Contains thirty-five groups of essays, each of which includes an overview of an issue related to Classical antiquity and classical studies, including Greeks and Romans, followed by two or more opposing opinions, arranged alphabetically by topic.
There’s more to ancient Greece than Athens and Sparta. Readers explore the history and culture of ancient Greece through the landmark archaeological finds that have taken place in the region. The chronological arrangement of the text allows readers to trace the civilization’s development from the days of the Minoan and Mycene through the end of antiquity. Readers will delight in reading about the first Olympic games, the Acropolis, and more.
Callie and Nick embark on a dangerous adventure after their archaeologist parents are kidnapped on a Greek island, and they battle deadly tombs, a lion-headed monster, and the schemes of a psychotic millionaire while trying to obtain a Mycenaean treasure that could cover their parents' ransom.
Explores the technology employed by the people of ancient Greece. Discusses how the Greeks constructed everything from roads to aqueducts and reveals how elements of their technological advances continue to shape our world. Includes color photographs and a glossary.
Alexias, a young Athenian from a good family, meets Lysis, a youth who is under the influence of Socrates, and they form a strong friendship, against a background of athletic games, famine, and civil war.
What were once just boys' games become matters of life and death as Petros and his older brother Zola each wonder if, like their resistance-fighter cousin, they too can make a difference in a Nazi-occupied Greece.
