"In recent years, classicists have begun aggressively to explore the impact of performance on the ways in which Greek and Roman plays are constructed and appreciated, both in their original performance context and in reperformances down to the present day. While never losing sig…
Offers an overview of the events, people and trends that make Greece a unique destination. This title features a chapter that includes various modes of transport (ferry/hydrofoil/catamaran/int- er-island flights) in a table format to help travellers plan their Greek Island hop.
Offers an overview of the events, people and trends that make Greece a unique destination. This title features a chapter that includes various modes of transport (ferry/hydrofoil/catamaran/int- er-island flights) in a table format to help travellers plan their Greek Island hop.
"The Greeks have long been regarded as innovators across a wide range of fields in literature, culture, philosophy, politics and science. However, little attention has been paid to how they thought and felt about novelty and innovation itself, and to relating this to the forces …
"In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, such as constituting a single standard of sexual conduct for women and men. Among the Pythagoreans, women played an im…
"In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, such as constituting a single standard of sexual conduct for women and men. Among the Pythagoreans, women played an im…
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Mycenaean Messenia and the kingdom of Pylos
This study outlines the state of our present knowledge concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia and examines the evidence for reconstructing the political geography of the ""Kingdom"" of Pylos. The progress of archaeological exploration in Messenia is reviewed in relatio…
"One of the most important works of history in Western literature, by the freshest and liveliest of all classical Greek prose authors, Herodotus's Histories is also a key text for the study of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Covering a central and widely studied period of…