Cultural Region/Greece
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Heroines of Olympus: The Women of Greek Mythology
$22.95 Add to cartGoddesses, monsters, humans and the semi-divine – whether courageous or meek, gruesome or irresistible, female characters are ever present on the peripheries of the great Greek myths, but rarely do t
- Author: Mackin Roberts, Ellie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1787394921
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology: Tales of Greek Myth, Gods, Goddesses, Mythical Beasts & the Beliefs of Ancient Greece
$24.99 Add to cartA juggernaut in the literary world at the apex of history, culture, politics, and art, the Greeks altered almost every facet of Western ideology and stand alone as a legend in the realm of human histo
- Author: Myron, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 192234611X
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology: Tales of Greek Myth, Gods, Goddesses, Mythical Beasts & the Beliefs of Ancient Greece
$14.99 Add to cartA juggernaut in the literary world at the apex of history, culture, politics, and art, the Greeks altered almost every facet of Western ideology and stand alone as a legend in the realm of human histo
- Author: Myron, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: October 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1922346047
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology Explained: A Deeper Look at Classical Greek Lore and Myth (Reimagined Stories about the Ancient Civilization of Greece)
$19.99 Add to cartAncient Greek Gods and Mythology Explored Like Never Before
#1 Bestseller in Ancient & Classical Literature
Discover six classic stories of Greek mythology in this exciting retelling that paints both fa
- Author: Christou, Marios
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1633538966
- Language: English
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Where the Wandering Ends: A Novel of Corfu
$18.99 Read moreA vivid, character-driven historical saga set in Greece at the end of WWII and on the verge of the Greek Civil War. Fans of Ariel Lawhon’s books about little-known history will love this sweeping, mul
- Author: Corporon, Yvette Manessis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1400236800
- Language: English
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Nistisima: The Secret to Delicious Mediterranean Vegan Food from the Mediterranean and Beyond
$35.00 Add to cartA Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022 * Observer Food Monthly’s Best New Cookbook!
120 vegan recipes from the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Eastern Europe that have stood the test of time, from- Author: Hayden, Georgina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1526630680
- Language: English
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Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics
$7.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the … [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker #10
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0375823786
- Language: English
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The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
$50.00 Add to cartThis book is a study of ancient views about “moral luck.” It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a pers… [more below]
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0521794722
- Language: English
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The Lion and the Mouse
$9.95 Add to cartAn Aesop fable about the value of all- great and small- retold and illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts.
When a lion cub spares the life of a mouse, the smallest animal of al- Author: Aesop
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0735821291
- Language: English
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Yemaya: Orisha, Goddess, and Queen of the Sea
$18.95 Read moreA celebration and practical guide to the renowned and beloved goddess and orisha.
Yemaya, queen of the sea, first emerged in Yorubaland (now in modern Nigeria). A primordial deity, considered the mot- Author: Morgaine, Raven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1578637430
- Language: English
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Have a Hot Time, Hades!
$9.99 Add to cartThink you know the real story behind the Greek myths? Think again. Most people only know what Zeus wants them to. But the truth is, Zeus is a total myth-o-maniac. Hades, King of the Underworld, is her… [more below]
- Series: Myth-O-Mania #01
- Author: McMullan, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1434234371
- Language: English
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Trojan Women
$15.99 Add to cartAmong surviving Greek tragedies only Euripides’ Trojan Women shows us the extinction of a whole city, an entire people. Despite its grim theme, or more likely because of the centrality of that theme t… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0195179102
- Language: English
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Xenophon’s Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War
$19.99 Add to cartCyrus, a great Persian leader, was so widely and memorably respected that a hundred years later, Xenophon of Athens wrote this admiring book about the greatest leader of his era. Larry Hedrick’s Intro
- Author: Xenophon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0312364695
- Language: English
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The Colossus of Maroussi
$15.95 Add to cartLike the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent tra… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Paperbook
- Author: Miller, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2010
- ISBN10: 0811218570
- Language: English
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The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
$19.95 Add to cartThe fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology
Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Gi- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0691245606
- Language: English
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Timaeus and Critias
$12.95 Add to cart‘The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.’
Timaeus, one of Plato’s acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its conten- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0192807358
- Language: English
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The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander
$32.00 Add to cartArrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.
After twelve years- Series: Landmark (Anchor Books)
- Author: Arrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: January 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1400079675
- Language: English
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Enchiridion
$5.00 Add to cartAlthough he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 CE) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and live in harmony with nature…. [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0486433595
- Language: English
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Gorgias: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture
$14.95 Add to cartWith a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato’s Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a pr
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485274
- Language: English
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What the Greeks Did for Us
$30.00 Read moreAn enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 030025802X
- Language: English
