A collection of forty-two essays which explore the lives of ancient Greeks from all walks of life whose accomplishments continue to have influence in the modern world, including Aesop, Plato, Sappho, and Alexander the Great.
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.
Describes ancient Greece's location; environmental, historical, and chronological settings; origins, growth, and decline; economics; social structure; politics; religion and ideology; intellectual accomplishments; and material culture; and discusses controversies in and future directions of the study of Greek civilization.
Describes women in ancient Greece through the Hellenistic age, including their legal rights and status, their home life, their roles in community activities, and their image in mythology, drama, and philosophy.
A history of the technology of ancient Greece including its agriculture and trade, system of writing, strategy of warfare, art and architecture, and technology of medicine.
