Greece

A New Kind of War takes us back to the Greece and Germany of 1945 - as the old kind of war comes to its official end....

Plotinus (204/5 -270 CE), born in Lycopolis, Egypt, when it was part of the Roman Empire, was a major figure in the philosophical school later called Neoplatonism....

Had some experience in Greek? Up the challenge! Welcome to Beginner Greek. Master the basics of Greek conversation....

The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. is understood as the most decisive event in the struggle between the Greeks and the Persians....

The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. Esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor Tony Spawforth follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history....

In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard O'Donoghue provides a fascinating look at the many different forms of writing which have been called "poetry" - from the Greeks to the present day....

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander....

A new generation of listeners, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great's extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders' throughout antiquity....

The contributions of Greek thought to science and to philosophy is widely recognized....

Explore a series of exciting archaeological sites that provides you with a detailed idea of what Classical archaeology entails....

In this enlightening series of lectures, Professor Shutt delves into Spartan culture, examining its origins, government, religion, and the major events that defined its history....

The most exciting and essential parts of these two historic, epic poems: the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"....

A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia....

Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles....

In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece....

Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement was essential to the survival, success, and sheer sustainability of their society....

The civilization of the ancient fifth century B.C. Mediterranean blossoms into life in Mika Waltari's outstanding historical novel of love, war, greed, and spiritual tumult....

What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....

It is her characteristic generosity rather than her love of animals that finds Mrs Pargeter supporting her friend Jasmine Angold at a charity reception for PhiliPussies....

When the body of a boy from one of Greece's most prominent families turns up in a dumpster, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is certain there's a message in the murder....