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Aeschylus' Persians is unique in being the only extant Greek tragedy on an historical subject: Greece's victory in 480 BC over the great Persian King, Xerxes, eight years before the play was written and first performed in 472 BC. Looking at Persians examines how Aeschylus responded to such a turning point in Athenian history and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play's relationship with earlier lost trag...

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Tells the Greek story through the interconnecting lives of the men and women who shaped its politics and literature, its science and philosophy, its art and sport.

Fifty years before its golden age, Athens was just another city-state in Sparta's shadow. David Stuttard tells the story of the father and son who lifted Athens. Miltiades defeated the Persians at Marathon, Cimon drove them from Greece, revitalized the war-torn city, and moderated its foreign policy, creating the conditions for Athenian greatness.

The perfect companion to the Roman myths and the landscapes and ideas that shaped them.

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Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of Athens' Golden Age. A friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic, a skilled general, and a ruthless politician. He was also a serial traitor. David Stuttard tells a spellbinding story of Alcibiades' life and the turbulent world he set out to conquer.

The first book to tell the Greek story through the interconnecting lives of the men and women who shaped its politics and literature, its science and philosophy, its art and sport.

The Parthenon is one of the worlds most iconic buildings: today, its silhouette symbolizes Greece. This title takes the reader through the dramatic story of the conception and creation of the Parthenon, setting it against a turbule nt historical background and rooting the building firmly in the real and mythological landscape of Athens.

The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. In this book, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each.

On 2 September 31 BC, two superpowers, Egypt and Rome, met head-on for the first and last time in history. The outcome was the Battle of Actium, which would change the course of history and lead directly to the foundation of the Roman Empire. In a compelling new chronicle, brought vividly to life with expressive anecdotes and moving eye-witness accounts, 31 BC explores the chain of events that culminated in the fall of Egypt. A sequel to the p...

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Euripides' Medea is one of the most often read, studied and performed of all Greek tragedies. A searingly cruel story of a woman's brutal revenge on a husband who has rejected her for a younger and richer bride, it is unusual among Greek dramas for its acute portrayal of female psychology. Medea can appear at once timeless and strikingly modern. Yet, the play is very much a product of the political and social world of fifth century Athens and ...

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48i renkli 78 illüstrasyon esliginde...Antik Yunanin siyasi liderleri, yazarlari, sanatcilari ve filozoflari, sehir devletlerinden olusan kücük bir toplulugu tüm Akdenizi kapsayan ve mirasina bugün de dört bir yanda taniklik ettigimiz bir uygarliga dönüstürdüler. Peki, bu kisiler kimdi Yasamlari hakkinda ne biliyoruz Birbirleriyle nasil bir etkilesim icindeydilerAntik Yunan dünyasi oldukca genis bir cografyaya yayilmistir ve birbirinden farkli...

Een goed idee (...) dat goed heeft uitgepakt' - The Independent over De Griekse oudheid in vijftig levens In vijftig tot de verbeelding sprekende portretten beschrijft David Stuttard het klassieke Griekenland. Aan bod komen onder andere Pericles en Alexander de Grote, Empedocles en Plato, Herodotus en Sophocles, en Apelles en Archimedes, maar Stuttard beperkt zich niet tot de gebaande paden. Hij maakt ook ruimte voor Milo, een Olympisch wors...