Mystic cults in Magna Graecia

Edited by Giovanni Casadio and Patricia A. Johnston. In Vergil's Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation both in life and after death. This collection of essays brings new insight to the study of ...

Mito y sociedad en la Grecia Antigua

Trad., Cristina Gázquez. Mito y sociedad en la Grecia antigua, como casi todos los libros de Jean-Pierre Vernant, se compone de una serie de ensayos que guardan entre sí una notable coherencia. Temas como la lucha de clases, la guerra, el matrimonio y la sociedad ...

Politics antiquity and its legacy

Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. And the desire by the western powers, especially America, to foment (or impose) democracy across the globe ...

¿Una democracia 'perfecta'?

consenso, justicia y demokratía en el discurso político de Atenas (411- 322 a.C.)

Si la guerra del Peloponeso (431-404 a.C.) fue a todos los efectos una especie de confrontación entre dos modelos políticos, la guerra civil que a continuación sufrió la derrotada Atenas constituye un apéndice de aquella conflagración. No obstante, la prudencia con la que se ...

Greek fortifications of Asia Minor 500-130 BC

from the persian wars to the roman conquest

Illustrated by Brian Delf. Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world. Fought over repeatedly in the 5th century BC ...

Termópilas

la resistencia de los 300

Ilustrado por Steve Noon. La batalla de tres días de duración, cuyo objetivo era el control del paso rocoso de las Termópilas, sigue perteneciendo al ámbito de la leyenda; una lucha heroica en la que Leónidas, el rey de los espartanos, y trescientos hombres especialmente ...

A new history of the Peloponnesian War

This new study by a respected historian provides a unique narrative of the Peloponnesian War, a monumental conflict between Athens and Sparta that raged for 27 years across the Greek world. The conflict#s resulting destruction of cities, mass enslavements, and loss of human life ...

Children of achilles

the greeks in Asia Minor since the Days of Troy

Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. They are steeped in a rich fusion of Greek and Turkish culture and the histories of both are irrevocably entwined, fatefully connected. "Children of Achilles" tells the epic and ultimately ...

Filosofía y democracia en la Grecia antigua

Tanto el pensamiento filosófico como la democracia se originaron en Grecia en el siglo VI a.C. y tienen su eclosión en la época clásica. En este volumen se aborda el estudio de las diferencias y semejanzas entre demokratía antigua y democracia liberal, así como ...

Sparta

camparative approaches

Edited by Stephen Hodkinson. Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has recently come under challenge from 'revisionist' historians, led by Stephen Hodkinson. This is ...

Greek sport and social status

From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both ...

De Heródoto a Polibio

el pensamiento histórico en la cultura griega

'Si la obra historiográfica de José Luis Romero se centra más en épocas recientes, sus estudios sobre la cultura griega adquieren un carácter especialmente paradigmático. Así ocurre con la presente obra, sorprendentemente moderna cuando se tiene en cuenta que se publicó en el año 1952 ...

The Sieges of Alexander the Great

Most of Alexander the Great's thirteen year reign as king of Macedon was spent in hard campaigning which conquered half the known world, during which he never besieged a city he did not take. Alexander's sieges were no less vital, and certainly more ...

Pyrrhus of Epirus

Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself third). Indeed, Hannibal referred to Pyrrhus as his teacher, although the two never met, since he learnt so much of the art of war from his writings. Pyrrhus was ...

En Grecia y Roma

III. Mujeres reales y ficticias

Este libro presenta un amplio recorrido por una serie de importantes mujeres de la sociedad y la cultura griega y romana, desde la legendaria Hecuba hasta la aventurera Egeria vistas a traves de los textos griegos y latinos.

Homer's people

epic poetry and social formation

This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes ...

Ancient Greece

a political, social, and cultural history

Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, Ancient Greece, Second Edition, introduces students to the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. A comprehensive history, it covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era ...

The monetary systems of the greeks and romans

Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they ...

Grecia en la India

el repertorio griego del Mahabharata

La historia de la humanidad es una historia de encuentros e intercambios, de creación, transformación y olvido de las culturas. Así, partiendo de esta indiscutible premisa, este singular libro trata de probar uno de los más ricos y prolongados intercambios culturales del mundo antiguo: la ...

La guerra de Troya

La guerra de Troya fue un conflicto bélico en el que se enfrentaron una coalición de ejércitos aqueos contra la ciudad de Troya (también llamada Ilión), ubicada en Asia Menor. Según el mito, se trataría de una expedición de castigo por parte de los aqueos ...