Category: Greek History

It's no myth: this lively refresher course fills in all you need to know about ancient studies-from Zeus's throne to the fall of Rome-in pithy little quips. It covers the impressive advances made by Greek and Roman societies, from language to medicine, from art to architecture. You'll learn:

The Greek alphabet, from alpha to omega

The history and characteristics that define Greek and Roman architecture and its influence on modern building

Greek and Latin words, which make up more than 30 percent of the words in the English language, and how you can build your vocab...
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Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer

By: Nicholas J. Saunders

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Basic Books: July 2006

Seller ID: 28357

ISBN: 046507202X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Alexander the Great is a towering figure in world history, but despite our long-held fascination with him, his burial site is unknown. Alexander's Tomb is the epic tale of the ongoing quest to unlock one of the world's great mysteries.
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Land of Lost Gods: The Search for Classical Greece

By: Richard Stoneman

Price: $7.50

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press:

Seller ID: 189198

ISBN: 4255969211

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Lives of the Caesars (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

By: Suetonius,

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Sterling Publishing: July 2004

Seller ID: 339066

ISBN: 0760757585

Condition: Used - Very Good

Written by a palace insider and published at the height of the Roman Empire, this title gives an individual portrait of each emperor. It is an account of the emperors that brings the mundane, tragic, and scandalous activities of Rome's elite - the emperors, their families, friends, enemies, successes, failures, loves, and ambitions - to life.
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Book Club)

By: Thomas Cahill

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Nan A. Talese: October 2003

Seller ID: 20270

ISBN: 0385495536

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philoso...
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History)

By: Thomas Cahill

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Anchor: July 2004

Seller ID: 20271

ISBN: 0385495544

Condition: Used - Very Good

In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining--and historically unassailable--journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.

In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation--yet t...
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The Life of Greece (The History of Civilization: Part II)

By: Will Durant

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Simon and Schuster:

Seller ID: 162224

ISBN: 4144178633

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Category: Greek History