Download or read book Kimon s Greek Table written by Kimon Riefenstahl and published by TeNeues. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek soul food for the home, from enjoyable breakfasts to refined mezze to sensual, sweet desserts Over 80 recipes bring that Mediterranean holiday feeling right to your table With humorous anecdotes, step-by-step instructions, and charming stories from the Aegean coast Impressively photographed by the renowned London travel and food photographer Christopher Kennedy, whose atmospheric images skillfully capture the lifestyle of northern Greece
Download or read book Chronological Tables of Greek History written by Carl Peter and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dagger of The Slave written by D. E. Loxwood and published by Google. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in the "Sunset on Sparta" series, in 464 BCE, Sparta tries to annihilate the Messenian rebels on Mount Ithome, a Messenian woman goes to extreme lengths in a bid to save her man, and a beautiful Spartan woman determines to achieve revenge at all costs. First in the series, "Heart of the Messenian" should be read before commencing this novel.
Download or read book Ancient Greece written by Matthew Dillon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main historical periods and social phenomena of ancient Greece. The material is taken from a variety of sources: historians, inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama and poetry. It includes the major literary authors, but also covers a wide selection of writers, including many non-Athenian authors. Whilst focusing on the main cities of ancient Greece - Athens and Sparta- the sourcebook also draws on a wide range of material concerning the Greeks in Egypt, Italy, Sicily, Asia Minor and the Black Sea. Ancient Greece covers not only the chronological, political history of ancient Greece, but also explores the full spectrum of Greek life through topics such as gender, social class, race and labour. This revised edition includes: Two completely new chapters - "The Rise of Macedon" and "Alexander ′the Great′, 336-323" BC New material in the chapters on The City-State, Religion in the Greek World, Tyrants and Tyranny, The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath, Labour: Slaves, Serfs and Citizens, and Women, Sexuality and the Family It is structured so that: Thematically arranged chapters arranged allow students to build up gradually knowledge of the ancient Greek world Introductory essays to each chapter give necessary background to understand topic areas Linking commentaries help students understand the source extracts and what they reveal about the ancient Greeks Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great. Third Edition, will continue to be a definitive collection of source material on the society and culture of the Greeks.
Download or read book A History of Ancient Greek Literature written by Gilbert Murray and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Ancient Greek Literature is an exceptional and comprehensive textbook of Europe's oldest civilization. The book covers the ancient Greek literature from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. It begins with the earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, set in an idealized archaic past today identified as having some relation to the Mycenaean era. Homer's epics as well as the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, comprised the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition that would continue into the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. All above mentioned periods are presented in this book with a special emphasise on every particularly literary genre of ancient Greek literature - epic poetry, lyric poetry, drama, historiography and philosophy. Contents Homer Lesser Homeric Poems; Hesiod; Orpheus The Descendants of Homer, Hesiod, and Orpheus The Song The Beginnings of Prose Herodotus Philosophic and Political Literature to the Death of Socrates Thucydides The Drama Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Comedy Plato Xenophon The 'Orators' Demosthenes and His Contemporaries The Later Literature, Alexandrian and Roman
Download or read book The History of Ancient Greek Literature written by Gilbert Murray and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Ancient Greek Literature is an exceptional and comprehensive textbook of Europe's oldest civilization. The book covers the ancient Greek literature from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. It begins with the earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, set in an idealized archaic past today identified as having some relation to the Mycenaean era. Homer's epics as well as the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, comprised the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition that would continue into the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. All above mentioned periods are presented in this book with a special emphasise on every particularly literary genre of ancient Greek literature - epic poetry, lyric poetry, drama, historiography and philosophy. Contents Homer Lesser Homeric Poems; Hesiod; Orpheus The Descendants of Homer, Hesiod, and Orpheus The Song The Beginnings of Prose Herodotus Philosophic and Political Literature to the Death of Socrates Thucydides The Drama Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Comedy Plato Xenophon The 'Orators' Demosthenes and His Contemporaries The Later Literature, Alexandrian and Roman
Download or read book In Those Days written by Valerie Strong and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir takes the reader through childhood travel with an independent mother before World War II, to England, Barbados and France and on to adventures in Greece and Ohio which include animals, children and a Greek mother-in-law, concluding with the death of her father in 1985. The book starts with her childhood in Canada. Trips by steamship with her mother are described ending with fl ight from France just before the German occupati on and the perilous convoy back to the safety of Canada. The Canadian school, subsequent college and scholarship to France end in marriage to a Greek student. Aft er his appointment as history professor at Hiram College in Ohio she follows him through scholarships and grants to Madison Wisconsin, Brussels Belgium, Washington D.C. and the Gennadius library in Athens Greece. This book is insightf ul and humorous in the portrayal of travel and the mingling of families of diff erent backgrounds. Her life was infl uenced by two powerful women, her mother and her mother-in-law. Although from diff erent cultures, these women were ahead of their ti mes; strong willed and courageous. Subconsciously these women prepared her to carry on aft er the devastati ng end of her marriage and the unexpected death of her mother. When she found it diffi cult to make ends meet their example encouraged her to take successful rug buying trips to Iran and Turkey and later to start a career as a landscape designer. Aft er her father’s death she became a landscape designer, studying in Ohio, England and France. Some of her experiences in Northeast Ohio are recorded in All My Phlox, published by Kent University Press, 1999
Download or read book Arrested Song written by Irena Karafilly and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calliope is a young schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer, Calliope’s wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit, the Wehrmacht commander.
Download or read book The Philosophers of Greece written by Robert S. Brumbaugh and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1981-06-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of philosophy in ancient and classical Greece. Robert Brumbaugh brings out the intrinsic and current importance in the development of Western philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. He emphasizes the insights and ideas that have proven crucial to later Western thought and reveals the success of the classical thinkers in forming systematic philosophic syntheses. This book is a useful introduction to philosophy. The ancient Greek discoveries led to the major systems used by the West today.
Download or read book Street Naming and the Politics of Greek Cypriot Identity written by Stella Theocharous and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean written by Irad Malkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How useful is the concept of "network" for historical studies and the ancient world in particular? Using theoretical models of social network analysis, this book illuminates aspects of the economic, social, religious, and political history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Bringing together some of the most active and prominent researchers in ancient history, this book moves beyond political institutions, ethnic, and geographical boundaries in order to observe the ancient Mediterranean through a perspective of network interaction. It employs a wide range of approaches, and to examine relationships and interactions among various social entities in the Mediterranean. Chronologically, the book extends from the early Iron Age to the late Antique world, covering the Mediterranean between Antioch in the east to Massalia (Marseilles) in the west. This book was published as two special issues in Mediterranean Historical Review.
Download or read book The Charioteer written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annual review of modern Greek culture.
Download or read book Essays in Greek History written by William Kendrick Pritchett and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Professor Emeritus of Greek at Berkeley offers six original papers, the titles of which are indicative of the contents: - The Alleged Battle of Oinoa. - The General's Exhortations in Greek Warfare. - The General on the Battlefield. - Thucydides and Pylos. - The Roads of Akarnania. - Circumventions of the Thermopylai Pass. These studies are a by-product of Pritchett's studies on Greek military practices and Greek topography, and will be of interest to students of Greek historiography, since all involve problems of text and the veracity of the historians. The three topographical chapters, which are based on extensive autopsy and include some new discoveries, are accompanied with photographs and sketchmaps.
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Download or read book Athletics in Ancient Athens written by Donald G. Kyle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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