Ancient Greece – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 5

William Burghart
Pleonexia, the Abuse of Power, and the Downfall of Democracies in Ancient Greek Thought

From the collapse of governments in Thucydides' Histories to the moral dilemmas in Plato's Republic and the forecasts of the end of the Roman Republic in the works of Polybius and Diodorus Siculus, this v…

lieferbar ab 7.1.2027.

Buch

A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough

This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough in modern Humanities and its wide-ranging influence across studies of ancient religions, literature, histor…

lieferbar ab 20.7.2026.

Buch

Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm Debevoise
Fists of Glory

Fists of Glory provides a fascinating and intimate look at boxing from its origins in archaic Greece to its demise in late antiquity. Jean-Manuel Roubineau takes readers on a full sensory journey, replete…

lieferbar ab 1.10.2026.

Buch

Animation and the Ancient World

The representation of the ancient world in film has long been an established site of scholarly interest, but animation remains understudied. Given the medium's popularity and its role as an access point t…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

John J Winkler,
Rehearsals of Manhood

A bold reconception of ancient Greek drama by one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generationWhen John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a high…

lieferbar ab 8.12.2026.

Buch

Chiara Sulprizio,
Animation and the Ancient World

The representation of the ancient world in film has long been an established site of scholarly interest, but animation remains understudied. Given the medium's popularity and its role as an access point t…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

John O Hyland
Persia's Greek Campaigns

The wars between the Achaemenid Persian kings and the Greek city-states (c. 499-449 BCE)--especially Xerxes' invasion of Greece (480-479 BCE)--are often remembered as foundational events in Greek history,…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Mark Daniels
The Classical World Bite-Sized

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of Greek and Roman history, covering the people, events, art, and mythology that have shaped the Western world. Perhaps more than any o…

lieferbar ab 6.10.2026.

Buch

Philip Matyszak
24 Hours in Ancient Athens

Michael O'Mara

'Accessible, informative, enjoyable' - All About History _____________________ Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that …

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Mary Beard
Confronting the Classics

Mary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Alexand…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Anne Duncan
Tyranny and Theater in the Ancient World

Exploring persistent connections between absolute rulers and dramatic performance in Greek and Roman drama and history, Anne Duncan offers the reader a comprehensive insight into the juxtaposition between…

lieferbar ab 26.11.2026.

Buch

Andrea Kirk Assaf
365 Lessons From Stoics Pb

This compilation of 365 daily lessons on Stoic philosophy is designed to be started at any point in the year.The teachings of Stoic philosophy began and thrived in the Greek and Roman world until the 3rd …

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Ekphrasis in Ancient and Modern Literature

**This volume examines the interaction between literary and visual representation through ekphrasis in contemporary poetry and ancient literature, viewing ekphrasis as a dynamic and evolving concept rathe…

lieferbar ab 4.2.2027.

Buch

Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity

This book examines the links between experiencing immersion in antiquity and modernity. Immersive experiences are big business within today's creative economy. Forms range from immersive museum exhibition…

lieferbar ab 18.2.2027.

Buch

Henry Power
Homer-Haunted

'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on Homer as they were…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Ian Oliver
The Audiences of Herodotus

By recognizing the pervasive influence that Herodotus's career as an oral performer had on his composition of the Histories , The Audiences of Herodotus: Oral Performance and the Battle Narratives argues …

lieferbar ab 23.7.2026.

Buch

Alan J Ross
In Praise of Constantius

In Praise of Constantiusargues that prominent pagan orators in Late Antiquity used the performance of speeches of praise to control and respond to significant shifts in their own careers and in imperial p…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

David W F Stifler
Lucian and the Atticists

This book focuses on Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian writer of the Greek language in the second century CE, and his engagement with contemporary debates regarding the form and register of language best suite…

lieferbar ab 17.9.2026.

Buch

Robin Waterfield
The History of the Peloponnesian War

A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR An authoritative new translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative that vividly depicts the events of t…

lieferbar ab 8.10.2026.

Buch

Crafting Race in Plato and Aristotle

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of ground-breaking work to recover historical views on marginalized identities and to incorporate these topics into historical narratives. Yet, there has be…

lieferbar ab 9.10.2026.

Buch

Trefferliste "Ancient Greece" - alle Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr