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The Acropolis : Global Fame, Local Claimby Eleana YalouriISBN 1859735959 (1-85973-595-9)
Softcover, Berg Publishers
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Aeschylus's the Oresteiaby Harold BloomISBN 0877549036 (0-87754-903-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Aeschylus, 1: The Oresteia Agamemmon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenidesby AeschylusISBN 0812234162 (0-8122-3416-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Aeschylus, 1: The Oresteia Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenidesby David R. SlavittISBN 081221627X (0-8122-1627-X)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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The Agora of Athensby Homer A. Thompson, Richard Ernest WycherleyISBN 0876612141 (0-87661-214-1)
Hardcover, David Brown Book Co
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Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Tradeby Virginia R. GraceISBN 0876616198 (0-87661-619-8)
Softcover, Amer School of Classical
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The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Romeby Peter Connolly, Hazel DodgeISBN 0195215826 (0-19-521582-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome'Book summary:Peter Connolly's marvelous full-color drawings of the public and private structures of Athens and Rome are the perfect illustrative counterpart to his detailed description of city life (cowritten by Hazel Dodge) in the classical era. The Ancient City covers the Greece of the golden years of Athens (approximately the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.), and the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Septimius Severus (27 B.C. to A.D. 211). In addition to such monuments as the Parthenon and the Colosseum, adolescent readers--and adults just beginning to study the ancient world--can learn about the two era's different forms of government, contemporary fashions, home life, and entertainment. [via]
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The Archaeology of Athensby John McK CampISBN 0300101511 (0-300-10151-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Athenian Agora: A Guide to the Excavation and Museumby John CampISBN 0876616562 (0-87661-656-2)
Softcover, Amer School of Classical
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Athenian Agora: Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athensby John CampISBN 0500276838 (0-500-27683-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Athenian Agora, a Short Guideby Homer A. ThompsonISBN 0876616368 (0-87661-636-8)
Softcover, David Brown Book Co
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The Athenian Constitutionby AristotleISBN 1419152785 (1-4191-5278-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Athenian Constitution'Book summary:[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city. [via]
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Athenian Identity and Civic Ideologyby Alan L. Boegenhold, Alan L. Boegehold, Adele C. ScafuroISBN 0801845785 (0-8018-4578-5)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Athens: A New Guideby Elizabeth Speller, Katharine Reeve, Miranda Bolter, Michael BywaterISBN 1862076804 (1-86207-680-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Athens: A History, From ancient Ideal to Modern Cityby Robin WaterfieldISBN 0465090648 (0-465-09064-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Ageby Christian Meier, Robert Kimber, Rita KimberISBN 0805048405 (0-8050-4840-5)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age'Book summary:Ancient Athens is remembered today as the cradle of a civilization that stands as an ideal of the reasoned life, as the source of radical transformations of thought that remain with us today in ideas of citizenship, freedom, political organization, and social obligation. Christian Meier gently reminds us, however, that in this context, Athens was a collective of landed citizens numbering fewer than 150,000 individuals spanning four generations in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C.
Meier's sweeping narrative begins with the decisive Athenian victory at the battle of Salamis, when a hastily assembled fleet held off the much mightier navy of the Persian emperor, Xerxes. It was in war, Meier suggests, that Athens first came to see itself as a place unlike any other. When they were not battling Persians, Athenians often fought neighboring city-states over, say, who would have the right to host a round of Olympic games or control shipping lanes. (The Athenians, quipped Thucydides, "were born into the world to take no rest themselves and to give none to others.") The Athenian penchant for fighting with their neighbors--and, when neighbors were otherwise occupied, amongst themselves--led to the city-state's decline at the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B.C., when Meier's saga draws to a close.
Meier brings a flair for storytelling to his thoroughgoing portrait of Athens's shining moment, with a cast of characters strong on well-known figures like Solon, Alcibiades, Euripides, and Socrates. Meier also writes with self-effacing modesty, noting that his is but one interpretation among many and that history that, as his does, "obeys the law of narrative sequence [is] the most time-honored perspective for curtailing understanding." Yet Athens does nothing of the sort, offering instead a fine overview of the complexities of Athenian life from which every reader of classical history will profit. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Athens from Alexander to Antonyby Christian Habicht, Deborah Lucas SchneiderISBN 0674051114 (0-674-05111-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Complete Writings: The Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Richard CrawleyISBN 0394309510 (0-394-30951-0)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Constitution of Athens and Related Textsby AristotleISBN 0028404203 (0-02-840420-3)
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athensby James DavidsonISBN 0060977663 (0-06-097766-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guides Greece: Athens & the Mainlandby Marc S. DubinISBN 0789494264 (0-7894-9426-4)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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El Sueno De Una Noche De Veranoby William ShakespeareISBN 8497644697 (84-9764-469-7)
Softcover, Edimat Libros
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Sueno De Una Noche De Verano'Book summary:For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including drama, fiction, poetry, and essays.[via]Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.More editions of El Sueno De Una Noche De Verano:
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Greece: Athens & the MainlandISBN 078941452X (0-7894-1452-X)
Softcover, Dk Pub
Find This BookBook summary:The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!
From ancient history to modern hotels, no travel reference accommodates your needs like DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Greece, Athens & the Mainland. With more than 750 full-color photographs, this accessible handbook guides you in and around Athens and throughout mainland Greece using street-by-street and 3-D maps to direct you to all the main sights. The extensive Athens section highlights the history, art, architecture, and culture of this extraordinary city with special layouts devoted to the National Archaeological Museum, the Acropolis, and the Parthenon. Beyond Athens, the guide takes you to the ancient and medieval ruins abundant throughout the Peloponnese peninsula, location of the ancient cities of Corinth and Olympia. Three special sections covering wetland wildlife, the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum, and Mount Athos, detail prime features of Northern Greece. Other chapters explore Greece's Byzantine architecture, history, cuisine, and wines, making this the most complete and invaluable guidebook to Greece on the market. [via]
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby ThucydidesISBN 1406809845 (1-4068-0984-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:The Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.) was the greatest "disturbance" in Greek history to that time. The bitter rivalry between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, and their respective allies ended with the ruin of Athens' naval hegemony and what the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460-400 b.c.e.) called a "convulsion" affecting all humankind.
Thucydides recreates the often savage events of the war and brings to life its chief protagonists: Pericles, Nicias, Cleon, Alcibiades, and others. The first of the "scientific" historians, Thucydides makes use of documentary material and relies on eyewitness accounts; even where direct documentary evidence is lacking, his keen understanding of human nature helps him to uncover the truth of what actually happened. [via]More editions of History of the Peloponnesian War:
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby W. Robert Connor, CrawleyISBN 0460871536 (0-460-87153-6)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:The Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.) was the greatest "disturbance" in Greek history to that time. The bitter rivalry between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, and their respective allies ended with the ruin of Athens' naval hegemony and what the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460-400 B.C.E.) called a "convulsion" affecting all humankind. With the detachment of a clinician and the dramatic skill of a poet, Thucydides recreates the often savage events of the war and brings to life its chief protagonists: Pericles, Nicias, Cleon, Alcibiades, and others. The first of the "scientific" historians, Thucydides makes use of documentary material and relies on eyewitness accounts; even where direct documentary evidence is lacking, his keen understanding of human nature helps him to uncover the truth of what actually happened. The loftiness of its ideals, its painstaking research, and its beauty of expression have made the History of the Peloponnesian War a work that is in the author's own words, "a possession for all time." [via]
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Hobbes's Thucydidesby Thucydides, Richard Schlatter, Thomas HobbesISBN 0813507839 (0-8135-0783-9)
Softcover, Rutgers University Press
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The Last of the Wineby Mary RenaultISBN 0375726810 (0-375-72681-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last of the Wine'Book summary:Alexis, a young Athenian of good family, reaches manhood during the last phases of the Peloponnesian war. He meets Lysis, a youth influenced by Socrates, and their relationship develops. [via]
Lonely Planet Athensby David Willett, Kim WildmanISBN 1864502959 (1-86450-295-9)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the Peopleby Josiah OberISBN 0691028648 (0-691-02864-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People'Book summary:This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," he focuses on the role of political and legal rhetoric. As jurymen and Assemblymen, the citizen masses of Athens retained important powers, and elite Athenian politicians and litigants needed to address these large bodies of ordinary citizens in terms understandable and acceptable to the audience. This book probes the social strategies behind the rhetorical tactics employed by elite speakers. A close reading of the speeches exposes both egalitarian and elitist elements in Athenian popular ideology. Ober demonstrates that the vocabulary of public speech constituted a democratic discourse that allowed the Athenians to resolve contradictions between the ideal of political equality and the reality of social inequality. His radical reevaluation of leadership and political power in classical Athens restores key elements of the social and ideological context of the first western democracy. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Peter Holland, David M. Bevington, Dominique Raccah, Marie MacaisaISBN 1402206895 (1-4022-0689-5)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:(Applause Books). This Applause edtiion allows the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborative, more malleable performance text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Readers and students are faced with real theatrical choices in each speech as the editors point out the challenges and opportunities to the actor and director at each juncture. Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare, they will be empowered to rehearse and direct their own productions of the imagination in the process. [via]
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Midsummer Night's Dreamby Harold BloomISBN 1594480095 (1-59448-009-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Not perhaps since Samuel Johnson in the mid eighteenth centruy has a critic explained to ta genera audience as ably as Mr. Bloom does how much Shakespeare matters to our sens of who we are [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Workbook for Studentsby Fredi Olster, Rick HamiltonISBN 157525042X (1-57525-042-X)
Softcover, Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Workbook for Students'Book summary:Conceived and written by two classically trained American stage actors, these workbooks are a student's gateway to Shakespeare. The side-by-side presentation of the original language and a "translation" into the vernacular allows the student grades 7 and up to quickly understand and appreciate the play.
Includes extensive instruction about Shakespearean English and character analyses, stage directions and other performance information that will make these books indispensable to the teacher and beginning student of Shakespeare for either English or theater curricula. [via]
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Midsummer Night's Dream Parallel Textby William ShakepeareISBN 0895988739 (0-89598-873-9)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, George Derwent Thomson, Richard SeafordISBN 1400041929 (1-4000-4192-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia'Book summary:Aeschylus, the earliest of the great Attic tragedians, presented his Oresteia at Athens' City Dionysia festival in 458 BCE. Born in the last quarter of the sixth century, Aeschylus had fought with the victorious Greeks in one and probably both of the Persian Wars (190 and 480-79). He died around 456 at about seventy years of age in Gela, Sicily. His epitaph records his role as a soldier at Marathon, not his artistic achievements, but these were many. The author of more than seventy plays, he won his first of thirteen tragic victories in 484. Of these plays, only seven remain. The Oresteia is Aeschylus' only complete surviving trilogy; the satyr play with which it was first performed, Proteus, is lost. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate the Oresteia for the modern stage. [via]
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The Orestiaby AeschylusISBN 1419176331 (1-4191-7633-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian Warby Donald KaganISBN 0801495563 (0-8014-9556-3)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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The Parthenonby Mary BeardISBN 186197292X (1-86197-292-X)
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The Peloponnesian Warby ThucydidesISBN 0075543729 (0-07-554372-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War'Book summary:A masterpiece of historical writing, Thucydides' account of the war fourth in the fifth century B.C. between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here in a new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information.
Thucydides' military and diplomatic acumen, his understanding of human psychology, and his narrative skill have shaped the writing of history for over two thousand years. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. "Interpretations" includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides by Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles N. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane.
The edition also includes fourteen maps, a chronology, a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index. [via]More editions of The Peloponnesian War:
- The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations: ISBN 0393971678 (0-393-97167-8)
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The Peloponnesian Warby Donald KaganISBN 0142004375 (0-14-200437-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War'Book summary:For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century B.C., Athens and Sparta fought a war that changed the Greek world and its civilization forever. A conflict unprecedented in its brutality, the Peloponnesian War brought a collapse in the institutions, beliefs, and customs that were the foundations of society. Today, scholars in fields ranging from international relations and political and military history to political philosophy continue to study the war for its timeless relevance to the history of our own time.
Now Donald Kagan, classical scholar and historian of international relations, ancient and modern, presents a sweeping new narrative of this epic contest that captures all its drama, action, and tragedy. In describing the rise and fall of a great empire he examines the clash between two disparate societies, the interplay of intelligence and chance in human affairs, the role of great human beings in determining the course of events, and the challenge of leadership and the limits in which it must operate. The result is an engrossing, fresh perspective on a key historical event that will be welcomed by general readers and history buffs alike-and anyone seeking a better understanding of the pivotal events that shaped the world as we know it. [via] -
The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BCby Donald KaganISBN 0007115059 (0-00-711505-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BC'Book summary:The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an accessible, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The author concentrates on the human cost of this first cataclysmic clash of two great empires, its unprecedented cruelty and the resulting utter destruction of Athenian civilisation. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2500 years ago between oligarchic Sparta and democratic Athens for control of Greece, is brought to life in this study. Kagan demonstrates the relevance of this cataclysmic event to modern times in all its horror and savagery. As two uncompromising empires fight a war of survival from diametrically opposing political, social and cultural positions, the seemingly invincible glory of Athens crumbles in tragedy. Athenian culture and politics was unmatched in originality and fertility, and is still regarded as one of the peak achievements of Western civilisation. Dramatic poets such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes raised tragedy and comedy to a level never surpassed; architects and sculptors were at work on the Acropolis; natural philosophers like Anaxagoras and Democritus were exploring the physical world and philosophers like Socrates were dissecting the realm of human affairs. All this was lost to this bloody conflict. Unprecedented cruelty and brutality marked this war, as anger, frustration and vengeance replaced established codes of behaviour. Bands of marauders murdered innocent children, entire cities were obliterated, men were killed, and women and children were sold as slaves. With such violence came a collapse of the habits, institutions, beliefs and restraints that were the pillars of civilised life. In this work, Kagan illustrates his ability to interpret these events as a part of the universality of human experience. His expertise in both the ancient world and the wars of the 20th century gives a vivid portrait of this pivotal war which has shaped the world as we know it. [via]
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The Peloponnesian War: Thucydidesby Thomas Hobbes, Thucydides, David GreneISBN 0226801063 (0-226-80106-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracyby Donald KaganISBN 0029168252 (0-02-916825-2)
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Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracyby KaganISBN 0684863952 (0-684-86395-2)
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the Westby Tom HollandISBN 0307279480 (0-307-27948-0)
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Propylaia to the Athenian Acropolis: The Predecessorsby William B. DinsmoorISBN 0876619405 (0-87661-940-5)
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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Livesby Ian Scott-KilvertISBN 0140441026 (0-14-044102-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Sparknotes a Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 1586634046 (1-58663-404-6)
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
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The Stoa of Attalos II in Athensby Homer A. ThompsonISBN 0876616023 (0-87661-602-3)
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The Stones of Athensby Richard Ernest WycherleyISBN 0691035539 (0-691-03553-9)
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Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian Warby Richard LivingstoneISBN 0195002180 (0-19-500218-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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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.
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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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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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Waterworks in the Athenian Agoraby Mabel LangISBN 0876616112 (0-87661-611-2)
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What Life Was Like: At the Dawn of Democracy Classical Athens 525-322 Bcby Time-Life BooksISBN 0783554532 (0-7835-5453-2)
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William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Bruce Coville, Dennis NolanISBN 0803717849 (0-8037-1784-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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