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  • Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z

    by Glenys Davies, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Liza Cleland ...
    Series series The Ancient World from A to Z
    Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga?If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then this a book that no sartorially savvy Classicist should be without. Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z is an alphabetized compendium of styles and accessories ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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  • The Iliad and The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer Step into the legendary world of ancient Greece with The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, two of the greatest epic poems ever written and foundational works of Western literature. In The Iliad, readers are transported to the final days of the Trojan War, where honor, pride, rage, loyalty, and destiny collide. At the heart of the epic stands Achilles, the greatest ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of Greece, Volume 1: Legendary Greece

    by George Grote ...
    History of Greece, Volume I: Legendary Greece, from the Gods and Heroes to the Foundation of the Olympic Games (776 B.C.) is part one of George Grotes epic history of Greece. ... Read more

    $2.70 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Atlantis The Eyewitnesses Part III The Destruction of Atlantis

    by Walter Parks ...
    Many have believed that Atlantis was a fiction created by Plato. Well Plato was not the first to write about it.We have found a very much earlier document. It was written in 9619 BC, about 9,250 years before Plato's writing.This ancient document is believed to be the oldest document that has survived almost intact down through the ages.Further, archeological finds and scientific evidence provide ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Birth of Classical Europe

    A History from Troy to Augustine

    by Simon Price, Peter Thonemann ...
    To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures.As this consistently fresh and surprising new book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Civil Wars

    by Appian, Horace White, Charles River Editors ...
    Appian of Alexandria (95 165 A.D.), was a Roman historian, known for his only surviving work, Roman History. The Civil Wars is a series of books from Roman History describing the many civil wars during Roman history between men like Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, as well as Octavian and Mark Antony. It is considered one of the best resources on this period. This edition is translated by ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • The If Odyssey

    A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8 - 16-Year-Olds

    by If Machine Peter Worley ...
    The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer'sepic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus,but also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore withOdysseus the value of happiness, non-existent entities, moral dilemmas, thephilosophy of prophecy, and the nature of love among many other philosophicalissues. From the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Sportsman

    by Xenophon ...
    Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates. Xenophon was not considered a philosopher during his time but he is now often considered one. Xenophon’s writings cover many different genres and are still widely studied by students today. This edition of The Sportsman includes a table of contents. ... Read more

    $2.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Treasures of Alexander the Great

    How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World

    by Frank L. Holt ...
    Series series Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture
    War, the most profitable economic activity in the ancient world, transferred wealth from the vanquished to the victor. Invasions, sieges, massacres, annexations, and mass deportations all redistributed property with dramatic consequences for kings and commoners alike. No conqueror ever captured more people or property in so short a lifetime than Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BC. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Critias (Illustrated Edition)

    by Plato ...
    In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta had only just started, and Socrates was only beginning to lay the foundation of what would become Western philosophy. That year Plato was born to a wealthy family: with an uncle who was ... Read more

    $1.40 CAD

  • The Anabasis of Alexander

    by Arrian ...
    The Anabasis is by far the fullest surviving account of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire. It is primarily a military history, reflecting the content of Arrian's model, Xenophon's Anabasis; the work begins with Alexander's accession to the Macedonian throne in 336 BC, and has nothing to say about Alexander's early life (in contrast, say, to Plutarch's Life of Alexander). Nor does Arrian ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Quintus Curtius Rufus (Illustrated)

    by Quintus Curtius Rufus, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 75 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Quintus Curtius was a rhetorician that lived in the first century of the Roman Empire, who wrote a history of Alexander the Great, one of the five extant works on the legendry Macedonian king. Composed in a concise yet picturesque style, this short historical work tells the fascinating story of a man whose exploits continue to astound after more than two millennia. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD