Authors:Pausanias, Peter Levi,
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Keywords: greece, central, vol, guide
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 1984-08-07
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0140442251
ISBN-13: 9780140442250
Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveler for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias’ "Guide to Greece" is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook. A study of buildings, traditions and myth, it describes with precision and eloquence the glory of classical Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century. This volume, the first of two, concerns the five provinces of central Greece, with an account of cities including Athens, Corinth and Thebes and a compelling depiction of the Oracle at Delphi. Along the way, Pausanias recounts Greek legends th
Author: Ian Macgregor Morris
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
Keywords: greece, ancient, leaders, themistocles, defender
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 2002-09
List price: $33.25
ISBN-10: 0823938301
ISBN-13: 9780823938308
Author: Pausanias
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Keywords: greece, southern, vol, guide
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1984-08-07
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 014044226X
ISBN-13: 9780140442267
Pausanias’s (c. 143-176) account of every Greek city and sanctuary includes historical introductions and a record of local customs and beliefs. This volume describes southern Greece, including Olympia, Sparta, Arcadia, and Bassae
Authors:Thalia Dragonas, Faruk Birtek,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: turkey, greece, historical, studies, social, nation, citizenship, state
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2005-01-07
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0415347831
ISBN-13: 9780415347839
Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor states of the Ottoman Empire, and on aspects of civil society in the two countries.The volume is divided into two parts: ’Empire and Nation-State’ and ’Nation and Civil Society’ and covers issues such as Turkish and Greek nationalism, the formation of the Greek State, the impact of the Greek War of Independence in transforming the Ottoman Empire, civil society in Greece during the post-World War II period, the
Author: Andrew Bostock
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Keywords: greece, peloponnese, guide, bradt, travel
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2010-05-04
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 1841623075
ISBN-13: 9781841623078
Greece is the cradle of civilization, and the Peloponnese is the cradle of Greece: Olympia is here, so are the mountains of Arcadia and Homer’s Mycenae. But Bradt’s Greece: The Peloponnese also embraces the living world: the traditional panagyria (village festivals) and the people who still embody the Greek spirit of philoxenia, or hospitality to strangers. It leads travelers to idyllic campsites by ancient theatres; luxurious, boutique hotels; picnic spots in olive groves; buzzing towns and hidden communities. It reveals the best places to eat, hike, kayak or to spot the famous logger
Authors:Ian Worthington, John Miles Foley,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publisher
Keywords: ancient, greece, bibliotheca, mnemosyne, classica, batava, supplementum, literacy, orality, written, communication, grammata, epea, oral
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2001-12-01
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 9004124551
ISBN-13: 9789004124554
This volume deals with aspects of orality and oral traditions in Ancient Greece and is a selection of refereed papers from the fourth biennial "Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece" conference, held at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA in 2000. The book is divided into three parts: literature, rhetoric and society, and philosophy. The papers focus on genres such as epic poetry, drama, poetry and art, public oratory, legislative procedure, and Simplicius’ philosophy.
Author: Oecd
Publisher: Organization for Economic
Keywords: greece, surveys, economic, oecd
Published: 2001-02-01
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 9264190155
ISBN-13: 9789264190153
