Publisher description: From the first millennium BC onwards, Greek myths have been repeated in an inexhaustible series of variations and reinterpretations. Nowadays they can be found in film, television and computer games. This book combines a retelling of Greek myths with a com…
Introduction -- Clytemnestra -- Electra -- Iphigenia -- Antigone -- Helen -- Hecuba -- Alcestis -- Deianeira -- Medea -- Creusa -- Phaedra -- Conclusion. "The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences a…
"The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences and critics. In this volume each of the eleven chapters discusses one of the heroines: Clytemnestra, Hecuba, Medea, Iphigenia, Alcestis, Antigone Electra, D…
This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient Greek literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. Its clear structure and detailed presentation of Greek authors and their works as well as literary genres and phenomena makes it an indispensable reference wo…
"Philip II was not only the father of Alexander the Great, but in many respects was also the father of his son's incredible career. It was the father who unified Macedonia into the first European nation and who created the army with which his son conquered the Persian Empire and…
This second edition of "Sport and spectacle in the Ancient world" provides an updated introduction to over 2000 years of ancient history on this topic. Author Donald G. Kyle takes readers from the early civilizations of the ancient Near East, through Greek and Hellenistic times,…
The Athenian Constitution
by Rhodes, P. J., (Peter John), Aristotle
fromPenguin classics
