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ACHILLES: A Novel
by Elizabeth Cook. Condition: NEW 2002 Picador small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first thus, first printing. Content: This forceful re-creation of the life of Achilles sacrifices nothing to modernity: gods mate violently with mortals, ghosts feast on sheep's blood, and Achilles rages and slays, unburdened by psychology. At the same time, this brief, intense novel is unmistakably modern in intent, turning a war epic into a meditation on the limits of human perfectibility. [1 copy available]
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THE AMAZONS
by Guy Cadogan Rothery. B&W photos & drawigns illustrate. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1995 SEnate (UK) Trade Paperback, no printing given. Tiny edgewear with light to moderate tanning to page edges. Content: The most potent of all the Greek myths is perhaps that of the Amazons. But the classical legend of a lost tribe of ferocious warrior-women, reputed to kill and devour their male offspring, outlived the scholars of ancient Greece. Whenever the bold ventured into terra incognita over the following centuries, it was the Amazons who lurked in the shadows and were rumoured to be living in the next-but-one village. This book tells the story of our fear of the unknown and our need to give a name to "that which mankind dreads but does not fully comprehend." It traces Amazonian history from the Aegean of the ancient Greeks to Africa, Asia and the Americas in the years after that continent's discovery by Columbus. Enhanced with fine line illustrations, this book will interest not only historians but anyone with a liking for the epic tales of early travellers. [Lately, either the History Channel or Discovery has been airing a special on the descendants of the Amazons - one of which was located in either rural Tibet or Mongolia. Very interesting stuff.] [1 copy available]
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THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
by Judith Swaddling. Great detailed B&W maps and diagrams as well as photos of British Museum exhibits. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1988 UT Press soft cover, second printing. Light edgewear at corners with a very very light diagonal crease bottom front cover corner. Content: For over one thousand years between 776 B.C. and A.D. 395, princes, statesmen, and famous athletes gathered every four years at Olympia in western Greece to compete for the olive crowns of the ancient Olympic Games. Judith Swaddling traces the mythological and religious origins of the games and describes the events, religious ceremony, and celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. The book also features a large, detailed model of the site of ancient Olympia, where, alongside religious and civic buildings, there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor training facilities, hot and cold baths, a swimming pool, and a race course. For this revised edition, three new chapters have been added, covering the diet and medical treatment of athletes; sponsorship, patronage, and propaganda; and revivals of the games. Superbly illustrated with vases, sculpture, and other works of ancient art, and with new views of the site. [1 copy available]
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ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK ART (Oxford History of Art series)
by Robin Osborne. Wonderful color photos & maps with some B&W drawings. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Oxford University Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Although very light, the book has had some "shelf wear handling." Content: This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols and images employed by their eastern Mediterranean neighbours on the one hand, and the explorations of what it was to be human embodied in the narratives with which Greek poets worked on the other, helped produce the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. The drawings and sculptures of this period referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. The importance of what occurred still affects the way we see today. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting and the minor arts, this book provides a clear introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. By looking closely at the context in which and for which sculptures and paintings were produced, Robin Osborne demonstrates how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. [1 copy available]
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ATLANTIS (Mysteries of History Series)
by Carlos Barcelo. B&W drawings, photos, and maps illustrate. Condition: NEW 2005 Edimat Books (Spain) hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Content: The enduring legend of Atlantis continues to appeal to readers today. What became of the Atlanteans? Were they able to escape the catastrophe that left their island on the ocean floor? Some speculate that citizens of Atlantis made their way to ancient Egypt, imparting their knowledge and helping to build that great civilisation. Were Atlanteans the founders of Tiahuanaco, the seaport built at an altitude of 4,000 meters? Many scientists speculate on the location of Atlantis, some of the placing the lost civilisation in Antartica, Iceland, Greenland, or even in the African desert. How to we determine the real site of Atlantis? What caused the continent's destruction? Author Barcelo explores these mysteries. [1 copy available]
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THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER
by Arrian. Aubrey De Selincourt (Translator). Condition: NEW 1971 Penguin Classics (London) Trade PB with very pale tanning to page edges. Content: Although written over 400 years after Alexander's death, Arrian's book is our best source of knowledge of the man and his deeds. Arrian had himself been a military commander, and his record of the exploits of the world's greatest conqueror reveals sympathy for his subject, without the adulation or contemps which so often mar other histories of the time. Alexander was remarkable in the mercy he showed his vanquished foes. He gave his arch enemy, the Persian king Darius, an honorable military funeral. His wardrobe consisted of Persian dress & he longed for a cultural fusion between the Macedonians and Persians. He rejected the ideas of his mentor, Aristotle, that the Greeks were inherently superior in every way to all other cultures on Earth. Alexander sought to bring out the best in all nations & wished for the various races to learn from each other. [1 copy available]
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GODS, DEMIGODS, & DEAMONS: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
by Bernard Evslin. Condition: NEW 1988 Scholastic paperback edition, 16th printing. Light edgewear. Content: Reviewer: "This is an excellent reference of almost any Greek myth of importance, including the illiad and the odyssey. If you want an excellent reference, with better than dictionary definitions, each citation comes with a brief but detailed account of each "character's" significance, than this is the one for you. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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RHESOS
by Euripides. Translated by Richard Emil Braun. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1992 Oxford Univ. Press soft cover, first printing. Light tanning to page edges. Content: The story of a futile quest for knowledge, this ancient anti-war drama is one of the neglected plays within the corpus of Greek tragedy. Euripides' shortest tragic work, Rhesos is unique in lacking a prologue, provoking some scholars to the conclusion that the beginning of the play has been lost. In this exciting translation, Rhesos is no longer treated as a derivative Euripidean work, but rather as the tightly-knit tragedy of knowledge it really is. A drama in which profound problems of fate and free will come alive, Rhesos is also an exploration of the perversion of values that come as the result of war. Charged with a striking immediacy, this play is contemporary in the questions it raises, and eternal in its quest for truth. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE FOLDS OF PARNASSOS: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis
by Jeremy McInerney. B&W maps and photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Univ. of Texas Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Independent city-states (poleis) such as Athens have been viewed traditionally as the most advanced stage of state formation in ancient Greece. By contrast, this pioneering book argues that for some Greeks the ethnos, a regionally based ethnic group, and the koinon, or regional confederation, were equally valid units of social and political life and that these ethnic identities were astonishingly durable. McInerney sets his study in Phokis, a region in central Greece dominated by Mount Parnassos that shared a border with the panhellenic sanctuary at Delphi. He explores how ecological conditions, land use, and external factors such as invasion contributed to the formation of a Phokian territory. Then, drawing on numerous interdisciplinary sources, he traces the history of the region from the Archaic age down to the Roman period. McInerney shows how shared myths, hero cults, and military alliances created an ethnic identity that held the region together over centuries, despite repeated invasions. He concludes that the Phokian koinon survived because it was founded ultimately on the tenacity of the smaller communities of Greece. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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GOAT SONG (Historical Fiction)
by Frank Yerby. Condition: Good+, 1969 Dell paperback, first printing. Tiny edgewear with binder's glue strings down spine. Interior clean & tight but tanning. Content: Born to a Spartan General and his beautiful wife; who maintains that her son was truly sired by the God Dionysus, Ariston discovers his true parentage, and his first love, only to lose them to cruel fates. Surviving these loses, Ariston is then sold into slavery, taken to Athens, and given over to a brothel to have his 'favors' sold time and again. Here in his life he develops a deep, loving friendship with Orchomenus; who remains a constant figure in his life for many years to come. Ariston and Orchomenus' friendship is reminiscent of many others that I have read of from the time period; in terms of the depth of the love between two men, and how once their lives were tied together by their great affection for one another, the bond was difficult, if not impossible, to break. Once Ariston is freed from his service to the brothel,and adopted by a wealthy figure in Athens; his life takes a more favorable turn. Ariston; through virture of his unparallelled looks or kindly nature, draws many friends and loves to him. Danaeus; Autolykos; Chryseius; all people who will play important roles in his life. Excellent and well-researched. The book is sweeping in its scope; and epic in its storytelling capability. [1 copy available]
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GREAT DIALOGUES OF PLATO
Translation by W. H. D. Rouse. Condition: UNREAD Mentor MMPB 28th printing (no date given). Small edgewear with short binding glue wrinkle top spine. Interior clean & tight with light edge tanning. Content: Complete texts of The Republic, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Ion, Meno, Symposium. "In Rouse's pages, Soctrates' strength of mind, his dedication to the philosophical truth, are borne in on the modern reader with something of the power that impressed and disturbed the ancient Greeks." [1 copy available]
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GREAT DIALOGUES OF PLATO
Translated by W. H. D. Rouse. Condition: NEW 1999 Signet Classic MMPB, 7th printing. Perfect condition. Content: Includes the complete texts of The Republic, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Ion, Meno, & Symposium. [1 copy available]
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THE GREEKS (Companion to the BBC Series)
by Kenneth Dover. B&W photos & maps with very nice color photo section. Condition: NEW 1999 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback, 5th printing. Content: The Greeks were neither sophisticated layabouts nor pious fatalists, and least of all were they portentous gurus brooding over the lost Secrets of the Ancients. They were a resilient, sceptical, cheeky people, whose distinctive contribution to our history was to combine a readiness to ask 'Why?' and 'Why not?' with a conviction that only sane, reasoned and clearly expounded answers to those questions were worth listening to." In this book, Kenneth Dover introduces the people and culture of ancient Greece. [1 copy available]
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THE GREEKS AND GREEK CIVILIZATION
by Jacob Burckhardt, edited by Oswyn Murray, & translated by Sheila Stern. Condition: NEW 1998 St. Martin's Press first US edition, first printing hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Content: First published in 1860 in 5 volumes, this book is (obviously) an edited version and has never been out of print. Burckhardt's pioneering studies in ancient Greek history, which were an important influence on his most celebrated student, Friedrich Nietzsche, and which shaped the modernist view of Greek civilization not as an expression of the heights of human reason, but as an irrational and often dangerous construct. Burckhardt believed that the ancient Greeks' myth-laden view of their own past, full of sociopathic heroes and tragic victims, was an expression of this state of unreason. Even less disturbing to the Greeks, he continues, was the systematic violence-- and even human sacrifice--that erupted when a city like Athens wished to extend its territory or when a leader wished to extend his power. That violence, Burckhardt holds, was a natural result of the ancient Greeks' pursuit of honor, which accrued by facing and defeating danger. One such danger was the mere act of standing out in any way whatever, which could net a would-be hero a charge of being impious--witness, Burckhardt notes, the fates of Socrates and his contemporary Alcibiades. Drawing from examples of mythology, tragedy, oratory, and comedy, Burckhardt touches on themes such as Greek society's contempt for women and its apparent readiness to embrace all sorts of antidemocratic demagoguery--in the person, for instance, of the famed hero Lysander. Burckhardt's deconstruction of classical history, ably edited by Oxford historian Oswyn Murray, reads as if it were written in our own time. [1 copy available]
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HAUNTED GREECE AND ROME: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity
by D. Felton. Condition: NEW 2000 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback, second printing. Content: Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots. The author begins by examining ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories which arose from these beliefs. She then focuses on the longer stories of Plautus, Pliny, and Lucian, which concern haunted houses. Her analysis illuminates the oral and literary transmission and adaptation of folkloric motifs and the development of the ghost story as a literary form. In her concluding chapter, the author also traces the influence of ancient ghost stories on modern ghost story writers, a topic that will interest all readers and scholars of tales of hauntings. 42 pages of notes. Questions welcome. (1 copy available)
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HISTORY OF ATLANTIS
by Lewisi Spence. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1995 Senate (UK) Trade Paperback, no printing given. Tiny edgewear with light tanning to page edges. Content: The romantic legend of Atlantis has captured imaginations since Plato first told of a glorious island in the Atlantic that sank beneath the waves. Speculation has abounded ever since, and scientists who formerly dismissed the possibility that Atlantis ever existed were obliged to reconsider--partly because of the author of this book. Lewis Spence (1874-1955) wrote five books about Atlantis, and this one is considered his best. Spence sifted through a tremendous body of research in fields from mythology and comparative religion to geography, geology, and archeology. The result is the most authoritative study ever published on the history, geography, animal life, government, and religion of this fabled island. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES
by Plato. Translated by Hugh Tredennick. Condition: UNREAD 1983 Penguin Books reprint. Light tanning to page edges with tiny edgewear. Content: Contents: Socreates in Action: Euthyphro; Socrates on Trial: The Apology; Socrates in Prison: Crito; and The Last Conversation: Phaedo. Also, pages of notes by the translator. (1 copy available)
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MINOAN AND MYCENAEAN ART (World of Art series)
by Reynold Higgins. Color and B&W photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1974 Praeger soft cover, 4th printing. Small "spot" on fore edges is the only flaw. Content: This is an excellent guide to the arts of Bronze Age Greece. The book is generously illustrated with good photographs. Higgins's text is densely written and conveys abundant information on the subject matter. The writing style of the accounts (based on areas, periods, and categories of art) is neither dry and technical nor shallow "purple prose," but simply states, usually objectively, what is known. The depth of information for a relatively small book is good. For example, we learn about the characteristic rough surface of Minoan Bronze artefacts and the possible reasons for this. Higgins allows subjective diversions now and then, which can be quite entertaining. One gets the impression that the Minoans were already master craftspeople when the Myceneans were still trying to fashion hats from mud and twigs. However, even the Minoans had their off-days. For example, a Minoan vase with applied ornamentation is described as an unusual lapse of taste (it is decidedly tacky, and I thought it was the Romans who invented bad taste...) This is a fine book from which to gain a sound basic knowledge of Greek Bronze Age art, and certainly one to take to Greece if you intend to visit some of the archaeological sites and museums there." (1 copy available)
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MYCENAE - EPIDAURUS - TIRYNS - NAUPLION,
Heraion of Argos - argos - Asine - Lerna - Troezen (English Edition)
by Nicos Papahatzis: Archaeologist. Beautiful full-color photos, maps, renderings. Condition: UNREAD 1986 Clio Editions Trade Paperback, no printing given. Tiny edgewear. Content: This is a complete guide to the archaeological sites of Argolis with full-color illustrations, maps, plans, and reconstructions. Informative and beautiful! (1 copy available)
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THE MYSTERY OF ATLANTIS (Revised & Enlarged Edition)
by Charles Berlitz. B&W photos, charts, maps and drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD1976 Avon paperback, 8th printing. Moderate tanning to page edges. Content: Berlitz, travelr, linguist, scholar and author has traced the history of the mythical Atlantis, produced electrifying evidence that "the lost continent" was indisputably real - and now, in this book, he reveals stunning new details about underwater ruins found only recently in the exact locations reported by the ancients to be the site of the actual city of Atlantis. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE ODYSSEY (The Story of Ulysses)
by Homer. Translated by W. H. D. Rouse. Condition: UNREAD 1961 Mentor Classic paperback, 16th printing. Small edgewear with one light rubbing along front hinge. Interior clean & tight but tanning. Content: One of the great literary works of the ancient world - the story of Ulysses and his trials/adventures trying to return home from the Trojan War. Generally considered to be the best translation. (1 copy available)
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THE ODYSSEY OF TROY (Ancient Mysteries) (VHS)
by Multimedia and A&E Home Video. 50 minutes run time. GUARANTEED. Condition: Like new 1995 A&E Home Video VHS format. Viewed once, the tape and the box are in excellent condition. Content: Archaeologist travel to Turkey and the ancient site of Troy to unveil new secrets of the city and the Trojan War. (1 copy available)
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THE SEARCH FOR ANCIENT GREECE
by Roland and Francoise Etienne. Color & B&W illustrations. Condition: NEW 1992 Harry N. Abrams Inc. Discoveries series. Tiny edgewear & pale remainder mark. Content: Etienne takes readers on a fascinating voyage of discovery of ancient Greek civilization and of the people who studied it. Why has Greece served as a model for so many other civilizations? How did technology and politics combine in the growth of archaeology in 19th- and 20th-century Greece? The story of the rediscovery of Greece serves also as an examination of Western culture. Great maps! (2 copies available)
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SKY SIGNS: Aratus' Phaenomena
by Soloensis Aratus. Introduction and Translation by Stanley Lombardo. B&W illustrations by Anita Volder Fredrick. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1983 North Atlantic Books Trade Paperback, no edition given. Pale hinge crease with light edgewear and a short spider crease bottom front cover edge. Interior clean & tight. Content: Reviewer: "This book is an old Greek classic. It is a beautiful poem about the interrelationship of the stars and planets with the seasons of Earth. It is told in a lyrical style, and paints an entertaining and informative picture of traditional astronomy, revealing the relationships between the constellations themselves. It is a fascinating look back into the ancient literature inherited by Western society.Also interesting is noting the changes in the shape and location of the constellations in the sky over two thousand years." [1 copy available]
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THE SONG OF EROS: Ancient Greek Love Poems
translated by Bradley P. Nystrom. B&W illustrations by Claudette Sherbert Little. Condition: NEW 1990 Southern Illinois University Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Perfect. Content: The poems translated in the book are from the Archaic Age to the Byzantine era (7th century BCE to the sixth century CE. Included are works of Archilochos to Sappho and Anakreon and others. [1 copy available]
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THESE WERE THE GREEKS
by H. D. Amos & A. G. P. Lang. B&W drawings, maps, photos illustrate. Condition: Like new 1992 Dufour Publishing softcover reprint. "Like new" because the top of page 29 appears to have had a pencil note on it, but has been erased. Tiny tiny edgewear at corners. Interior clean & tight. Content: Through vivid detail and pictures, the ancient Greek world to comes alive. It details the pre-Greek era through the days of the post-Greek glory, when all the Greeks had to offer was knowledge. It is filled from cover to cover with information about how the Greeks went about their daily life. Needs a pronunciation guide. [1 copy available]
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TROY: A Novel (Historical Fiction)
by Adele Geras. Erich Lessing cover art. Condition: NEW 2002 Harcourt, Inc. MMPB, 3rd printing. Tiny edgewear at corners & light wrinkling to top corner 1 page. Content: With exceptional grace and energy, Geras recreates the saga of the Trojan War by delving into the hearts and minds of the women of Troy. Suitable for Young Adults and up. [1 copy available]
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XENOPHON'S ANABASIS: THE MARCH UP COUNTRY
by Xenophon. Modern translation by W. H. D. Rouse. Condition: Good 1959 Mentor paperback, first printing. Peeling & rubbing bottom spine with diagonal crease top back cover. Interior clean & tight but tanning. Content: The great historian and military commander's first-hand account of how 10,000 Greeks stranded in enemy territory fought their way - some 1,500 bloody miles - back home from the Persian Empire. One of the great true adventure stories in all history. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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