The seer in ancient Greece

The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills ranging from examining the livers of sacrificed animals to spirit possession. Unlike the palm readers and mediums who exist on the ...

The western way of war

infantry battle in classical Greece

With an introduction by John Keegan and a new preface by the author. The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act ...

The greeks

an introduction to their culture

Offers a survey that covers various key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the Hellenistic period. This title provides discussions of the main trends in literature and drama, philosophy, art and architecture, with generous reference to original sources. It is ...

A companion to archaic Greece

Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Hans Van Wees. A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic ...

La Guerra de Troya

Trad., Lucía Graves. Robert Graves (Wimbledon, 1895 # Deià, 1989) estudió literatura inglesa en el Saint John's College de Oxford. Combatió en Francia durante la Primera Guerra Mundial en un regimiento de fusileros galeses, experiencia traumática que plasmó, de forma cruda pero excepcional, en un ...

La Gréce au féminin

Sous la direction de Nicole Loraux. Est-il possible de rassembler des biographies de femmes grecques ? Seules les femmes " exceptionnelles ", les " héroïnes ", ont eu droit, dans la tradition écrite par les hommes, à des morceaux de vie. Comment demander à ces femmes d'exception d'être ...

La cité grecque archaïque et classique et l´idéal de tranquillité

Les cités de l'aristocratie grecque archaïque reconnaissaient l'activité, le travail comme une exigence éthique, mais leur cohésion supposait aussi un idéal de tranquillité individuelle et collective (hèsychia) dont ce livre suit d'abord le développement jusqu'à la huitième Pythique de Pindare (dont ...

Así vivieron en la Antigua Grecia

un viaje a nuestro pasado

Contiene ilustraciones. Viajar a la antigua Grecia significa imaginarnos cómo habríamos vivido nuestras primeras democracias, hace más de dos mil años. Significa contemplar algunos problemas de la sociedad actual en un escenario anterior a la Revolución Industrial y a la abolición de la esclavitud. Y ...

Alexander the great failure

the collapse of the Macedonian Empire

In this authoritative book John Grainger explores the foundations of Alexander's empire and why it did not survive after his untimely death in 323 BC. Alexander the Great's empire stretched across three continents and his achievements changed the nature of the ancient world ...

Inside the city in the Greek World

studies of urbanism from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period

The publication of the papers presented in this volume marks an important step in the study of ancient cities. Despite having long been a focus of archaeological investigation and analysis, until relatively recently they have tended to be described rather than analysed. These eleven papers ...

Historia de los griegos

Traducción de Domingo Pruna. Montanelli convierte a Homero, Sócrates, Pitágoras, Pericles y otros muchos personajes históricos helenos en protagonistas de una narración apasionante que lleva al lector de viaje al nacimiento de las grandes disciplinas artísticas y humanísticas de la civilización occidental, así como de ...

Greek tyranny

The tyrants of Greece are some of the most colourful figures in antiquity, notorious for their luxury, excess and violence, and provoking heated debates among political thinkers. Greek Tyranny examines the phenomenon of autocratic rule outside the law in archaic and classical Greece, from the ...

Spartans

a new history

Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. This title helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history. It applies new techniques, perspectives ...

La guerra del Peloponeso

Trad., Alejandro Noguera. Durante tres décadas del siglo V a.C., el mundo fue devastado por una guerra tan dramática, decisiva y destructiva como las guerras mundiales del siglo XX: la Guerra del Peloponeso, un episodio clave para entender el desarrollo posterior del mundo occidental ...

The Parthenon and its sculptures

Edited by Michael B. Cosmopoulos. Few monuments have fascinated people as much as the Parthenon. Two and a half millennia after its construction, this monument continues to generate important research across a wide range of fields, from classics and art history to archaeology and the ...

The Cambridge Companion to ancient greek political thought

Edited by Stephen Salkever. The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by ...

Ancient greek political thought in practice

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to ...

The economy of the greek cities

from the archaic period to the Early Roman Empyre

Translated by Janet LLoyd. The Economy of Greek Cities offers readers a clear and concise overview of ancient Greek economies from the archaic to the Roman period. Léopold Migeotte approaches Greek economic activities from the perspective of the ancient sources, situating them within the context ...

Filippo il Macedone

L#affascinante percorso politico di un re capace di modulare guerra e diplomazia, di compattare il frammentato mondo greco, di preparare al figlio Alessandro Magno la strada per la conquista dell#impero persiano. «Se fosse un servo o un figlio bastardo a sperperare e a ...

The wars of Alexanders successors. 323-281 BC.Vol. 2

battles and tactics

When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied 'to the strongest'. There ensued a long series of struggles between his generals and governors for control of these vast territories. Most of these Diadochi, or successors ...