Pericles of Athens
Vincent Azoulay, Janet Lloyd and Paul Cartledge
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Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what...
The Hippocrates Code: Unraveling the Ancient Mysteries of Modern Medical Terminology
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In this book lies a key for decoding modern medical terminology, a living language that, despite...
The Cambridge History of Capitalism: Volume 1, the Rise of Capitalism: From Ancient Origins to 1848: Volume 1
Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson
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The first volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides a comprehensive account of the...
The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity
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Ever since the International Monetary Fund s first bailout of Greece s sinking economy in 2010, the...
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Those Who Are Loved
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'Victoria Hislop's view of history in her novels is, like the writer herself, a compassionate and...
Historical Fiction Modern Greek History
A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts
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Bringing together a broad range of case studies written by a team of international scholars, this...
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
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Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he...
Light from Light: Cosmology and the Theology of the Logos
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Cosmology and theology share a long held relationship with one another, explaining as they do the...
Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know
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Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be a politically secure nation with a healthy economy....