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  • Homer's Secret Odyssey

    by Kenneth Wood, Florence Wood ...
    Homer is renowned as the finest of the storytellers who for countless generations passed down by word of mouth the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Yet, for some 2500 years there have been persistent folk memories that his genius extended far beyond literature and that scientific knowledge was hidden in his stories of heroes and villains, gods and ghosts, monsters and witches. Research now ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biogeography of the West Indies

    Patterns and Perspectives, Second Edition

    Edited by Charles A. Woods, Florence E. Sergile ...
    As a review of the status of biogeography in the West Indies in the 1980s, the first edition of Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future provided a synthesis of our current knowledge of the systematics and distribution of major plant and animal groups in the Caribbean basin. The totally new and revised Second Edition, Biogeography ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

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    Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon

    by Stephen R. Wilk ...
    Medusa, the Gorgon, who turns those who gaze upon her to stone, is one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. Long after many other figures from Greek myth have been forgotten, she continues to live in popular culture. In this fascinating study of the legend of Medusa, Stephen R. Wilk begins by refamiliarizing readers with the story through ancient authors and classical ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Staff of Oedipus

    Transforming Disability in Ancient Greece

    by Martha L. Rose ...
    Series series Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
    Ancient Greek images of disability permeate the Western consciousness: Homer, Teiresias, and Oedipus immediately come to mind. But The Staff of Oedipus looks at disability in the ancient world through the lens of disability studies, and reveals that our interpretations of disability in the ancient world are often skewed. These false assumptions in turn lend weight to modern-day discriminatory ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Greek Mythology

    A Traveler's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy

    by David Stuttard ...
    A hands-on traveler's guide to the enthralling tales of Greek mythology, organized around the cities and landscapes where the events are setThe Greek myths have a universal appeal, beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific landscapes: the city of Thebes and mountain range Cithaeron dominate the tale of Oedipus; the city of Mycenae broods ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Aesopic Conversations

    Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, and the Invention of Greek Prose

    by Leslie Kurke ...
    Series series Martin Classical Lectures
    Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived from the literary record of antiquity is almost entirely the product of an elite of birth, wealth, and education, limiting our access to a fuller range of voices from the ancient past. This book, ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • The 25 Most Famous People of Ancient Greece - Ancient Greece History | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    Ancient Greece was home to philosophers, mathematicians and other great minds who shaped civilization. You're going to meet 25 of them in the pages of this ancient history book for kids. It is hoped that by the end of this book, you will develop a sense of gratitude for all the contributions of these famous people. Who do you think made the most significant mark in history? ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Antisthenes of Athens

    Texts, Translations, and Commentary

    by Susan Prince ...
    Antisthenes of Athens (c. 445-365 BCE) was a famous ancient disciple of Socrates, senior to Plato by fifteen years and inspirational to Xenophon. He is relevant to two of the greatest turning points in ancient intellectual history, from pre-Socraticism to Socraticism, and from classical Athens to the Hellenistic period. A better understanding of Antisthenes leads to a better understanding of the ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

  • The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus

    by Pamela Gordon ...
    The school of Greek philosopher Epicurus, which became known as the Garden, famously put great stock in happiness and pleasure. As a philosophical community, and a way of seeing the world, Epicureanism had a centuries-long life in Athens and Rome, as well as across the Mediterranean.The Invention and Gendering of Epicurusstudies how the Garden's outlook on pleasure captured Greek and Roman ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War

    Dialogues on Tradition

    by Dr Jan Haywood, Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
    In this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer's Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopotamia to twenty-first century America, these examples are drawn from a range of historical and cultural contexts; and from Athenian pot paintings to twelfth-century German scholarship, they engage with a ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2019–21

    This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2019-21 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:AS and A Level Groups 1&3Herodotus, Book 7: 5–10Plato, Phaedo: 62c9 to 67e6Homer, Iliad 18: 1–38 ... Read more

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  • OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE

    This is the OCR endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2018 to 2024. The texts covered are:HomerOdyssey 6:48–159Iliad 3:1–112Odyssey 7:184–297HerodotusHistories 1.30–4, 86–7 and 6.125 (Solon & Croesus; How Alcmaeon Was Enriched by Croesus)Histories 3.17–25, 38 (The Ethiopians; The Power of Custom)H... ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD