Knox, BernardMareMagnum
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" In three erudite essays originally delivered as lectures, Knox stresses the relevance of the ancient Greeks (the "dead white males" of the title) to the modern world. Former director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, Knox defends the modern teaching of the humanities as "an education for democracy." While acknowledging the inferior status of women in ancient Greek society, he argues that women were a formidable presence in the household, and he finds in Greek epics, poetry and drama a wealth of assertive, active females. Knox portrays the Sophists, who taught rhetoric and poetry, as "the first professors of the humanities." It was the Sophists, not Socrates, who "brought theory down from the skies," he insists. He closes with an account of his year-long stay in Greece, where he found living ties between the country's ancient and contemporary language and culture. 144p.index. Remainder mark, else fine. Book
Part of a trilogy recounting the naval adventures of George Lefanu Gurney - from Naples to Crete, to Alexandria through Arabia .and finally to Hong Kong - swearing vengeance against the man who ruined his life. Book
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has edgewear with light chipping. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Tells the story of the First Persian Expedition and their defeat by the Athenians on the plain of Marathon in which 9000 Greek part-time warriors defied 30,000 Persians under Darius--popular history. ; 191 pages; Book Club Edition.
"Maria Pappas the fiery diva who squandered here life, her career her sacred talent for the love of a Greek tycoon" Book
Fold out large scale map of Greece (Scale 1: 700,000) Place names in Greek with Roman alphabet transliteration. Legends in Greek, French,English and German ,This map is still useful in general terms, but note the date, it does NOT.therefore, include the new highways Map
A legacy from an uncle she has never known brought Suzy Benson to Hydra ... too late she discovered that she was heiress to the evil of a guilt-ridden past.171p. Book
166p.index.Name of previous owner, else fne Book
Describing historical and literary associations to places in Greece for visitors. 191p.C191p.+ plates [ B & W] index. text neat and complete, library marks Ex-Library
Foreedges of boards have chipping with a bit of loss. Tear to spine (with some loss of spine cover). Fraying to spine ends. ; x, 340pp, 137 illustrations. ; 340 pages
208p.index Heavily underlines - student reading text only Book
Small format but wide ranging,well arranged tourist guide to Greece. 240p. (+ 16p. maps) Book
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has a couple of small scratches to front panel and edgewear. ; 267pp.; 267 pages
Mixing affection with detachment,rapture with clarity,this American poet perfectly evokes a country delicately balanced between East and West.398P. Book
Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. DJ lightly yellowed and now in mylar. ; 95pp, illustrated.; The World of Archaeology; 95 pages
Former owner's name to ffep. Very minor shelfwear and foxing. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has light shelfwear. ; 117pp, with 14 color and 160 b+w illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition of Cypriote Art. ; 117 pages
Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; 66 Photographs, 67 Line Drawings, 4 Maps and 3 tables. Examines the literary and archaeological evidence of the Mycenaean civilization until their decline after the invasion of the Doric tribes in 1300 BC. ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 180 pages
"Simon is invited to the Greek Isle of Skagathos to teach overly enthusiastic would-be writers who have as much chance of actually publishing a book as Simon has of winning a Booker Prize. The summer colony, of which the writers are a part, has taken the tenets of the New Age to heart, whether in pursuit of the ever-elusive orgasm or of finding the magic key that will unlock their inner creativity. And Simon, as polite as he is randy, cannot quite bring himself to explain to his students that there is no necessary connection between the price of one's computer and the quality of one's writing" Something of a send-up of the writer's school on Skyros.189p. Neat crisp copy but for remainder mark Book
Creasing along spine. ; Using evidence from archaeology and the recently deciphered Linear B tablets the author examines Mycenean civilization and the subsequent literary traditions in the Homeric epics. ; 333 pages
Spine sunned. Minor shelfwear. Light pencil to a couple of pages. ; Illuminates the diplomatic narrative of the period covered (403-336 B. C. ). Each of the translations have a commentary in order to supply needed background information and narrative continuity. ; Greek Historical Documents; 129 pages
The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence it gave to free labor. Wood argues that the emergence of the peasant as citizen, juridically and politically independent, accounts for much that is remarkable in Athenian political institutions and om a survey of historical writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the focus of which distorted later debates, Wood goes on to take issue with recent arguments, such as those of G.E.M. de Ste Croix, about the importance of slavery in agricultural production. The social, political and cultural influence of the peasant-citizen is explored in a way which questions some of the most cherished conventions of Marxist and non-Marxist historiography.210.index Shabby reading copy, but text complete. Ex-Library
Covers period up to 1985. 352p. bibliography.index "Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and its people, from the founding of Constantinople to the eclipse of socialism in the late twentieth century. C. M. Woodhouse is uniquely qualified to write the history of Greece, having served there in the Allied military and the British embassy during and after World War II before writing several books on Greece. In this classic work, which Woodhouse has updated five times to create a truly comprehensive history, the depth of his knowledge and understanding of the country and its citizens comes through clearly in every chapter, as he ranges from the ascendancy and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire through the emergence for the first time of a unified Greek kingdom in the 1800s to the political turmoil of twentieth-century politics. This is a book for readers and travelers who wish to understand the history and culture behind the beauty that is eternal Greece. Book
Covers period up to 1985. 352p. bibliography.index "Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and its people, from the founding of Constantinople to the eclipse of socialism in the late twentieth century. C. M. Woodhouse is uniquely qualified to write the history of Greece, having served there in the Allied military and the British embassy during and after World War II before writing several books on Greece. In this classic work, which Woodhouse has updated five times to create a truly comprehensive history, the depth of his knowledge and understanding of the country and its citizens comes through clearly in every chapter, as he ranges from the ascendancy and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire through the emergence for the first time of a unified Greek kingdom in the 1800s to the political turmoil of twentieth-century politics. This is a book for readers and travelers who wish to understand the history and culture behind the beauty that is eternal Greece. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 158 p. A study on peaceful Turkish and Greek relations on the axis Aegean politics. 'Kato polemos!' means 'Damn war!' in Greek language. Kato Polemos (Kahrolsun savas): Ege'de Türk-Yunan barisi.
1998LFA-126735863Un ouvrage de 400 pages, format 155 x 230 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1998, bon état
1999GRECEE0115Paris, La Découverte/Poche, 1999, 12,5 x 19, 226 pages sous couverture illustrée.