381円 Es Cazzoas uno de esos personajes mágicos de la literatura que surgen y se imponen a su autor, perplejo ante la fuerza de ese ser, que aparece de la nada como una revelación divina, y se queda. Estaba iniciando José Elgarresta su blog Todynada, cuando, tras una mirada a la h...

164円 Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were among the first to refine philosophical thought, and Socrates is credited with devising ...

330円 Volume 4 of Grotes authoritative series on Greece covers the history of Greece during the rise of the Persian Empire. Topics include a discussion of the democratization of Athens, the Macedonians, Illyrians, Greek colonies of Cyrene and in Thrace, and the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus and...

661円 Aristotle was one of the most influential Western philosophers in history, and along with Socrates and Plato, he formed the foundation of logic, reason, rhetoric, and even science. The Essential Aristotle Collection brings together all of Aristotle's classic writings on these topics.*Includes the...

5,970円 A New History of the Peloponnesian War is an ebook-only omnibus edition that includes all four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between Athens and Sparta (431–404 B.C.): The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, The Archidamian War, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expediti...

687円 On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire: And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations. . By Charles Hardwick Author of a "History of Preston and its Environs," "Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-Lore," "Manual for Patrons and Members of Friendly Societies," &c. MANCHESTER: ABE...

496円 The Secret History of Procopius tr. by Richard Atwater Procopius, who also wrote a mainstream military history and a toadying description of the monuments which Justinian built, had to keep his most acute writing for posthumous publication. This text flays Justinian and Theodora as corrupt, immor...

827円 The names of historys most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the worlds most famous race, but it also preserved Western civilization during the First Persian War. Saratoga, won by one of the colonists most renowne...

777円 For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god; in our day h...

12,757円 Greece sits at the center of a geopolitical storm that threatens the stability of the European Union. To comprehend how this small country precipitated such an outsized crisis, it is necessary to understand how Greece developed into a nation in the first place, Paschalis Kitromilides contends. En...

1,126円 The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably different without the formative influence of Ancient Greek models. Ancient Greek civilization was de...

164円 Isocrates (436-338 B.C.) was an ancient Athenian orator, rhetorician, and teacher whose writings are an important historical source on the intellectual and political life of the Golden Age of Athens. The school he founded differed markedly in its aims from the Academy of Plato but it was influent...