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Presents an English translation of the Greek text which provides an account of the people and events involved in the long conflict between Athens and Sparta.

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, featuring excerpts from historical sources, and providing various perspectives on Alexander as a king, a general, and as a human being.

A series of biographies written at the beginning of the second century A.D., in which the author gives an account of one Greek and one Roman life and follows with a comparison of the two.

"Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse-his cremains in a bullet. Here, in compelling guise, are your favorite mythological figures-Narcissus and Echo, Orpheus and Eurydice, Pygmalion and Galatea, even Argos, Odysseus's faithful dog-alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions. Featuring talkative goats, a cat lady, a bird woman, a beer-drinking ogre, and a squid who falls in love with the sun, these are stories of boundless wonder and invention. If "xo" signals a goodbye, then xo Orpheus is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking, a book that boldly heralds a new beginning for one of the world's oldest literary traditions"--.

Presents an illustrated adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey" designed for younger readers, and includes a selection of related activities.

A collection of recipes for Greek foods, with photographs and information about the ways in which the Greek people live and eat in the different areas of their country.

Nine chapters focus on distinct periods of Greek culture, tracing the stylistic development of Greek art, architecture, and artifacts over the course of two millennia.

Photographs and illustrations introduce the inventions and technology used by the ancient Greeks, describing how those ideas influenced later technology.

Presents a comprehensive travel guide to the Greek Islands with photographs, illustrations, and maps along with information on restaurants and hotels, nightlife and tourist sites, shopping, and history.

A region-by-region traveler's guide to Greece that covers historic sites, cultural attractions, recreation, restaurants, and lodgings and provides maps, itineraries, alphabetized travel tips, and close-ups of special topics such as the Spartan ethic, Easter week in Delphi, and music in Thessaloniki.