Polemos

La guerra in Grecia

Nella civiltà delle poleis, ogni generazione mandava soldati a combattere e morire; ogni generazione era testimone di devastazioni e saccheggi. Insomma, la guerra per i Greci faceva parte della ‘normalità’ della vita. È naturale, dunque, che fosse una presenza forte del discorso pubblico, ma anche ...

The secret sacred

mystery cults in ancient Greece and Rome

The Secret Sacred explores the hidden religious practices of the classical world. These cults, shrouded in secrecy, promised initiates a transformative afterlife. While many rituals remain mysterious, artworks and historical texts provide glimpses of their underlying beliefs. The book examines Greco-Roman religious traditions and their ...

Las campañas de Alejandro Magno

De Macedonia a la India

La epopeya real que forjó un imperio: la narración más rigurosa y apasionante de las campañas de Alejandro Magno. Figura clave de la historiografía grecorromana y discípulo de Epicteto, Arriano (ca. 90-180) reconstruye en esta obra del siglo II, también conocida como Anábasis, las campañas ...

El Partenón

Un viaje fascinante por la vida, las ruinas y las controversias del Partenón, de la mano de la gran divulgadora del mundo clásico, Mary Beard. Desde hace más de dos mil años, el Partenón domina la Acrópolis de Atenas como uno de los símbolos universales ...

Influencia, poder y liderazgo femeninos en la Antigüedad grecorromana

Esta monografía tiene por objetivo presentar una serie de investigaciones en torno a la relación, compleja y esquiva, de las mujeres de la Antigüedad grecorromana con el liderazgo, entendido en un sentido amplio como la capacidad de actuar o ejercer influencia en los círculos de ...

Guerra y esclavos en Grecia y Roma

El modo de producción bélico

A partir de una lectura minuciosa de fuentes antiguas y modernas, Luciano Canfora reconstruye con agudeza crítica el engranaje que vincula la guerra, la economía y la esclavitud en las sociedades griega y romana. La violencia no terminaba con la victoria militar: el saqueo, la ...

La primera Confederación Aquea

distritos, federalismo y polis (ss.VIII a III a.C.)

Este libro se divide en dos partes principales para analizar la región de Acaya en la antigua Grecia. La primera parte examina individualmente cada uno de sus doce distritos, definiendo sus territorios, ubicando sus centros urbanos, aldeas, elementos defensivos y santuarios. Se analiza la evolución ...

Grecia clásica

El período clásico de la historia de Grecia, desde los siglos V y IV a. C. hasta la muerte de Alejandro Magno, fue el tiempo aciago de las guerras contra los persas, pero también de las obras imperecederas del arte y la literatura, la política ...

La primera Confederación Aquea

distritos, federalismo y polis (ss.VIII a III a.C.)

Este libro se divide en dos partes principales para analizar la región de Acaya en la antigua Grecia. La primera parte examina individualmente cada uno de sus doce distritos, definiendo sus territorios, ubicando sus centros urbanos, aldeas, elementos defensivos y santuarios. Se analiza la evolución ...

The Athenian funeral oration

after Nicole Loraux

In classical Athens, a funeral speech was delivered for dead combatants almost every year, the most famous being that by Pericles in 430 BC. In 1981, Nicole Loraux transformed our understanding of this genre. Her The Invention of Athens showed how it reminded the Athenians ...

Sparta

the rise and fall of an ancient superpower

'There are few bits of history more mythologised, sensitive and political than Sparta, but luckily we have Bayliss' Dan Snow, creator of History Hit Sparta - its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness, justice and masculinity. The ...

Radical antiquity

free love zoroastrians, farming pirates, and ancient uprisings

'Unearthing the ancient world's anarchist cultures, Zeichmann presents a compelling argument that authority may itself have always been the real aberration. Highly recommended' - Alan Moore, writer, activist, performer When you think of Ancient Greece and Rome, what do you see? The Acropolis and the ...

Classicism and other phobias

A provocative case for why immortalizing Greek and Roman culture as "classical" marginalizes and devalues Black life Greek and Roman antiquity has been enshrined in disciplines and curricula at all levels of education, perpetuating what the historian of political thought J.G.A. Pocock has ...

El arte de correr

De Maratón a Atenas, con alas en los pies

Un inspirador testimonio sobre las lecciones que nos han dejado los griegos sobre el arte de correr. ¿Por qué corremos? Todo el esfuerzo y el dolor, ¿con qué fin? ¿A qué obedece este amor por la tonificación muscular, la velocidad y el sudor? Los deportistas ...

The class struggle in the ancient Greek world

from the archaic age to the Arab conquests

The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World is an original and provocative reconstruction of 1,400 years of classical antiquity. Sharply written, it is a major intervention in Marxist theories of class, seeking to explain and illustrate the value of Marx's general analysis ...

Technologies of the marvellous in ancient Greek religion

This book investigates the ways that technological, and especially mechanical, strategies were integrated into ancient Greek religion. By analysing a range of evidence, from the tragic use of the deus ex machina to Hellenistic epigrams to ancient mechanical literature, it expands the existing vocabulary of ...

Strabo

understanding classics

This book provides a short and accessible introduction to Strabo's life, times and cultural context. It outlines the importance of geography and geographical writing in the Augustan period and its development in ancient Greece and Rome, as well as explaining Strabo's significance and ...

The hero cults of Sparta

local religion in a Greek city

This book examines the hero-cults of Sparta on the basis of the archaeological and literary sources. Nicolette Pavlides explores the local idiosyncrasies of a pan-Hellenic phenomenon, which itself can help us understand the place and function of heroes in Greek religion. Although it has long ...

Amazons

the history behind the legend

The idea of the Amazons is one of the most romantic and resonant in all antiquity. Greeks were fascinated by images and tales of these fierce female fighters. At Troy, Achilles' duel with Penthesilea was a clash of superman and superwoman. Achilles won the fight ...

Royal traditions and the consolidation of power by Alexander's successors

Examining the period of political consolidation after Alexander the Great's death, John Holton reconstructs how the successors used new frameworks of royal ideology to create long-term kingships. There is a particular focus on the deeper manoeuvres within the inter-generational impact raging from the influence ...