Ancient Athens On 5 Drachmas A Day
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Ancient Athens On 5 Drachmas A Day
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Author : Philip Matyszak
language : en
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Release Date : 2008-10-14
Ancient Athens On 5 Drachmas A Day written by Philip Matyszak and has been published by Thames and Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-14 with History categories.
A time-traveler's guide to sightseeing, shopping, and survival in the city of gods and geniuses. Welcome to Athens in 431 BC! This entertaining guide provides all the information a tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Athens at its pinnacle of greatness more than 2000 years ago. Travel via Thermopylae, the Oracle at Delphi, and the site of the epic Battle of Marathon to the city of Athena, goddess of wisdom. Meet Socrates, Thucydides, Phidias, and others who are among the greatest philosophers, writers, and artists who ever lived. Encounter ordinary Athenians in the marketplace and at the theater and learn the true character of one of the most extraordinary cities of any age. Of course, ancient Athens was not all art, intellect, and politics. This well-researched yet irreverently unacademic guide also plunges gleefully into the hedonistic side of Athenian life with wine-sodden symposiums, brothels, and brawls, advising the reader to avoid slatternly prostitutes and inns where the beds are infested with bugs, and warning that both torches and an escort are needed to avoid muggers after an evening on the town. Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day takes you through the raucous city crowds to the serene heights of the Parthenon and evokes the wonder of a city where the monuments and ideas that form the bedrock of Western culture are as fresh and new as the garlands of flowers on Athena's altar.
Rise Decline
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Author : Bruce Thatcher
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-05
Rise Decline written by Bruce Thatcher and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05 with History categories.
Rise & Decline is a political science work that examines the history of six republics to identify common elements in their rise, decline and extinction. Ancient Athens, the Roman Republic, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Third Republic of France have all passed from the world scene. The United Kingdom and the United States of America still exist, but are in decline. While many things can cause the end of a nation, these studies show that the normal life cycle of a nation - its birth, rise, maturity, decline, expiration - is determined by the degree to which its citizens accept the principles upon which it was founded - its raison d'être. Nations in ascendance are characterized by a critical mass of citizens attuned to their founding principle. As they decline, nations are characterized by growing numbers of citizens who are indifferent to or disdainful of founding principles. History is clear: All nations end. The existential question for Americans is not whether we can prevent it.
Hades Speaks
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Author : Vicky Alvear Shecter
language : en
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Release Date : 2014-10-03
Hades Speaks written by Vicky Alvear Shecter and has been published by Boyds Mills Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Hades, god of the dead, welcomes readers on a dangerous tour of his underworld kingdom, filled with monsters, furies, giants, and vampire demons. Along the way, he reveals ancient death rites and sinister curses, tells hair-raising stories, and cracks jokes to die for. With his witty voice and ghoulish sense of humor, Hades is the perfect guide through this fresh and imaginative work of nonfiction that reads like a novel. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Athens
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Author : Jenifer Neils
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-18
The Cambridge Companion To Ancient Athens written by Jenifer Neils and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-18 with History categories.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.
Book Lust To Go
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Author : Nancy Pearl
language : en
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Book Lust To Go written by Nancy Pearl and has been published by Sasquatch Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Adventure is just a book away as bestselling author Nancy Pearl returns with recommended reading for more than 120 destinations — both worldly and imagined — around the globe. From Las Vegas to the Land of Oz, Naples to Nigeria, Philadelphia to Provence, Nancy Pearl guides readers to the very best fiction and nonfiction to read about each destination. Even within one country, she traverses decades to suggest titles that effortlessly capture the different eras that make up a region’s unique history. This enthusiastic literary globetrotting guide includes stops in Korea, Sweden, Afghanistan, Albania, Parma, Patagonia, Texas, and Timbuktu. Book Lust To Go connects the best fiction and nonfiction to particular destinations, whether your bags are packed or your armchair is calling. From fiction to memoir, poetry to history, Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust to Go takes the reader on a globetrotting adventure — no passport required.
Slaves And Slavery In Ancient Greek Comic Drama
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Author : Ben Akrigg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Slaves And Slavery In Ancient Greek Comic Drama written by Ben Akrigg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with History categories.
How did audiences of ancient Greek comedy react to the spectacle of masters and slaves? If they were expected to laugh at a slave threatened with a beating by his master at one moment but laugh with him when they bantered familiarly at the next, what does this tell us about ancient Greek slavery? This volume presents ten essays by leading specialists in ancient Greek literature, culture and history, exploring the changing roles and representations of slaves in comic drama from Aristophanes at the height of the Athenian Empire to the New Comedy of Menander and the Hellenistic World. The contributors focus variously on individual comic dramas or on particular historical periods, analysing a wide range of textual, material-culture and comparative data for the practices of slavery and their representation on the ancient Greek comic stage.
Voiceless Invisible And Countless In Ancient Greece
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Author : Samuel D. Gartland
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
Voiceless Invisible And Countless In Ancient Greece written by Samuel D. Gartland and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.
This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore the experiences of subordinates and the nature of their subordination in ancient Greece. The work focusses on improving techniques for witnessing the lives of such groups, understanding their common experiences, and through these, seeing their common humanity.
Economy And Economics Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Takeshi Amemiya
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-02-08
Economy And Economics Of Ancient Greece written by Takeshi Amemiya and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Adding to the small amount that has been written on this aspect of economic history, Amemiya, a leading economist based at Stanford University, analyzes the exact nature of the ancient Greek economy, offering an unprecedented broad and comprehensive survey.
The Law Of Ancient Athens
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Author : David Phillips
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2013-10-14
The Law Of Ancient Athens written by David Phillips and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-14 with History categories.
A topic fundamental to understanding the ancient world
Economic Equality And Direct Democracy In Ancient Athens
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Author : Larry Patriquin
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-05
Economic Equality And Direct Democracy In Ancient Athens written by Larry Patriquin and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-05 with Political Science categories.
This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics.