-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation
"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."Times Education Supplement
"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian
"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."Commonweal
"Grene is one of the great translators."Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times
"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book ReviewMore editions of Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone:
Sophocles' Antigoneby Sophocles, Judith Affleck, P. E. EasterlingISBN 0521010721 (0-521-01072-1)
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The Story of the World: Activity Book One Ancient Times; From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise Bauer, Terri Johnson, Sheila Graves, Joyce Crandell, Lisa LogueISBN 1933339055 (1-933339-05-5)
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This comprehensive, 8.5" x 11" curriculum guide and activity book contains map activities, coloring pages, games, projects, review questions, cross-references to illustrated encyclopedias, and extensive book lists. Children and parents love the activities, ranging from cooking projects to crafts, board games to science experiments, and puzzles to projects.
Each Story of the World Activity Book provides a full year of history study when combined with the Textbook, Audiobook, and Testseach available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Activity Book. Activity Book 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-5. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps [via]More editions of The Story of the World: Activity Book One Ancient Times; From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor:
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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child Ancient Times from the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff WestISBN 1933339004 (1-933339-00-4)
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Suppliants and Other Dramas: Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Fragments With Prometheus Bound Traditionally Ascribed to Aischylosby Aeschylus, Michael LewisISBN 0460877550 (0-460-87755-0)
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Temples and Sacred Centres of Ancient Egyptby Lorna OakesISBN 1842157574 (1-84215-757-4)
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Theogony and Works and Daysby Hesiod, M.L. WestISBN 0192839411 (0-19-283941-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theogony and Works and Days'Book summary:[via]Written in the late eighth century BC by Hesiod, one of the oldest known of Greek poets, Theogony and Works and Days represent the earliest account of the origin of the Greek gods, and an invaluable compendium of advice for leading a moral life, both offering unique insights into archaic Greek society. There are a number of modern translations of Hesiod available, rendered in serviceable English, but until now no one has created a work of literature equal to the original. This translation is the result of a unique collaboration between a classicist and a poet, capturing in English fourteeners the works true poetic flavor while remaining faithful to the Greek text and the archaic world in which it was composed.This translation contains a general introduction, a translators introduction, notes, and a glossary. It will be of interest to general readers, students of and specialists in classical literature, and lovers of poetry.
"This Schlegel-Weinfield translation of Hesiod is superbly crafted: compelling, unforgettable poetry to be read aloud with delight and gratitude."
Allen Mandelbaum, Endowed Kenan Professor of Humanities, Wake Forest University
"This exciting and unique collaboration between a classical philologist and a poet will not just provide insight into archaic Greek society, but also offer something new: the opportunity to experience the richness of Hesiod's style, language, and modes of thought with remarkable fidelity to the ancient Greek. Weinfield and Schlegel make Hesiod sing."
Carole Newlands, Classics Department, University of Wisconsin
"Schlegel and Weinfield have produced one of the most remarkable of a current resurgence of translations from the classics, allowing the modern world to hear a poet who may have known Homer. Hesiods song makes us understand why the Greeks thought a poet could draw dolphins through the seas or raise the walls of Thebes. Weinfield translates by ear and transfers what he hears to the page, resonant fourteeners, a worthy echo of the past."Charles Stanley Ross, Professor, Department of English, and Director, Comparative Literature, PurdueUniversity
Catherine Schlegel is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Notre Dame. Henry Weinfield is Professor and Chair of Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame, and translator of The Collected Poems of Stephane Mallarme.More editions of Theogony and Works and Days:
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The Upanisadsby Valerie J. RoebuckISBN 0140447490 (0-14-044749-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Upanishadsby Frederick Manchester, PrabhavanandaISBN 0451528484 (0-451-52848-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The principal texts selected and translated from the original Sanskrit, Upanishad means "sitting near devotedly", which conjures images of the contemplating student listening with rapt attention to the teachings of a spiritual master. These are widely considered to be philosophical and spiritual meditations of the highest order.More editions of The Upanishads:
Upanishadsby Juan MascaroISBN 0140441638 (0-14-044163-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Upanishadsby PrabhavanandaISBN 0451626079 (0-451-62607-9)
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The Upanishads: Selectionsby Alistair Shearer, Peter RussellISBN 0609611070 (0-609-61107-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Upanishads: Selections'Book summary:The Upanishads are the oldest and clearest expression of the perennial philosophy that is the inner core of all the great religions. Passed down by word of mouth for five thousand years, they teach of an absolute and unified field of intelligence that underlies and permeates all creation. This divine ground is our own nature, and to bring our lives into conscious harmony with it is the ultimate purpose of human existence.
This lucid translation captures both the poetry and the precision of the original, rendering accessible an extraordinary body of spiritual wisdom as never before. Speaking from the depth of the everlasting NOW, the Upanishads make the mind soar and the heart sing, and point the soul to freedom. [via]More editions of The Upanishads: Selections:
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian Warby Victor Davis HansonISBN 1400060958 (1-4000-6095-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
Hansons perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like Americas own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this centurys red stateblue state schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.
Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war. [via]More editions of A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War:
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians And Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian Warby Victor HansonISBN 0812969707 (0-8129-6970-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A War Like No Other: How the Athenians And Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other.
Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
Hansons perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like Americas own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this centurys red stateblue state schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.
Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war.
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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greeceby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0520219112 (0-520-21911-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece'Book summary:The origins of Western warfare lie in classical Greece, on the battlefields of Marathon and Delion, and in the strange, terrible head-on collision of Thebans and Spartans at Koroneia. Instead of the ambush, skirmish, or single combat between heroes, the Greeks of the classical age devised a ferocious, brutal, brief, and very destructive form of combat that used armed men of all ages. With this technique, they invented the central act of Western warfare--the decisive infantry battle.
In this bold and original study, Victor Davis Hanson presents a new interpretation of Greek warfare and what took place on the battlefield. He argues that the same concept that shaped democracy--an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute--also spawned the horrific nature of hoplite phalanx battles, and that Western culture may have learned the wrong lessons from them.
The Western Way of War draws from an extraordinary range of sources--Greek poetry, drama, and vase painting, as well as historical records--to fashion the first dramatic narrative of the actual mechanics of classical Greek warfare. Approaching his subject from the vantage point of the infantryman, Hanson explores everything from the brutal spear-thrusting and shield-pushing in the phalanx, and the difficulty of fighting in bronze armor, to the mass panic and hysteria. He describes the physical condition and age of the men and their commanders, their weapons, their capabilities, their spirit and morale, and their wounds; and covers the social and political aspects of the soldier's experience, revealing how profoundly the simple, brief, and brutal misery of infantry battle defined a man's entire relationship with his family, his community, and his country.
Hanson's compelling account of what happened on the killing fields of the ancient Greeks raises new issues and questions old assumptions about the raison d'être for war. [via]More editions of The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece:
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Who Can Speak?: Authority and Critical Identityby Judith Roof, Robyn WiegmanISBN 0252064879 (0-252-06487-9)
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Obras Completasby Plato, Maria AraujoISBN 8403010028 (84-03-01002-8)
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