2,247円 This compact, comprehensive, and generously illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilization to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great. Designed for nonspecialist readers, it will be a welcome and needed resource for al...

496円 Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484–425 BC). Widely referred to as "The Father of History" (first conferred by Cicero), he was the first historian known to collect his materials systema...

6,201円 This is a pioneering study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. Following the author's earlier book on Athenian banking, this work analyzes erotic business at Athens in the context of the Athenian economy. For the ...

350円 Commençons notre chant par les Muses, habitantes du haut et divin Hélicon, qui, près d’une noire fontaine, devant  l’autel du puissant fils de Cronos, mènent des danses légères ; qui, après avoir baigné leur beau corps dans les  ea...

352円 Extrait : I. Miltiade, fils de Cimon, né à Athènes, l’emportait sur tous ses concitoyens par l’ancienneté de sa race, par la gloire de ses ancêtres, par sa modestie, et se trouvait à cet âge où l’on pouvait déjà non seulement fonder sur lui de grandes espérances, mais compter qu’il deviendrait te...

751円 Strettamente collegate con i raffinatissimi regni d’Egitto, Lidia e Persia, e con terre lontane come Arabia e India, le sostanze aromatiche furono per i Greci elemento di offerta agli dèi prima di diventare parte della toeletta quotidiana. Il volume ricostruisce un universo di spezie, ma soprattu...

3,000円 La Grèce est à la source de la culture occidentale et de l'histoire européenne. Foyer artistique, philosophique et littéraire, mais aussi mère de la démocratie, terre d’origine du sport et du commerce, elle n’a cessé, tout au long de son histoire, d’enrichir notre héritage culturel et d’inspirer ...

351円 Extrait : Ce qu’il y a de plus étonnant dans l’histoire des Vampires, c’est qu’ils ont partagé avec nos grands philosophes l’honneur d’étonner le 18e siècle ; c’est qu’ils ont épouvanté la Lorraine, la Prusse, la Silésie, la Pologne, la Moravie, l’Autriche, la Russie, la Bohême et tout le nord de...

4,915円 Plato's conversations of Socrates are among the most accessible philosophical texts most of us have ever read, yet the more one pursues the art or intelligibility of this writing, the more mysterious and paradoxical the Platonic texts become. What does it mean to study Plato, not philosophically ...

1,657円 "A splendid new edition."ーJames Campbell, Times Literary Supplement "Xan Fielding was a gifted, many-sided, courageous and romantic figure, at the same time civilized and Bohemian, and his thoughtful cast of mind was leavened by humour, spontaneous gaiety, and a dash of recklessness. Almost any ...

1,657円 "A jewel of memory."ーDorothy Canfield Fisher, Book-of-the-Month Club At the crossroads of East and West, Salonica (now Thessaloniki) was an oasis in a swirl of conflicting powers and interests, a vibrant world of varied peoples, where Leon Sciaky grew up at the turn of the twentieth century. Thi...

496円 The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical piece of writing regarding the events of the Peloponnesian War (431â 404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also...