The Histories
1,709円 “Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.” ーThe Times Literary Supplement In Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassusーhailed by Cicero as the “Father...
The Mighty Dead
1,335円 Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) ‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for N...
Roman and Greek History
484円 Why does history fascinate us and why, in particular, does ancient Greek and Roman history seem to have such a powerful hold on our modern psyches? Is it the huge and heroic characters, like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, who strut across the stage with such ruthless aplomb or is it the f...
Oeuvres complètes de Apulée
174円 Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, a été relu et corrigé. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait: Du reste, le grand économe a établi les révolutions des astres, leurs levers, leurs couchers, leurs oscillations, leurs retards, avec une ...
Manuel d'Épictète
299円 Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kindle. Le Manuel d'Épictète est un ouvrage compilé par Arrien. Sans doute publié pour la première fois autour de l'an 125, il s'agit d'un livre résumant la doctrine du philosophe stoïcien Épictète. Contrairement aux ouvrages de philosoph...
Hippias mineur
267円 Extrait : Eudicos. ー Mais toi, Socrate, pourquoi restes-tu ainsi muet, après qu’Hippias a si amplement discouru ? D’où vient que tu ne joins pas tes éloges aux nôtres ? Ou, si tu as quelque chose à reprendre, que ne le critiques-tu ? D’autant p lus que nous voici entre nous, c’est-à-dire entre g...
La Grande Morale
350円 De la nature de la morale. Elle fait partie de la politique. ー Il faut étudier la vertu surtout à un point de vue  pratique, afin de la connaître et de l’acquérir. ー Travaux antérieurs : Pythagore, Socrate, Platon ; défauts de  leurs thé...
Pericles of Athens
3,575円 The definitive biography of the legendary "first citizen of Athens" Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military...
Greek History: The Basics
4,807円 Greek History: The Basics is a concise and compelling introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age to rule by Rome. With a chapter on each crucial period of Greece’s ancient history, the book covers the key topics, approaches and issues at the heart of Greek History,...
Crete 1941
933円 The bestselling author of The Battle of Arnhem and D-Day vividly reconstructs the epic WWII struggle for Crete – reissued with a new introduction Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. Little did they know that the British, ...
The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans
12,103円 The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 marked the end of a thousand years of the Christian Roman Empire. Thereafter, world civilisation began a process of radical change. The West came to identify itself as Europe; the Russians were set on the path of autocracy; the Ottomans were tran...
Pope, Homer, and Manliness
10,943円 The author here reassesses the concept of ‘masculinity’, and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable models. The argument is sustained by a close reading of the problematic conflict between gendered values...
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