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  • Ancient Greece: The Definitive Visual History by

    A five-star guided tour of the ancient Greek civilization

    Embark upon a fascinating journey through ancient Greece - from its rise and fall to its lasting ...

    3 in stock - ships Mon 14th!
  • How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator by

    '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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 14th!
  • Phocion: Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy by

    Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall

    "Elegant and enlightening."-Dominic Green, Wall Street ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 14th!
  • Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis by

    Apuleius, one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was born ca. 125 AD in Madauros to a politically prominent family and received an elite ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 14th!
  • What the Greeks Did for Us by

    An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture

    Our contemporary world is ...

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  • The Greeks: A Global History by

    'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan

    'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University

    'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now

    The way we think ...

    1 in stock - ships Mon 14th!
  • Sieges of Alexander the Great by

    Most of Alexander the Great's thirteen year reign as king of Macedon was spent in hard campaigning which conquered half the known world, during ...

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  • Sparta's Kings by

    In ancient Greece, Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship two kings from different clans, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, reigning simultaneously. The institution ...

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  • Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction by

    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war ...

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  • The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by

    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 ...

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  • Bronze Lie Shattering The Myth Of Spartan Warrior Supremacy by

    Covering Sparta's full classical history, The Bronze Lie examines the myth of Spartan warrior supremacy. The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends ...

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  • The Histories by

    One of the great books in Western history and the very first work of non-fiction, in Tom Holland's compelling new translation

    The Histories of ...

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  • Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology by

    Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in ...

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  • Greek Lives by

    Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like ...

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  • On Sparta by

    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 ...

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