The Greek wars

the failure of Persia

The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as ...

Hippocrates on ancient medicine

The Hippocratic treatise On Ancient Medicine, a key text in the history of early Greek thought, mounts a highly coherent attack on the attempt to base medical practice on principles drawn from natural philosophy. This volume presents an up-to-date Greek text of On Ancient Medicine ...

Athenian democratic origins

and other essays

In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources ...

Women, crime, and punishment in Ancient Law and society

.Vol.2: Ancient Greece

Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civilizations. Throughout history women have been affected by crime both as victims and as offenders. Yet, in the ancient world, customary ...

Historia antigua de Grecia y Roma

El presente manual de Historia Antigua de Grecia y Roma responde exclusivamente a un objetivo, a saber, eí de cubrir la necesidad de facilitar a los alumnos de primer curso de Facultades de Historia un texto riguroso y asequible, que les permita adaptarse a las ...

A companion to the hellenistic world

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Drawing on the very latest research, a ...

Homo Necans

rites sacrificiels el mythes de la Grèce ancienne

Walter Burkert a publié en 1972 Homo Necans. Intetpretationen altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen. Ce livre a connu un succès considérable, et a été traduit dans de nombreuses langues, assurant à son auteur sa réputation internationale de spécialiste des mythes et des rites grecs. Mais alors ...

A history of the classical Greek world

478-323 BC

This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. The author describes the years which witnessed the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the establishment ...

The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek Law

This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international ...

Greek political thought

While ancient Greek thought is widely acknowledged as the major source of political ideals such as freedom and equality, ancient Greek practices including slavery, the subordination of women, and imperialism have been condemned as undemocratic and immoral. So is ancient Greek political thought still relevant ...

Aspasie de Milet

égérie de Périclès: histoire d'une femme, histoire d'un mythe

Voilà quelqu'un qui n'était privilégié ni par un rang social ni une fortune exceptionnels ; qui vivait dans une société où les femmes n'avaient guère de chances de faire connaître leur nom ou de passer à la postérité ; qui ne nous a laissé ...

Odysseus unbound

the search for Homer's Ithaca

Where is the Ithaca described in such detail in Homer's Odyssey? The mystery has baffled scholars for over two millennia, particularly because Homer's descriptions bear little resemblance to the modern island called Ithaki. This highly illustrated book tells the extraordinary story of the ...

Aristocracy and athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece

Athletics represented an important institution through which the Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political position. Victory had always involved the use of those in lower classes, such as charioteers, jockeys, and trainers. In the late archaic and early classical period, the relationship between ...

Strabos's cultural geography

the making of a Kolossourgia

Strabo of Amasia, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian period, observed the Roman world of his time. He collected his observations in his magnum opus, the Geography, which he described as a 'Kolossourgia', a colossal statue of a work. This term reflects not only the ...

Historia mítica de Argos

de Ínaco a Orestes

Cuéntame en esta historia las hazañas que llevaron a cabo y las vicisitudes por las que pasaron en la regencia de su país los insignes y gloriosos héroes de la cepa argiva, la más antigua de las estirpes heroicas griegas, intentando el autor, mostrarnos la ...

Campesinos en la ciudad

bases agrarias de la pólis griega y la infantería hoplita

Hablar de campesinos en la ciudad puede parecer una paradoja, no sólo porque la ubicación obligada de los agricultores debería ser en el campo, sino porque un modelo muy difundido ha postulado la subordinación del campesinado al sistema urbano. Este libro discute esta percepción a ...

Los griegos

La civilización griega ha sido objeto de fascinación a lo largo de los siglos, no sólo por el esplendor y el grado de complejidad que alcanzó, sino porque allí se encuentran las fuentes y las raíces de nuestra propia cultura. La obra del profesor Kitto ...

El mundo helenístico

La gesta de Alejandro extendió la civilización griega hasta los límites del mundo entonces conocido. Desde Alejandro hasta Augusto, el período helenístico abarca tres siglos. Lejos de ser una época de decadencia, incluso de transición, la civilización helenística, particularmente creadora, constituye un todo de cuyas ...

Gladiateurs

des sources à l'expérimentation

La gladiature a duré plus de huit siècles et s'est déroulée dans tous les pays du monde méditerranéen. Elle fut aussi populaire que peut l'être le football aujourd'hui. Popularisés et totalement déformés par la peinture et le cinéma, les jeux du cirque ...

Roma

Roma, la capital del Imperio romano, se presenta en teste volumen como el centro neurálgico de una civilización avanzada y compleja a través de 350 fotografías de sus principales monumentos, esculturas, relieves, pinturas, mosaicos, monedas y objetos cotidianos. El volumen so organiza en grandes secciones ...