Category: Greek History

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

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Category: Greek History

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Book Club)

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History)

The Life of Greece (The History of Civilization: Part II)