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92 Acharnon Street • John Lucas TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2008 • PAPER • 219 PAGES In this anecdotal memoir, Lucas' love for tougher Grecian realities resonates. With irony and detachment, he memorializes Athenian tavernas and jaded prostitutes, murderous traffic and raucous streets, and petty bureaucratic tyrannies and heroic individualists. (GRE362, $36.95)
Aegean Art and Architecture • Donald Preziosi • Louise Hitchcock ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2000 • PAPER • 275 PAGES An illustrated survey of Minoan and Mycenean art from the Neolithic to the extraordinary Bronze Age palaces of Knossos, Gournia and Phaistos. Organized chronologically, it's a serious-minded prehistory of Crete and the Aegean that will appeal to the traveler with a strong interest in archaeology. With 146 illustrations. (GRE113, $27.95)
The Aeneid • Virgil • Robert Fitzgerald LITERATURE • 1990 • PAPER • 464 PAGES A noted translation of the epic Roman poem of Aeneas and his journeys in the Mediterranean following the Trojan War. (ITL271, $13.00)
The Age of Alexander, Nine Greek Lives • Plutarch LITERATURE • 1995 • PAPER • 443 PAGES Plutarch's classic history of Alexander the Great. (GRE139, $15.00)
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. • Peter Green BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1992 • PAPER • 617 PAGES An outstanding biography of the complex ruler, this book combines great storytelling, adventure, romance, brutish violence, historical accuracy -- and vivid character sketches of Darius, Aristotle and other famous personalities. With his commanding knowledge and his way with words, Alexander of Macedon is a scholarly book that you can't put down. (GRE56, $26.95)
Alexander the Great • Robin Lane Fox BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 568 PAGES A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight. This enormously readable book succeeds in bringing the man and his era to life. (GRE17, $17.00)
Alexander the Great • Paul Cartledge HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 368 PAGES Well-written, engrossing biography of the iconic leader, his times, military campaigns and strategies. (GRE294, $16.00)
Alexander the Great, A Life in Legend • Richard Stoneman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2008 • HARD COVER • 320 PAGES Stoneman traces Alexander's powwerful influence in ancient literature and folklore and in later literatures of east and west in this authoritative account. (GRE346, $35.00)
Alexander the Great, A New History • Lawrence A. Tritle • Waldemar Heckel HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 366 PAGES Leading histrorians contribute to scholarly collection of 16 essays covering diverse topics including Alexander's religious views, his entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the influence of his legacy, and later representations in art and cinema. (GRE455, $49.95)
Alexander the Great, Son of the Gods • Alan Fildes • Joann Fletcher BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 176 PAGES An illustrated overview of King Alexander III of Macedon, organized chronologically, featuring 120 color illustrations of ancient art. (GRE288, $19.95)
Alexander, The Ambiguity of Greatness • Guy MacLean Rogers BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2005 • PAPER • 420 PAGES Rogers doen'st portray Alexander the Great as a hero or a bloodthirsty tyrant, but as a much more complex and surprisingly modern figure in this thoroughly researched and lively biography. (GRE312, $17.00)
The Alexandria Quartet: Justine/Balthazar/Mountolive/Clea Boxed Set • Lawrence Durrell LITERATURE • 2012 • PAPER • 880 PAGES L.G. Darley stars in Durrell's brilliant, multi-faceted collection of four novels set in Alexandria in the years surrounding WWII. Justine, Balthazar and Mountolive all revolving around events before World War II, each from a different point of view. Clea, the final novel, is Darley's emotional tale of nurturing the love he has for Clea Montis, a talented painter. Published to mark the centennial of Durrell's birth. (GRE88, $32.50)
All the Pain Money Can Buy, The Life of Christina Onassis • William Wright BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1991 • PAPER • 428399 PAGES A salacious account of the charmed life and unfortunate death of Christina in Argentina in 1988. Until her parents were divorced in the mid-1960s, Christina was practically raised aboard the yacht named after her -- and privileged beyond sense. This celebrity biography is great reading. Wright has also written an account of Klaus Von Bulow. (GRE141, $26.95)
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times • Thomas R. Martin ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2000 • PAPER • 254 PAGES An introduction to Greek history, culture and politics from prehistory to 30 B.C., written for an undergraduate audience. The author is a professor of classics at Holy Cross. (GRE212, $16.95)
Ancient Greek Athletics • Stephen G. Miller HISTORY • 2004 • HARD COVER • 288 PAGES An illustrated portrait of the Olympics and athletic competition in classical Greece. With 291 illustrations, many in color. Miller, an archaeologist at Berkeley, draws particularly on the material evidence. (GRE207, $35.00)
The Ancient Greeks • Moses I. Finley HISTORY • 1992 • PAPER • 204 PAGES An introduction to the world of the ancient Greeks by the well renowned Classics commentator. Finley breaks down the major periods of Greek history, and provides an overview of the accomplishments that were achieved in the fields of philosophy, literature, theatre, science, architecture, the visual arts and language. With separate chapters on Athens, Sparta, and the Romans. (GRE105, $15.00)
The Ancient Olympic Games • Judith Swaddling HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 120 PAGES The site and sport of Olympia. This revised edition includes a large, detailed model of the ancient site of Olympia, maps and dozens of large color reproductions of vases, sculpture, and other works of ancient art depicting the Games. Swaddling, a curator at the British Museum, looks also at the mythological and religious origins of the games. (GRE158, $19.95)
The Ancient Olympics, A History • Nigel Spivey HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Cambridge classicist Spivey offers a vivid history of Greek athletic contests, not just the Olympian but also the Pythian at Delphi, Isthmian at Corinth and Nemean at Argos. A wonderful popular writer, he focuses on the central role of athletics (and the military which was a close corollary) in classical Greek life. The book is timed, not coincidentally, with the quadrennial. With 40 black-and-white illustrations. (GRE206, $19.99)
Apartment in Athens • Glenway Wescott LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 288 PAGES Back in print after 30 years, Glenway Wescott's 1945 bestseller is the story of a Greek couple who are forced to share their home in Nazi-occupied Athens with a German officer during World War II. (GRE198, $14.95)
Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology • Apollodorus • Robin Hard LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 336 PAGES An important source book for classicists in the series of Oxford World's Classics, compiled by Apollodorus in the first/second century BC. (GRE325, $13.95)
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece • James Whitley ARCHAEOLOGY • 2001 • PAPER • 510 PAGES A clear, up-to-date survey of Greek archaeology by a specialist in Early Iron Age, the Archaic period and Archaic Crete. With 46 line diagrams, 87 half-tones, 1 table and 40 maps. (GRE211, $57.00)
The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction • William R. Biers HISTORY • 1996 • PAPER • 350 PAGES Digging in Greece 101, this book intended for a college audience is an engaging, comprehensive survey of Greek archaeology from the Minoan civilization through the Hellenistic Age. It includes site plans and drawings as well as hundreds of black and white photos of vases, sculpture and other objects. A highly recommended handbook for archaeology-minded travelers to Greece. (GRE71, $24.95)
Archaic and Classical Greek Art • Robin Osborne ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1998 • PAPER • 280 PAGES A scholarly introduction to the painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece. Professor Osborne presents both well-known and rare images of the Dark Age through the early Hellenistic period, illustrating the relationship between the different art forms and the changing sociopolitical context of the Greek world. With 86 color plates and several black and white images. (GRE217, $27.95)
The Argonautika, The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece • Apollonius of Rhodes • Peter Green LITERATURE • 2007 • PAPER The story, in verse, by Apollonius of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece, here retold. A noted classicist, Peter Green retranslates the original into readable modern verse. With a helpful glossary and maps that show the route of the journey. (GRE92, $26.95)
Aristophene's Lysistrata • Aristophanes • Nicholas Rudall LITERATURE • 1991 • PAPER • 65 PAGES Written in 414 B.C. in the aftermath of yet another disaster in the endless Peloponnesian War, this is Aristophene's great send-up of the follies of men and war. It famously opens with a wild fertility ritual involving a giant red phallus. In a straight-forward colloquial translation by Nicholas Randall. (GRE79, $9.95)
Aristotle's Poetics • Aristotle • Stephen Halliwell LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 384 PAGES This essay is among the most influential works on art and theater in history. (TTR22, $30.00)
Art and Experience in Classical Greece • J. J. Pollitt ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1972 • PAPER • 205 PAGES An illustrated study of Greek sculpture, architecture and painting from 480-320 BC. This exploration places works in the context of the Classical Period by referencing the philosophy, literature, and politics of the time. (GRE272, $33.00)
Athenian Agora, Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athens • John M. Camp • Colin Renfrew ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1992 • PAPER • 232 PAGES For anyone wondering about the history and significance of Athen's great public gathering place, we couldn't recommend more highly this lucid, wonderfully illustrated history. The author, assistant director of the Agora excavations since 1973, includes excellent maps, site plans and dozens of photographs, including very helpful aerial shots. (GRE169, $24.95)
The Athenian Trireme, The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship • N.B. Rankov • J.F. Coates • J.S. Morrison HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 336 PAGES This scholarly work surveys the wealth of new information and understanding gleaned from the trials of Olympias, a reconstructed Greek trireme. (GRE153, $38.00)
Athens Delphi Egina Map • Freytag & Berndt MAP A regional map of Attika, including Athens, Delphi and the island of Euboea at a scale of 1:250,000. With street plans of central Athens and Piraeus, along with site diagrams of Dellphi and Elefsis. One Side. 26x35 inches. (GRE243, $12.95)
Athens Map • World Mapping Project MAP A water- and tearproof foldup map of Athens and surroundings, at an excellent scale. Two Sides. 20x25 inches. (GRE160, $8.99)
The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 • Misha Glenny HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 752 PAGES A history of southeastern Europe from Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, to Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria. Glenny poignantly challenges the intervening role historically played by the "Great Powers" in the region. (BLK32, $22.00)
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter that Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization • Barry Strauss HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 320 PAGES A lively account of the 480 B. C. battle between Greece and Persia. Strauss, a military historian, draws on contemporary accounts of Herodotus, Aeschylus, and Plutarch along with archaeology. (GRE234, $15.00)
Berlitz Greek Phrase Book • Inc. Berlitz International LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2008 • AUDIO CD • 224 PAGES With a focus on the traveler, this combination 90-minute CD and pocket phrasebook will help you learn basic vocabulary. (GRE336, $14.95)
The Best of the Achaeans, Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry • Gregory Nagy LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 400 PAGES Gregory Nagy explores the occult and status of the hero in Hellenic civilization and poetry. The book is a scholarly guide to reading the Iliad and the Odyssey, and related ancient Greek poetry. Originally published in 1979 and revised in 1999. (GRE128, $28.00)
Beyond the Edge of the Sea • Mauricio Obregon HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 132 PAGES The adventures of Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses and other explorers of the ancient world are recreated in this personal account of ships, navigation and geographical discovery. While much of this slim book is focused on the classic Mediterranean, Obregon includes a chapter on the Norse discovery of the New World. With drawings, maps and illustrations throughout. (MED50, $15.00)
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture • Sarah B. Pomeroy HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 402 PAGES Four leading authorities on the classical world offer a lively account of Greek civilization and history, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era. The book integrates recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history. (GRE229, $44.95)
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece • Jenifer Neils HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 191 PAGES An illustrated guide based on the latest scholarship. Professor, classical archaeologist and popular tour leader Neils introduces ancient Greece, from its earliest origins to its legacy in the modern world, discussing topics such as writing and art, government and philosophy, warfare and hunting, trade and colonization, gods and heroes, entertainments and domestic life. (GRE496, $32.50)
C. P. Cavafy, The Unfinished Poems • Daniel Mendelsohn • C. P. Cavafy LITERATURE • 2009 • HARD COVER • 121 PAGES The companion book to classicist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn's dazzling Collected Poems (GRE363), this slim volume contains masteful translations of Cavafy's previously unpublished 30 final poems, published in cooperation with the Cavafy Archive. (GRE388, $30.00)
C.P. Cavafy, Collected Poems • C.P. Cavafy LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 284 PAGES A collection of poems from C.P. Cavafy, Greek literature's most influential 20th century poet. Not recognized until after his death in 1933, Cavafy candidly confronts themes ranging from sexuality to political history with penetrating language. (GRE87, $19.95)
Cadogan Guide Greek Islands • Dana Facaros GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 634 PAGES A guidebook in the respected British Cadogan series, this comprehensive look at the islands provides insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information. The heart of the book is an island-by-island description of the region aimed at the well read traveler. With some illustrations and excellent maps. (GRE25, $19.95)
Cadogan Guide The Peloponnese & Athens • Dana Facaros GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 352 PAGES A guidebook in the respected British Cadogan series, this comprehensive look at the Peloponnese provides insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information. The heart of the book contains region-by-region descriptions aimed at the well read traveler. With some illustrations and excellent maps. (GRE103, $22.95)
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology • Roger Woodard HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 536 PAGES Intended as a scholarly reader, this collection of essays by leading scholars covers the themes and influence of Greek mythology from its pre-Homeric origins to the impact of these tales on Western culture, philosophy, art, literature, politics and film. (GRE456, $32.00)
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World • Gle Bugh REFERENCE • 2006 • PAPER A collection of 15 original essays on the Hellenistic world, covering the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt, organized thematically, with chapters on religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. (GRE256, $42.00)
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece • Paul (ED Cartledge HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 400 PAGES This authoritative cultural history looks at what life was like for ordinary people in ancient Greece from slaves to soldiers to women, paying particular attention to social and economic aspects and the roles of religion, art, science and education. Packed with information and color illustrations. (GRE452, $47.00)
Celebrating Homer's Landscapes, Troy and Ithaca Revisited • John Victor Luce ARCHAEOLOGY • 1998 • HARD COVER • 224 PAGES A study of Aegean landscapes with reference to the geography of the great poet's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." The author recreated the voyage of Odysseus, illustrating Troy, Ithaca and other sites with gorgeous color photographs. (GRE80, $50.00)
Classical Art, From Greece to Rome • John S. Henderson • Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2001 • PAPER • 298 PAGES Taking the excavations at Pompeii as a starting point, Beard and Henderson's fascinating history examines masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome, including monuments, statues and portraits. The professors pay special attention to Roman reactions to Greek art. (MED194, $27.95)
Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art • Andrew Stewart HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 358 PAGES Andrew Stewart examines Greek architecture, painting, and sculpture of the fifth and fourth centuries BC in relation to the great political, social, cultural and intellectual issues of the period in this lively textbook, geared for courses in courses in Greek art and archaeology and classical civilization. (GRE444, $30.00)
Classical Myth • Barry Powell LITERATURE • 2003 • PAPER • 720 PAGES A textbook survey of Greek and Roman mythology, first published in 1933. It features established translations of the myths with historical context and modern commentary. Fourth Edition. (GRE222, $75.00)
Classical Mythology • Mark Morford • Robert Lenordon LITERATURE • 2010 • PAPER • 704 PAGES A comprehensive survey of Greek mythology, including illustrations, charts and tables, for an undergraduate audience. (GRE132, $89.95)
Classical Mythology, A Very Short Introduction • Helen Morales HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 144 PAGES Not a collection of tales, but rather a slim guide to understanding the meaning and history of Greek and Roman mythology. (MED121, $11.95)
Classical Mythology, Images and Insights • Stephen Harris • Gloria Platzner LITERATURE • 2003 • PAPER • 1128 PAGES A comprehensive introduction to Greco-Roman mythology, incorporating primary texts from classical authors (Homer, Ovid, etc.), along with modern commentary and interpretation. Illustrated throughout with photographs of ancient art depicting the stories. (GRE213, $132.50)
Collected Poems • C.P. Cavafy LITERATURE • 2009 • HARD COVER • 624 PAGES These 250 poems by the great modern Greek poet, newly translated by classicist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn, cover the sweep of Hellenic civilization from the Trojan War through Cavafy's own lifetime. (GRE363, $35.00)
Companion Guide Greece • Brian de Jongh GUIDEBOOK • 2000 • PAPER • 559 PAGES A comprehensive, personable guide to all mainland Greece, interweaving present-day landscapes and attractions with the myths and legend. It includes a few color illustrations, site plans and maps. Originally published as two separate volumes in the 1970s and throughoughly revised for this edition. (GRE134, $34.95)
A Concise History of Greece • Richard Clogg HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 308 PAGES An engaging and scholarly short history of Greece from the late 1700s to the end of the 20th century. (GRE286, $27.99)
Corelli's Mandolin • Louis De Bernieres LITERATURE • 1995 • PAPER • 448 PAGES Set on the Greek Island of Cephallonia during the Italian occupation in the 1940s, this stunning novel is populated by a memorable cast of characters, including a richly imagined father and his daughter, and their circle of friends. A satire of war, this lyrical work captures the humanity, quirks and loves of village life in Greece. Now a major motion picture (and with an unfortunate movie tie-in cover). (GRE51, $15.95)
Corfu Map • Freytag & Berndt MAP A folded paper map of the island at a scale of 1:100,000. One Side. 24x34 inches. (GRE170, $11.95)
Crete • Barry Unsworth TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2007 • PAPER • 192 PAGES A travel memoir from the Booker prize-winning novelist, richly detailed and seeped in the millennia-old traditions, myths, literature and history of the island. (GRE303, $10.95)
Culture and Customs of Greece • Artemis Leontis CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2009 • HARD COVER • 266 PAGES A concise overview of the culture and traditions of Greece geared for travelers and students. With information on the people, history, religion, society, food, language and literature, music and dance, cinema, art and architecture. (GRE417, $49.95)
The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks • J. Theodore Bent TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2002 • PAPER • 274 PAGES Described as "a spirited, sometimes quirky, narrative of the ups and downs of simple travel in the Greek islands in the late nineteenth century," this book is a personal account of two tours made by J. Theodore Bent and his wife around the Greek islands between 1882 and 1884. A self-taught archaeologist and historian, Bent's account is full of historical information and description of both people and places. (GRE477, $29.95)
Dancing Girl: Themes and Improvisations in a Greek Village Setting • Thordis Simonsen TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1991 • PAPER • 200 PAGES A spirited collection of 44 vignettes about life in the Greek village of Elika. Simonsen combines personal reflection with village stories, exploring subjects such as tradition, rites of passage and, of course, dancing. Includes 16 photographs. (GRE86, $14.25)
Diaspora, Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans • Erich S. Gruen HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 400 PAGES Erich Gruen, a professor at UC Berkeley, examines what life was like for Jews living throughout the ancient Greek world. (GRE278, $27.00)
Dictionary of Classical Mythology • John Edward Zimmerman LITERATURE • 1983 • PAPER • 294 PAGES A comprehensive reference, including legends and heroes, deities and other key mythological figures. (GRE84, $7.99)
The Distaff Side, Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey • Beth Cohen LITERATURE • 1995 • PAPER • 288 PAGES Interdisciplinary in approach, these lively scholarly essays discuss the many women of the Odyssey (temptress, monster, goddess, wife), their roles, significance and representation. The essays on visual art are especially strong (and interesting). With 60 illustrations. (GRE193, $60.00)
The Dream of Reason, A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance • Anthony Gottlieb HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 480 PAGES An elegant introduction to Greek thought with choice selections by Plato, Socrates, Aristotle et al along with enlightening commentary by the executive editor of The Economist. (GRE280, $19.95)
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture • Slobodan Curcic • Richard Krautheimer ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1992 • PAPER • 357 PAGES Now in its fourth edition, this is classic, well-illustrated history covers the Eastern Mediterranean from the age of Constantine to the era of Justinian. A volume in the Pelican History of Art published by Yale. (TKY72, $40.00)
Early Cycladic Sculpture • Pat Getz-Preziosi ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1994 • PAPER • 86 PAGES A comprehensive introduction to the remarkably modern-looking ancient stone sculptures of the Cyclades. With two maps, 17 color plates and 90 -illustrations. (GRE72, $27.50)
The Echo of Greece • Edith Hamilton HISTORY • 1964 • PAPER • 212 PAGES A classic by the author of The Greek Way and The Roman Way. Hamilton was made an honorary citizen of Athens in 1957. (GRE306, $18.95)
Egypt, Greece and Rome, Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean • Charles Freeman CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2004 • PAPER • 714 PAGES Beginning with the emergence of the earliest Egyptian civilization around 3500 BC, Charles Freeman follows the history of the Mediterranean over a span of four millennia to AD 600, beyond the fall of the Roman empire in the West to the emergence of the Byzantine empire in the East. The author examines the art, architecture, philosophy, literature, and religious practices of each culture, set against its social, political, and economic background. Especially striking are the readable and stimulating profiles of key individuals throughout the ancient world, covering persons like Homer, Horace, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and Alexander the Great. The second edition incorporates new chapters on the ancient Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East, as well as extended coverage of Egypt. (MED164, $49.95)
Eleni • Nicholas Gage BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1996 • PAPER • 471 PAGES Investigative reporter Nicholas Gage returns to Greece to interview soldiers, citizens and officials to tell this powerful story, written in the style of a novel, of the life of his mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, executed by guerillas during the 1946-1948 Greek civil war. (GRE123, $16.00)
Entering the Agon, Dissent and Authority in Homer, Historiography, and Tragedy • Elton T. E. Barker LITERATURE • 2009 • HARD COVER • 433 PAGES Baker, scholar and lecturer ar Open University on epic poetry and epic cycle, has written this series of essays exploring different uses of the Agon, the ancient Greek method of formal, written argument and disagreement. He also uses this practice as a jumping-off point to explain the cultural relationship between ancient Greece and our modern selves. Accessible and fascinating, serious travelers and students of the classics will find a lot to take away from it. (GRE422, $155.00)
The Etruscan • Mika Waltari LITERATURE • 2000 • HARD COVER • 384 PAGES A historical novel by the Finnish author of "The Egyptian" set in the world of Italy, Greece and the classical Mediterranean during the heyday of Etruscans around 500 B.C. The novel opens in Delphi with the introduction of the narrator "I Lars Turms, the immortal." The prolific Waltari -- best known for his historical novels set in ancient Greece and Rome -- wrote plays, detective stories, and travelogues. Originally published in 1956, the book is available in this library edition only. (ITL254, $38.95)
Euripides IV: Rhesus, the Suppliant Women, Orestes and Iphigenia in Aulis • Euripides LITERATURE • 1968 • PAPER A volume in The Complete Greek Tragedies translated by Richard Lattimore and David Grene. (GRE261, $14.00)
Eurydice Street, A Place in Athens • Sofka Zinovieff TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2005 • PAPER • 276 PAGES Zinovieff, a transplanted Englishwoman, trained as an anthropologist and married to a Greek Diplomat, is an appreciative, dead-on guide to Athens, its character, aspirations and reality. She's not interested in the Greece of tourist offices (and Eurydice Street is an out of the way place in the suburbs by the sea) but in the reality of everyday life. Read it as a uncommonly good memoir and insightful introduction to the city. (GRE253, $14.95)
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo • Plato • Benjamin Jowett HISTORY • 1988 • PAPER • 138 PAGES (GRE109, $12.98)
Evia, Travels on an Undiscovered Greek Island • Sara Wheeler TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2007 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Wheeler journeys from the southern tip to the north of the seahorse-shaped island of Evia -- Euboia in classical history and Negroponte for many centuries -- for her first book. Enchanted by the landscape and languid pace of the island, Wheeler immersed herself in the local way of life, where she witnessed centuries-old traditions, attended a goatherd's wedding and Bronze-age excavations, was harassed by Orthodox nuns, and spent nights in monasteries and village homes. Originally published in 1992. (GRE466, $17.95)
Eyewitness Guide Greece, Athens and the Mainland • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 354 PAGES This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GRE38, $25.00)
Eyewitness Top Ten Athens • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2012 • PAPER • 160 PAGES A compact illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions in Athens. (GRE219, $14.00)
Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art • Michael J. Anderson LITERATURE • 1997 • HARD COVER • 283 PAGES An academic study of the evolution of Greek epic poetry and art (particularly painted vases) in relationship to the mythological tales of the fall of Troy. (GRE174, $80.00)
Farewell to Salonica • Leon Sciaky BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2003 • PAPER • 299 PAGES • FAVORITE In this affectionate memoir, originally published in 1946, Sciaky looks back at the thriving, polyglot Salonica of his youth. He writes of his home, schoolmates and life in a thriving Sephardic merchant community. Like many non-Greeks, the Sciaky family left Salonica in the wake of WWI, and the violence of the 1912-13 Balkan Wars. (GRE236, $14.95)
Fillets of Plaice • Gerald Durrell BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2008 • PAPER • 192 PAGES Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals (1957) began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family -- the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of course, the overburdened and patient Mother -- on the island of Corfu in the 1930s, when a pound could buy a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high (and sometimes low) adventures. But what shines through these five vignettes is the author's engagement with and immense affection for animals in all their forms. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. You can read this book for the humor alone (for he did perceive his family as some rare and rarefied species), but between the lines you can discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and engaging writer. (GRE356, $15.95)
Fire From Heaven • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 478 PAGES The first installment of Renault's trilogy on the life of Alexander the Great, displaying the author's extensive background in ancient history. This volume focuses on Alexander's life up to the age of 20, when he assumed the kingship on his father Phillip's assassination. (GRE122, $16.00)
The First Fossil Hunters, Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times • Adrienne Mayor • Peter Dodson HISTORY • 2000 • HARD COVER • 344 PAGES Griffins, Giants Centaurs -- the stuff of myth, or an early attempt to explain fossil skeletons? In this provocative book, folklorist Mayor argues that there is good evidence that the monsters of Greek and Roman myth were based on the knowledge of real fossils. (HSC14, $69.00)
Fodor's Greece • Fodor's Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 776 PAGES This practical guide, from the popular series, is saturated with valuable information on accommodation, attractions and restaurants. (GRE324, $24.99)
Fodor's Greek Islands • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 580 PAGES With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Italy and its attractions for visitors. Featuring separate sections on suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (GRE335, $24.99)
The Foods of the Greek Islands, Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean • Aglaia Kremezi FOOD • 2000 • HARD COVER • 320 PAGES Kremezi, a Greek native, spent eight years collecting the recipes in this cookbook. Filled with lively histories of the islands, cultural asides and stunning photographs, this book is perfect for anyone interested in Greek island life. (GRE120, $40.00)
Formation of Islamic Art • Oleg Grabar ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1987 • PAPER • 232 PAGES A classic on the art and architecture of the Islamic World by a prominent authority. (ARB28, $34.00)
Frommer's Athens Day by Day • Tania Kollias GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 192 PAGES A compact, handy city guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring recommendations for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. (GRE354, $13.99)
Frommer's Athens Day by Day • Tania Kollias GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 192 PAGES A compact, handy city guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring recommendations for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. (GRE354, $13.99)
Frommer's Greece • John S. Bowman GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 694 PAGES A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (GRE399, $21.99)
Frommer's Greek Islands • John S. Bowman GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 504 PAGES A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (GRE400, $21.99)
Funeral Games • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 335 PAGES This third book in Renault's masterful Alexander the Great trilogy begins with his early death and chronicles the tense years immediately following as family members and political rivals struggled for power. Renault's novel conevys the influence, impact and legacy of Alexander's rule. (GRE251, $16.95)
Gates of Fire • Steven Pressfield LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 440 PAGES In this historical potboiler, Steven Pressfield dramatically recreates the events of the Battle of Thermopylae, where a handful of Spartan knights held off Xerxes and the Persian army for a week before being slaughtered. A page-turner. (GRE127, $7.99)
The Glorious Foods of Greece • Diane Kochilas FOOD • 2001 • HARD COVER • 496 PAGES When it comes to Greek cookbooks, "The Glorious Foods" is the book to beat. The 400-plus recipes are organized by region, from the Aegean islands to the Peloponnese. Kochilas, a Greek-American now residing in Greece, includes much historical and cultural information -- with the result that her book is as wonderful an introduction to the place as it is to the cuisine. (GRE154, $40.00)
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity • Sarah B. Pomeroy ARCHAEOLOGY • 1995 • PAPER • 304 PAGES This wide-ranging history illuminates the role of women in ancient Greece and Rome, covering 1500 years from the fall of Troy to the death of Constantine. (GRE315, $16.95)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2005 • PAPER • 294 PAGES Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview. (EUR190, $21.95)
Great Moments in Greek Archaeology • Vasileios Petrakos ARCHAEOLOGY • 2007 • HARD COVER • 390 PAGES The ruins of Knossos, Delphi, Mycenae, Athens and beyond are illustrated and described in this oversize volume. (GRE318, $79.95)
Greece • Stefania Ratto 2008 • PAPER • 383 PAGES The entries in this compact A-to-Z guide in the Dictionaries of Civilization series take in the history, art, architecture and culture of ancient Greece. With 283 color illustrations. (GRE387, $28.95)
Greece Map • Michelin 2011 • MAP A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the western coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:800,000. Two Sides. 49x41 inches. (GRE24, $12.95)
Greece on My Wheels • Edward Enfield BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2012 • PAPER • 320 PAGES Mounted on his trusty bicycle, Edward Enfield explores the history of the Pelopponese in this witty and charming travel narrative. Following in the footsteps of the Romantic poet Lord Byron, Enfield's mini-odyssey takes him through the many historic sites of Epirus as he admires the Greek landscape and culture with loving detail and scholarship. (GRE506, $14.95)
Greece, A Country Study • Glenn E. Curtis HISTORY • 1996 • HARD COVER A sourcebook geared for a university audience. (GRE287, $29.50)
Greece: A Love Story, Women Write About the Greek Experience • Camille Cusumano TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2007 • PAPER • 225 PAGES An elegant collection of essays on the people, culture and landscape of Greece. These stories go beyond the typical travelogue in evoking the feeling of the country and the love that drew the authors there. (GRE322, $15.95)
The Greek Achievement: The Foundation of the Western World • Charles Freeman ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2000 • PAPER • 494 PAGES A comprehensive survey of the history, culture, mythology, and accomplishments of the Greeks from prehistory to the Romans. Geared for the general reader, Freeman's overview is an excellent handbook for the traveler with an interest in ancient Greece. (GRE143, $23.00)
The Greek and Roman Myths • Philip Matyszak LITERATURE • 2010 • HARD COVER • 224 PAGES Matyszak places Greek and Roman myths in context by presenting them as part of a narrative that helped shape the classical world view as well as western culture. He includes black and white illustrations, family trees and sidebars providing cultural context with everything from paintings to the naming of planets to the origins of common English words. (GRE464, $24.95)
Greek Art • John Boardman ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1996 • PAPER • 304 PAGES A standard brief survey of classical Greek art and architecture, revised to reflect recent archaeology, this book presents hundreds of paintings, frescoes and other objects from antiquity, each in its spiritual and cultural context. A volume in the "World of Art" series. With 300 illustrations, 73 in color. (GRE12, $21.95)
Greek Art • Nigel Spivey ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1997 • PAPER • 448 PAGES Geared towards art history students, this concise survey of Greek art is also an excellent overview of the subject for the traveler. Divided thematically, it covers major artists, myths and plays in addition to temple sculpture and architecture. With 200 photographs and mostly color illustrations. A volume in the Art & Ideas series. (GRE68, $27.95)
Greek Art • Mark Fullerton ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1999 • PAPER • 176 PAGES Using the Parthenon as a paradigm monument, Fullerton examines the principles of classical sculpture, architecture and painting to explore all phases of Greek art from its birth around 900 BC to its incorporation into the art of the Roman Empire. (GRE445, $28.00)
Greek Art and Archaeology • John Griffiths Pedley ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2007 • PAPER • 400 PAGES A broad survey of Greek art and archaeology spanning 3,000 years. Aimed at the art history student, each chapter introduces a major period by discussing its masterpieces and historical context, from the Early Bronze through the Hellenistic eras. With over 450 photographs and line drawings, maps and historical charts. (GRE121, $108.67)
Greek Art and Archaeology • John Griffiths Pedley ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2002 • PAPER • 400 PAGES A nicely illustrated, introductory survey of art, archaeology, and Greek civilization aimed at undergraduates. Pedley covers the sites, monuments, sculpture and vases throughout the Mediterannean, including Greek sites in Sicily and Turkey. Third edition. (GRE187, $80.00)
The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily • Fausto Longo • Lorena Jannelli • Luca Cerchiai ARCHAEOLOGY • 2004 • HARD COVER • 288 PAGES An engaging history of the Western Greek colonies in Sicily and southern Italy in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., featuring 240 magnificent color illustrations, maps and a site-by-site review of major archaeological sites. (ITL751, $45.00)
Greek Civilization, An Introduction • Brian A. Sparkes HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 256 PAGES An overview of the ancient Greeks and their world, this comprehensive, illustrated book includes chapters on the physical environment, archaic and classical periods and legacy of classical Greece for western civilization. With 100 maps and black-and-white photographs. Written for a college audience, it serves equally well as survey for the interested traveler. (GRE54, $52.95)
Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths • Mary Lefkowitz CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2005 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Lefkowitz draws on the Iliad, Odyssey and other classic texts in this intriguing analysis of ancient gods and beliefs. (GRE239, $32.00)
Greek Homosexuality • Kenneth Dover CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1989 • PAPER • 246 PAGES The classic history of homosexuality in ancient Greece, with all the scholarly apparatus including an extensive bibliography and documentary sources. While intended for an academic audience, the interested general reader with some background in classical literature will find it rewarding. (GRE66, $29.50)
Greek Island Hopping • Thomas Cook Publishing GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 719 PAGES This comprehensive guidebook for independent travelers covers all of the islands and how best to travel between them. It also includes Athens and mainland ports, 230 route maps, ferry timetables and over 1800 places to stay. (GRE447, $26.95)
The Greek Myths, Complete Edition • Robert Graves LITERATURE • 2012 • PAPER • 800 PAGES A classic collection of Greek myths written in a simple, narrative style by Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius (ITL429). (GRE274, $25.00)
A Greek Portfolio • Constantine Manos CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1999 • PAPER • 128 PAGES A Greek immigrant himself, Manos captures the spirit of life in the islands and countryside in these poignant images, originally published in 1972. The duotone photographs presented in this handsome book were all taken on assignment for the Magnum Photo agency. (GRE147, $50.00)
The Greek Way • Edith Hamilton HISTORY • 1993 • PAPER • 266 PAGES This is the book to read if you ever doubt the mark the ancient Greeks have left on Western society. Hamilton introduces the major Greek writers, statesmen and thinkers, and boldly states the impact that the Greek world has had on the institutions of science, literature, philosophy and democracy. (GRE107, $13.95)
Greek, Start Speaking Today • Educational Services Corporation LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 1994 • CASETTE TAPE A 90-minute crash course in modern Greek for travelers with two audio tapes and a phrasebook. The course follows the foreign service method, which focuses on dialogues and useful sentences. Topics include introductions, transportation, business and health. (GRE233, $24.95)
The Greeks and Greek Civilization • Jacob Burckhardt • Oswyn Murray • Sheila Stern HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 448 PAGES Continuously in print since its publication in 1860, this is a ground-breaking book that has shaped our modern view of ancient Greece, focused on the Greek character as revealed by its literature. Ably edited and abridged by Oxford historian Oswyn Murray. (GRE64, $22.99)
The Greeks and Greek Love, A Bold New Exploration of the Ancient World • James Davidson HISTORY • 2009 • HARD COVER • 832 PAGES Gods and heroes, Spartan women, master and slave or comrades in arms, Davidson explores with verve and scholarship the great variety of same-sex love in ancient Greece, considering the impact of homosexuality on politics, war, religion and culture in the Classical period. (GRE371, $45.00)
The Greeks, an Introduction to Their Culture • Robin Sowerby HISTORY • 1995 • PAPER • 216 PAGES • COMING IN A concise scholarly survey of the Homeric traditions, history, literature, philosophy and art of Classical Greece. Sowerby's focus is on the Greek legacy. With extensive quotes from literature, maps and black-and-white photographs scattered throughout. (GRE163, $35.95)
Greene on Capri, A Memoir • Shirley Hazzard BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2001 • PAPER • 160 PAGES Slices of literary hobnobbing mixed with generous descriptions of the Italian island. This memoir is ultimately about the author's friendship with Graham Greene, but there's plenty of commentary of Capri's history and culture for those seeking a flavor of the place. (ITL440, $15.00)
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture • Gordon Campbell REFERENCE • 2007 • HARD COVER • 555 PAGES Arranged alphabetically and enriched with more than 550 black-and-white photographs, maps, line drawings, and dozens of color plates, this two-volume set includes more than 1,000 authoritative. (REF25, $407.50)
A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey • Mitchell Reddish • Clyde Fant GUIDEBOOK • 2003 • PAPER • 395 PAGES A guide to the places, history and archaeology of the journeys of the Apostle Paul across Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, geared for the traveler. With black-and-white photographs, site diagrams and maps. The authors, both biblical scholars, have led many travel study groups through the region. (MED90, $29.99)
Guide to Greece, Central Greece Vol. 1 • Pausanias • Peter Levi GUIDEBOOK • 1984 • PAPER • 608 PAGES If you can't read the classical Greek (or didn't visit the classic sites during their heyday), here's the next best thing. A sprightly translation of Pausanias's comprehensive guide to the tombs, museums and sites in Central Greece during the height of Roman rule in the 2nd Century. He covers the history, mythology and religious significance of Athens, Delphi, Attica, Corinth and Mycenae. (GRE165, $20.00)
Guide to Greece, Southern Greece Vol II • Pausanias • Peter Levi GUIDEBOOK • 1984 • PAPER • 560 PAGES Pausanias was a Greek traveller and writer in the second century A.D. His Guide to Greece is an extremely comprehensive guide book for tourists, concentrating on buildings, tombs and statues and including a lot of information on the mythological, religious and historical background to the monuments described. It is so informative that it may be called the foundation of classical archaeology and this ancient Baedeker is still used as a guide to classical Greece. (GRE340, $18.00)
Guide to the Palace of Nestor • Carl Blegen • Marion Rawson ARCHAEOLOGY • 2001 • PAPER • 70 PAGES A slim site guide and history of excavations at the Palace of Nestor with color and black-and-white illustrations of artifacts, ruins and frescos. This edition, revised by Jack Davis and Cynthis Shelmerdine, includes chapters on the Chora Museum, other archaeological sites in the vicinity and life in the Pylos kingdom and Mycenaean world. Published by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. (GRE168, $7.50)
A Handbook of Greek Art: A Survey of the Visual Arts • Gisela M. A. Richter ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1994 • PAPER • 432 PAGES Arranged by subject, this illustrated handbook covers in depth the whole range of Hellenic art, from architecture to sculpture, furniture, ornament and pottery. With 520 black-and-white illustrations. (GRE16, $22.95)
Harpercollins Language Survival Guide, Greece, The Visual Phrase Book and Dictionary • Juliet A. Quincey GUIDEBOOK • 2004 • PAPER • 192 PAGES Covers every aspect of travel on the archipelago, from traffic signs and bank machines to culinary specialties like moussaka and baklava. (GRE364, $9.99)
Helen • William Allan • Euripides LITERATURE • 2008 • PAPER • 371 PAGES William Allan, professor of Greek and Latin languages and literature at Oxford, offers a new and vibrant translation of Euripides tragedy. Essays on Euripides' life, the religion and politics of ancient Athens, and the religious significance of Helen and the Trojan War are helpful and compelling. (GRE421, $42.99)
Helen of Troy • Margaret George LITERATURE • 2006 • HARD COVER • 624 PAGES An engrossing and lucid historical novel about the legendary beauty and the war she launched from the best-selling author (Mary, Called Magdalene). Superb historical research and a thrilling ploy combine in this impelling novel. (GRE295, $27.95)
Hellenika Heritage and History • T. Peter Limber HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 268 PAGES A compact history of Greece, and especially the Greek people, from the Prehistoric period to the making of Modern Greece. Topics covered include the Homeric epics, Greek Settlements Abroad, The Byzantine Period, WWI, religion and many more. (GRE453, $30.50)
The Hellenistic Age, A Short History • Peter Green HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 240 PAGES Green adroitly sketches the power, politics and glories of Greece from 336 (Alexander and his Legacy) to 30 BC (Roman encroachment and the death of Cleopatra) in this brief chronology. (GRE305, $14.00)
Hellenistic Monarchies, Selected Papers • Christian Habicht REFERENCE • 2006 • HARD COVER Eighteen essays written between 1956 and 1996 on the wars between Pergamon and Bithynia, Alexander and his first successors, Hellenism and Judaism in the age of Judas Maccabeus and other topics. (GRE257, $90.00)
The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome • Erich S. Gruen HISTORY • 1986 • PAPER • 800 PAGES An academic study of Roman imperialism in Greece, arguing that the influence of Greek culture and ideas was far more substantial than once thought. Well researched, detailed and thought-provoking, it is a much lauded addition to scholarship on the ancient world. (MED67, $50.00)
Helmet of Horror • Victor Pelevin LITERATURE • 2006 • HARD COVER • 288 PAGES Pelevin's reimagination of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur occurs in an Internet chat room. Two isolated strangers enter an inescapable dialogue defined by the Helmet of Horror. Its wearer is Asterisk, a force for good and ill in which the Minotaur is forever present and Theseus is the great unknown. A darker exploration of postmodern epistemological uncertainty, guided by the figures of classical mythology. (GRE250, $18.95)
The Hemlock Cup, Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life • Bettany Hughes HISTORY • 2011 • HARD COVER • 484 PAGES This dual portrait of the classical philosopher and fifth-century B.C. Athens draws on the latest sources to offer insight into the period's daily realities and elements ranging from the gymnasia and the red-light district to the battlefields and the teeming Agora where Socrates frequently spoke and was condemned to death. (GRE479, $35.00)
Heracles and Other Plays • Edith Hall • Robin Waterfield • James Morwood • Euripides LITERATURE • 2008 • PAPER • 161 PAGES An Oxford World Classic. (GRE425, $10.95)
Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger LITERATURE • 2006 • PAPER • 256 PAGES This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $15.00)
Heritage and Hellenism, The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition • Erich S. Gruen HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 355 PAGES Gruen explores Jewish creative and historical works in the context of Mediterranean culture. (GRE277, $29.95)
Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians • Owsei Temkin HISTORY • 1995 • PAPER Throughout history, Hippocratic practice has been adopted by physicians of numerous religious persuasions. This scholarly book looks at the practice's pagan origins, as well as the issues surrounding the adoption of Hippocratic thinking into the dogmatic world of the early Christian Church. (MED69, $28.95)
Hippocratic Writings • G.E.R Lloyd • W.N. Mann HISTORY • 1984 • PAPER A collection of writings attributed to Hippocrates, though most likely written by early Greek doctors and medical ethicists. The message throughout is clearly Hippocratic, though, and each piece shares the common goal of fleshing out the role of medicine and the physician in society. (GRE161, $16.00)
The Histories • Herodotus HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 656 PAGES In what may be the first travel book, Herodotus records the heroic struggle between Europe and Asia that culminated in the invasion of Greece by Xerxes. (MED15, $11.00)
A History of the Archaic Greek World • Jonathan M. Hall HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 328 PAGES Geared for a university audience, this scholarly analysis of early Greece, organized thematically, focuses on the period 1200-479 BCE. With maps and 38 illustrations, the book is in the same series as from the same series as P.J. Rhodes' A History of the Classical Greek World, intended to involve students in the practice of history and historical analysis. (GRE309, $46.95)
The History of the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides • Walter Blanco • Jennifer Tolbert HISTORY • 1954 • PAPER • 656 PAGES The classic story of the debilitating war between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, from 431 to 404 B.C. Thucydides' account of the war (which he calls a "convulsion" to humankind) may lack documentary evidence, but it's considered to be among the world's finest works of history for its protagonists' political speeches, and insight into human nature and the ancient Greek world. (GRE102, $17.00)
Homer • Barry B. Powell HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 240 PAGES A comprehensive introduction to the great poet and his two masterpieces, the Iliad and the Odyssey. This is the kind of fascinating book that turns travelers into classicists! (GRE501, $38.95)
The Homeric Hymns • Susan Shelmerdine LITERATURE • 1995 • PAPER • 180 PAGES The introduction, notes and accompanying black-and-white photographs illuminate this collection of 33 poems in celebration of Greek gods and goddesses. With the four longer poems dedicated to Demeter, Apollo, Hermes and Aphrodite. A volume in the Focus Classical Library. (GRE285, $12.95)
Homeric Responses • Gregory Nagy EXPLORATION • 2004 • PAPER • 1112 PAGES Nagy answers age-old questions about Homer and his audience in this collection of essays. He builds on his earlier Homeric Questions and Poetry as Performance: Homer and Beyond. Beware, Nagy's concerns are in theory and poetics with chapter headings including Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. (GRE215, $25.00)
If Not, Winter, Fragments of Sappho • Anne Carson LITERATURE • 2003 • PAPER • 402 PAGES Well-regarded poet Anne Carson offers a beautiful, modern translation of Sappho's poetry. With the original Greek on facing pages. (GRE314, $16.00)
Iliad • Stanley Lombardo • Homer LITERATURE • 1997 • PAPER • 516 PAGES University of Kansas professor Stanley Lombardo renders Homer's epic poem into crisply accessible colloquial English. (GRE480, $14.95)
The Iliad of Homer • Homer • Richmond Lattimore LITERATURE • 1961 • PAPER • 538 PAGES The classic edition of Homer's Iliad, masterfully translated by Richmond Lattimore. (GRE203, $14.00)
The Iliad of Homer • Homer • Robert Fagles LITERATURE • 1990 • PAPER • 704 PAGES Acclaimed translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of Homer's "Iliad," the astonishing tale of the Trojan war and rage of Achilles that is one of the foundations of western literature. This 1990 version has been much praised for its expressiveness and clarity. A talented and adventurous writer, Fagles has just completed a lively new translation of the Odyssey, the "sequel" to the Iliad focusing on Odysseus' ten-year adventure home. (GRE20, $15.00)
The Iliad, Volume 1, Books 1-12 • Homer • William F. Wyatt LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 336 PAGES Intended for classicists and students, this edition of Homer's epic is most useful for readers with a command of ancient Greek. It sets the Iliad in its original Greek opposite A.T. Murray's classic, word-by-word prose transliteration. William Wyatt revised Murray's text for this modern reissue. (GRE175, $24.00)
The Iliad, Volume 2, Books 13-24 • Homer • William F. Wyatt LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 336 PAGES Intended for classicists and students, this edition of Homer's epic is most useful for readers with a command of ancient Greek. It sets the Iliad in its original Greek opposite A.T. Murray's classic, word-by-word prose transliteration. William Wyatt revised Murray's text for this modern reissue. (GRE302, $24.00)
The Iliad/The Odyssey • Robert Fagles LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER A boxed edition of the celebrated Fagles translation of Homer, including both The Iliad and The Odyssey. (GRE197, $34.00)
The Iliad/The Odyssey • Homer • Robert Fagles • Bernard Knox LITERATURE • 2006 • HARD COVER A boxed edition of the Fagles translation of Homer, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. In two hardcover volumes, with a handsome slipcase. (GRE282, $75.00)
In Search of the Trojan War • Michael Wood ARCHAEOLOGY • 1998 • PAPER • 288 PAGES This handsomely illustrated book examines the archaeology, history and legends of Troy -- a vivid analysis of the ancient world by the peripatetic anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Michael Wood. With the remarkable Heinrich Schliemann (who discovered Troy in 1873) as his point of departure, Wood takes the reader along on a remarkable story of archaeological adventure. (GRE52, $29.95)
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great • Michael Wood HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 256 PAGES Historian Michael Wood recreates the epic journey of Alexander the Great across Asia in this companion volume to the documentary television series. With a good selection of maps, photographs and illustrations of Hellenic art and artifacts from the region. (MED23, $26.95)
In the Shadow of Olympus, The Emergence of Macedon • Eugene Borza HISTORY • 1992 • PAPER • 347 PAGES Detailed, scholarly and of general interest, this book traces the history of Macedonia from prehistory to Greek city-state and major kingdom on the stage of ancient history. (GRE57, $35.00)
In the Steps of St. Paul • H.V. Morton TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2002 • PAPER • 528 PAGES Travels throughout the Mediterranean in search of St. Paul, bible in hand. A pilgrim as much as a traveler, Morton journeys through Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece and Rhodes in this classic account. Fittingly, his appreciative journey ends at the Tomb of St. Paul. As in all his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixing history with offhand humor, anecdote and keen observation. (MED70, $22.00)
The Innocents Abroad • Mark Twain TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2003 • PAPER • 523 PAGES On June 8, 1867, young journalist Samuel Longhorne Clemens, not yet famous as Mark Twain, set sail on a grand tour of Europe. With his disarming wit, Clemens makes the very best traveling companion in this classic account. The section on his visit to "the land which was the mother of civilization" is a celebrated highlight of the book. Twain has few rivals in art of reporting the horrors of travel with humor. "Paris, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Italy--Garibaldi! The Grecian Archipelago! Vesuvius! Constantinople! Smyrna! The Holy Land! Egypt and 'our friends the Bermudians'!" are among the main ports of call. (MDE08, $14.95)
Insight Compact Guide Athens • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2000 • PAPER • 94 PAGES A pocket-size introduction to Athens with color photos, neighborhood maps, and brief descriptions of major attractions. With nine suggested routes, starred attractions and suggested excursions. (GRE112, $7.95)
Insight Guide Greek Islands • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 366 PAGES This lavishly illustrated guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essys on history, culture and attractions. (GRE404, $23.99)
Inventing Paradise: The Greek Journey, 1937-1947 • Edmund Keeley BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2002 • PAPER • 288 PAGES A warm account of the travels of Henry Miller, Lawrence Durell and their friends through Greece. The author, a noted author and translator of modern Greek verse, combines original documents with descriptions of his own experiences in Greece, producing an informative and evocative portrait of the country and Greece's "Generation of the 1930s." George Seferis, George Katsimbalis and other poets and authors figure prominently in the narrative. (GRE96, $22.95)
The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Beyond • John Freely GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 249 PAGES The Ionians have been made famous in literature from Homer and Aeschylus to Gerald Durrell and Louis de Bernieres and numerous myths are associated with them: Corfu is linked to the voyage of Jason's Argonauts, Aphrodite was born on Kythera, Paxos and Corfu were once joined until Poseidon threw his trident and separated them and Odysseus' home was on Ithaka. John Freely, who has visited and travelled throughout the islands over the course of 40 years, here illuminates the history, culture and present day of all seven islands, providing the most readable and comprehensive guide to the magnificent Ionians. (GRE351, $19.95)
The Ionian Mission • Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE • 1991 • PAPER • 368 PAGES Captain Jack at large in the Mediterranean in an ancient man-of-war. This, the eighth volume in the rousing Aubrey and Maturin series, takes the commander and his naturalist sidekick into the eponymous Ionian Isles, getting them mixed up not only with the French navy but also in Ottoman affairs. (MED26, $14.95)
An Island in Greece • Michael Carroll BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2009 • PAPER • 205 PAGES The story of a traveler who finally arrived, Carroll tells of simple pleasures, governed by the seasons, the tides and the wind in this affectionate memoir of building a house -- and a life -- on the shores of Skopelos in the Western Aegean -- the perfect anchorage for his 30-foot sail boat Astarte. (GRE478, $15.95)
Isles of Greece, Poetry of Place • John Lucas LITERATURE • 2011 • PAPER • 128 PAGES For travellers through the Aegean from Odysseus onwards, the Greek Islands have proved to be places of beauty and enchantment, but also of violence, of love and death. Isles of Greece doesn't plot a course from island to island. Instead, it groups together poems and prose extracts in order to provide some sense of the glittering delights and dark tragedies that are part of the history and the present of all Greek islands. (GRE472, $32.95)
iSpeak Europe Phrasebook • Alex Chapin LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2009 • PAPER • 64 PAGES An MP3 audio disc is bundled with a 16-page phrase book in this innovative language program where it includes six European languages - French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. You can also see and hear 1,200 phrases on your iPod, iPhone, Zune or other portable device. (EUR329, $14.95)
iSpeak Greek Phrasebook • Jennifer Kellogg • Alex Chapin LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2008 • PAPER • 64 PAGES An MP3 audio disc is bundled with a 16-page phrase book in this innovative language program, where you can see and hear 1,200 phrases on your iPod, iPhone, Zune or other portable device. (GRE370, $12.95)
It's All Greek to Me! A Tale of a Mad Dog And an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina--and Real Greeks • John Mole TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2006 • PAPER • 354 PAGES Described as "My Family and Other Animals meets A Year in Provence," this irreverent, loving portrait of Greece is one exapat's tale of 30 years in the country. Endearing British, the author highlights bother the eccentricities and charms of life in Greece. (GRE290, $19.95)
The Jews in the Greek Age • Elias J. Bickerman HISTORY • 1990 • PAPER • 352 PAGES A study of the interaction between Greek and Jewish cultures during the Hellenistic period, by a professor of ancient history at Columbia University. (GRE279, $37.50)
Knopf Mapguide Athens • Knopf Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 48 PAGES An ingenious book of foldout neighborhood maps with essential information about cultural attractions, food, accommodations, shopping and all the rest. (GRE218, $10.95)
Land of Lost Gods, The Search for Classical Greece • Richard Stoneman TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2011 • PAPER • 376 PAGES From as early as 1420 a few intrepid explorers made their way to Greece and Turkey, to recover -- from brambles or burials, lime-kilns or building sites -- the precious relics of the Greeks' classical past. In Land of Lost Gods, Richard Stoneman tells the riveting stories of Cyriac of Ancona's quest to record the appearance of the Parthenon; Jacques Spon's quarrel with Guillet de St-Georges about the topography of Athens; and, the painstaking expeditions of the Society of Dilettanti and the deluded forgeries of the Abbe Fourmont. He also examines in vivid detail the birth struggles of archaeology in the work of Charles Newton and Cnidus at Halicarnassus, J.T. Wood at Ephesus, Charles Fellows in Lycia, Carl Humann at Pergamon and Heinrich Schliemann at Troy. (GRE462, $20.00)
The Landmark Herodotus, The Histories • Herodotus • Robert B. Strassler • Andrea L. Purvis HISTORY • 2009 • HARD COVER • 1024 PAGES This marvelous, extensively annotated, dazzling new translation of Herodotus includes maps, drawings and photographs thoughout, bringing the classical world of the Mediterranean, its people, customs, battles and personalities, to vivid life. (GRE316, $45.00)
The Landmark Thucydides, A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides • Robert B. Strassler LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 732 PAGES A powerful translation of Thuydides History of the Peloponnesian War, along with Strasler's helpful historical guide, maps and charts. (GRE205, $25.95)
The Last Days of Socrates • Plato HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 256 PAGES A Penguin Classics edition of Plato's three dialogues on Socrates, the charges gainst him, his famous defense, and the events leading to his execution. (GRE258, $13.00)
The Last of the Wine • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 2001 • PAPER • 378 PAGES Alexias, an Athenian soldier, grows to manhood under the influence of his friend Alkibiades and Socrates in this masterful historical novel set during the Peloponnesian War. Originally published in 1956, The Last of the Wine is one of many historically accurate, absorbing novels by Renault set in ancient Greece. (GRE247, $15.95)
Lilac and Flag, An Old Wive's Tale of a City • John Berger LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 171 PAGES Set in legendary Troy, this third book in Berger's "Into Their Labors" trilogy is a modern classic, evoking both the decadence of the city's waning greatness and the hope of its rural peasants for the future. (TKY47, $15.00)
The Little Drummer Girl • John Le Carre LITERATURE • 2011 • PAPER • 496 PAGES On holiday in Mykonos, aspiring actress Charlie wants sunny days and a brief escape from England's bourgeois dreariness. Then a handsome stranger lures her away from her pals -- but his intentions are far from romantic. Joseph is an Israeli intelligence officer, and Charlie has been wooed to flush out the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group responsible for a string of deadly bombings. Still uncertain of her own allegiances, she debuts in the role of a lifetime as a double agent in the "theatre of the real." (MED182, $16.00)
Little Infamies, Stories • Panos Karnezis LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 292 PAGES In a collection of interconnected stories set in a small Greek village, such characters as the local priest, prostitute, doctor, centaur, and parrot experience passion, humor, and the loss of magic in the face of harsh reality. (GRE359, $17.00)
Lonely Planet Athens Encounter • Victoria Kyriakopoulos GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 176 PAGES With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map. (GRE349, $11.99)
Lonely Planet Discover Greece • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER Focusing on must-see and memorable places and experiences, this all color guide by the discerning editors at Lonely Planet, featuring hundreds of color photographs and maps, includes suggested tours and itineraries along with not-to-be-missed places to stay, eat, shop and see. (GRE460, $24.99)
Lonely Planet Greece • David Willett GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 840 PAGES A comprehensive, practical travel guide to Greece and the Greek Islands for the independent traveler. It features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information. (GRE50, $24.99)
Lonely Planet Greek Islands • David Willett GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 500 PAGES A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series. (GRE184, $22.99)
Lonely Planet Greek Phrasebook • Markella Mikkelsen • Markella A. Callimassia LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2010 • PAPER • 256 PAGES A handy phrasebook for Greek basics. This guide focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (GRE100, $8.99)
Lords of the Sea • John R. Hale HISTORY • 2010 • PAPER • 432 PAGES Subtitled 'The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy', Hale's new book entices from the start. This history befits his extensive fieldwork at classical and prehistoric Grecian sites and current fieldwork in the Aegean, in an underwater search for lost war ships. (GRE366, $21.00)
The Lost Books of the Odyssey, A Novel • Zachary Mason LITERATURE • 2011 • PAPER • 288 PAGES Zachary Mason's brilliant and beguiling debut novel reimagines Homer's classic story of the hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. With hypnotic prose, terrific imagination, and dazzling literary skill, Mason creates alternative episodes, fragments, and revisions of Homer's original that, taken together, open up this classic Greek myth to endless reverberating interpretations. A literary page-turner, The Lost Books of the Odyssey is punctuated with great wit, beauty, and playfulness. (GRE468, $14.00)
The Lost Capital of Byzantium, The History of Mistra and the Peloponnese • Steven Runciman HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 160 PAGES Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Sparta lies Mistra, one of the most dramatically beautiful Byzantine cities in Greece, a place steeped in history, myth, and romance. Following the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese in the thirteenth century, William II of Villehardouin built a great castle on a hill near Sparta that later came to be known as Mistra. Ten years later, in a battle in northern Greece, Villehardouin was defeated and captured by the Byzantine emperor. The terms for his release included giving Mistra to the Byzantine Greeks. Under their rule, the city flourished and developed into a center of learning and the arts and was a focal point for the cultural development of Europe. Sir Steven Runciman, one of the most distinguished historians of the Byzantine period, traveled to Mistra on numerous occasions and became enchanted with the place. Now published in paperback for the first time, Lost Capital of Byzantium tells the story of this once-great city -- its rise and fall and its place in the history of the Peloponnese and the Byzantine empire. (GRE368, $19.00)
Macedonia: History, Monuments, Museums • Ioannis Touratsoglou ARCHAEOLOGY • 1995 • PAPER • 459 PAGES An archeological guide to the Macedonia region of Greece for travelers. (GRE454, $49.95)
The Magus • John Fowles LITERATURE • 2001 • PAPER • 672 PAGES The story of a teacher from England who settles on a Greek island and befriends its wealthy owner, only to find himself caught up in a frightening test of his own sanity. (GRE131, $16.99)
Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald FIELD GUIDE • 2002 • PAPER • 320 PAGES Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior. (FG61, $38.50)
The Mask of Apollo • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 1988 • PAPER • 384 PAGES This historical novel by master-of-the-genre Mary Renault is set in the turbulent world of fourth-century B.C. Greece and Sicily. Nikeratos, a tragic actor, carries with him a gold mask of Apollo that is both his conscience and a reminder of the past golden age. Nikeratos encounters Plato and his friend Dion in the city of Syracuse, as the philosophers try to persuade the tyrant Dionysios to accept the rule of law. (GRE224, $16.95)
The Maze • Panos Karnezis LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 376 PAGES An enchanted tale, rooted in history, of a dissolute Greek brigade in retreat across the Anatolian desert in 1922 with the Turkish army in pursuit. An ambitious book in three parts, Karnezis writes with flair, recalling at times De Bernieres and Corelli's Mandolin. (GRE225, $14.00)
Medea and Other Plays • Euripides • Philip Vellacott LITERATURE • 1976 • PAPER • 199 PAGES Euripides' classic drama of jealously and vengeance is brought to life in a modern translation by Philip Vellacot, who provides critical commentary as well. This book also includes three other staples of Greek theatre -- "Hecuba," "Electra" and "Heracles." (GRE90, $11.00)
Mediterranean Cruises Map • Freytag & Berndt 2010 • MAP A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 35.5X49 inches. (MED36, $14.95)
Mediterranean Winter, The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece • Robert D. Kaplan TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2004 • PAPER • 272 PAGES The prolific journalist and traveler revisits the Mediterranean of his youth in this extended meditation on the pleasures and freedom of life on the road. He conjures images of archaeological sites, Byzantine art, ancient temples and monuments, taking in Carthage, Sicily, Greece, and the Dalmatian coast. (MED78, $16.00)
The Messenger of Athens • Anne Zouroudi MYSTERY • 2010 • HARD COVER • 336 PAGES A dazzling debut to appeal to fans of well-written series mysteries. When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago? (GRE458, $23.99)
Michelin Green Guide Greece • Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 480 PAGES A guide to Greece and its islands in the practical, no-nonsense series. (GRE304, $21.99)
The Middle Sea • John Julius Norwich HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 720 PAGES A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean from antiquity to the end of the First World War. (MED98, $21.00)
Minoan and Mycenaean Art • Reynold Higgins ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1997 • PAPER • 216 PAGES A survey of the ancient art of Crete, Mycenae and the Cyclades in its cultural context, revised to include recent archaeology. With maps and 241 illustrations. (GRE61, $19.95)
Modern Greece • Thomas W. Gallant HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 280 PAGES A concise history of Greece over the last 200 years, incorporating politics, economics, and cultural movements. (GRE227, $49.95)
Mount Athos, Renewal in Paradise • Graham Speake RELIGION • 2004 • PAPER • 294 PAGES A comprehensive portrait of the 9th-century Orthodox monastery, its history and continuing traditions, an excellent survey for the pilgrim or traveler to the rugged peninsula. With archival photographs, drawings and 100 color illustrations. The British author is founder and secretary of the Friends of Mount Athos. (GRE179, $26.00)
Mount Olympus Map • Road Editions 1995 • MAP A double-sided, detailed trekking map at a scale of 1:50,000 with contour lines, topographic detail, hiking and mountaineering routes. One Side. 29x39 inches. (GRE238, $16.95)
My Family and Other Animals • Gerald Durrell BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 288 PAGES A hilarious book about growing up on Corfu in the 1930s. In this memoir, Durrell recounts sparkling anecdotes of his childhood -- not least his passion for the toads, tortoises, bats, scorpions and other creatures that he discovered on the island. Originally published in 1956. (GRE35, $15.00)
Mysteries of the Snake Goddess • Kenneth Lapatin ARCHAEOLOGY • 2004 • PAPER An intelligent account of archaeology, art and deceit revolving around a Minoan sculpture excavated by Sir Arthur Evans (of Knossos fame), later acquired by the Boston Museum of Fine Art. The six-inch-tall ivory and gold statue is a very important object -- except that she's probably not from the Bronze Age at all but created in the early 20th-century creation. Lapatin (president of the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America) argues convincingly that the Snake Goddess -- if not completely a fake -- is almost certainly a modern creation, a pastiche of old and new, carefully modeled by the restorers at Knossos. (GRE166, $16.95)
Mythology • Edith Hamilton LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 497 PAGES The classic introduction to Greek and Roman mythology that you probably read in a junior high social studies class. From the Olympians to the Trojan War, Hamilton presents the myths and adventure stories of the ancient world. With 50 line drawings. (GRE82, $14.99)
The Naked Olympics, The True Story of the Ancient Games • Tony Perrottet HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 214 PAGES This entertaining, short account uncovers the naked truth behind the brutal, decidely offbeat ancient Olympics. From the painful initiation for athletes to the debauchery outside the stadium, Perrottet covers the history of the games in a style which combines frank humor with the immediacy of sports writing. (GRE196, $16.00)
The Names • Don DeLillo LITERATURE • 1989 • PAPER • 339 PAGES In an expatriate's world of turmoil and danger, American risk analyst James Axton learns of a ritual-murder cult in the Aegean and follows the trail to its secret meanings in the ancient city of Lahore. (GRE358, $15.00)
National Geographic Greece • Mike Gerrard GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 400 PAGES This abundantly illustrated guide to Greece and the Greek Islands includes insightful essays on history, art and culture, and limited practical travel details. (GRE178, $27.95)
Nicholas, The Epic Journey from Saint to Santa Claus • Jeremy Seal TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2005 • HARD COVER • COMING IN A literate, entertaining and wide-ranging tale of the transformation and travels of Bishop (later Saint) Nicholas of Myra by the author of The Fez of the Heart. Seal traces the cult of Nicholas from its Byzantine origins on the coast of southern Turkey to modern day Greenland and Lapland. (TKY108, $24.95)
North of Ithaka, A Granddaughter Returns to Greece and Discovers Her Roots • Eleni N. Gage BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES A New Yorker and successful magazine editor but with a past, Eleni Gage returns to the village where her father Nicholas was born -- and her grandmother murdered. Her down-to-earth account of rebuilding her family home in remote Epiros (the mountainous region of Northwest Greece on the border with Albania) continues a family story begun by her father 20 years ago. She opens her memoir with a village celebration of the completion of her house and the traditions surrounding the event. (GRE255, $13.95)
Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War • William Michael Murray HISTORY • 1989 • PAPER • 172 PAGES Murray discusses Octavian's memorial at Nikopolis as well as recently discovered evidence from warships used in the Battle of Actium. (GRE449, $30.00)
Odysseus, A Life • Charles Rowan Beye LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 197 PAGES A chronicle of the life of Homer's Odysseus by a classicist with a wry sense of humor. Robert Fagles, translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey, called it conversational and eloquent, racy and reflective, which is pretty high praise. Beye draws on recent scholarship, literature and archaeology in constructing a fictional modern portrait of the cunning wanderer. Beye, though a classics professor, doesn't shy from exploits, sexual and otherwise, of our hero. (GRE191, $13.95)
The Odyssey • Homer • Robert Fagles • Ian McKellan LITERATURE • 2005 • AUDIO CD An audio book version of the acclaimed Fagles translation, featuring Sir Ian McKellan. Unabridged, at 13 hours in total (it goes quickly), the book is on 11 CDs. (GRE136, $39.95)
Odyssey • Homer • Stanley Lombardo LITERATURE • 2000 • PAPER • 414 PAGES A fresh translation of Homer into a modern colloquial voice by Lombardo, a professor of classics at the University of Kansas. Lombardo conveys the narrative energy, wit and humor of an oral epic in short, direct verse. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Selection for 2000. (GRE271, $10.95)
The Odyssey (Fitzgerald Translation) • Robert Fitzgerald • Homer LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 528 PAGES The Fitzgerald translation of Homer's epic poem of Odysseus and his journey home to Ithaca, first published in 1961. (GRE221, $13.00)
Odyssey of Homer • Robert Fagles LITERATURE • 1996 • HARD COVER • 560 PAGES Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this new translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. We also carry the Fagles translation of The Iliad. (GRE30, $35.00)
The Odyssey of Homer • Homer • Richmond Lattimore LITERATURE • 2007 • PAPER • 400 PAGES The classic edition of Homer's Odyssey, masterfully translated by Richmond Lattimore. (GRE204, $14.99)
On the Shores of the Mediterranean • Eric Newby TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2011 • PAPER • 448 PAGES A sparkling observer and famously entertaining writer, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in these merry essays. He finds himself in North Africa, the Adriatic, Venice, Naples, the Greek Islands, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem. (MED25, $18.95)
The Oresteia • Aeschylus • Hugh Lloyd-Jones LITERATURE • 1993 • PAPER • 276 PAGES An epic of Greek theatre, this version of the story of Agamemnon and his dysfunctional family (Clytemnestra, Iphigenia and Orestes), as translated by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, vividly recaptures these tales of murder, betrayal and vengeance. (GRE130, $23.95)
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Furies. • Aeschylus • Robert Fagles • W.B. Stanford LITERATURE • 1984 • PAPER • 335 PAGES Another great work of ancient Greek theatre, The Oresteia trilogy tells the story of Agamemnon and his family (Clytemnestra, Iphigenia and Orestes), who are dysfunctional to epic proportions. These are tales of murder, betrayal and vengeance, translated beautifully by Robert Fagles. (GRE99, $13.00)
The Origins of the Greek Architectural Orders • Barbara A. Barletta ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2009 • PAPER • 220 PAGES For the traveler seeking to understand the temples and monuments they visit, Barbara Barletta, (professor of art history at the University of Florida,) has created the helpful guide to various styles of collumns and features, including when and where they originated and the significance of their development. (GRE423, $29.00)
The Orthodox Church • Kallistos Ware RELIGION • 1993 • PAPER • 359 PAGES A comprehensive, clear overview of the origins, historical development and practice of Eastern Christianity by a British scholar and Archbishop. With chapters on Byzantium, conversion of the Slavs, the Church under Islam, Moscow and St. Petersburg and the contemporary Orthodox world. (GEN261, $17.00)
The Ottoman Centuries • Lord Kinross HISTORY • 1988 • PAPER • 638 PAGES A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman Empire from its dawn in 1300 through its zenith under Suleiman the magnificent and up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923. With maps and black-and-white photographs throughout. (ITL54, $18.99)
The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923 • Justin McCarthy HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 406 PAGES Written by a historian who has a way with words, this book is a vivid overview of the history, customs and traditions of Ottoman Turkey for the curious general reader. It covers not only the history of the Ottoman Empire but also society, environment and everyday life. With many helpful maps and illustrations. (TKY36, $84.80)
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War • Donald Kagan HISTORY • 1990 • PAPER • 420 PAGES The first of four volumes in which the Yale scholar re-examines Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War." (GRE152, $24.95)
The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World • John Boardman ARCHAEOLOGY • 2001 • PAPER • 446 PAGES Diverse scholars, including Robin Lane Fox, Peter Levi, Jasper Griffin and Oswyn Murray contribute to this well-illustrated overview of classical Greek history, literature, art, philosophy, architecture, religion, government and daily life. (GRE428, $29.95)
Pagan Holiday, On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists • Tony Perrottet TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2003 • PAPER • 320 PAGES This eccentric pilgrimage by Perrottet and his pregnant wife takes the couple in the footsteps of the ancient Romans, who -- way back when -- enjoyed too a tour of their empire from Rome to Naples to Sparta to Cairo culminating, naturally, with a cruise on the Nile. Has anything changed in the intervening millennia? Off the couple went to the Mediterranean to find out. (MED72, $13.95)
The Parthenon Frieze • Jenifer Neils ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2006 • PAPER • 316 PAGES This wide-ranging monograph by classical archaeologist and art historian Neils includes a CD-ROM with a Macromedia Director movie of the complete frieze, based on the plaster casts in the Skulpturhalle in Basel. (GRE283, $36.00)
The Parthenon, From Antiquity to the Present • Jenifer Neils HISTORY • 2005 • HARD COVER • 454 PAGES With six review articles by leading scholars on the architecture, history and setting of the Parthenon. (GRE284, $93.00)
The Peloponnesian War • Donald Kagan HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 511 PAGES Kagan, a professor of classics and history at Yale, has distilled his four-volume history (and other scholarship on 5th-century B.C. Greece), into this single, magnificent book. With excellent, well-integrated maps. A popular writer as well as a scholar, Kagan succeeds admirably in his aim to offer both pleasure and wisdom in this wise account. He draws on Thucydides, Aristotle, and other lesser-known contemporaries in illuminating the 30-year war between Athens and Sparta (GRE183, $18.00)
The Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations • Arthur Cotterell REFERENCE • 1980 • PAPER • 367 PAGES An illustrated roundup of the world's ancient civilizations, ranging from the Egyptians to Etruscans, Aztecs to the Shang people, Minoans to Aryans. Written by leading academics, it features additional chapters such as "Prehistory" by Richard Leakey, the "Evolution of the Alphabet," and "Chinese Art." (GEN90, $23.00)
People of the Storm God, Travels In Macedonia • Will Myer TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2005 • PAPER • 288 PAGES A sobering account of a 1994 trip to the politically and culturally complex Republic of Macedonia. (BLK112, $15.00)
Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy • Donald Kagan HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 320 PAGES A lively, illustrated biography of Pericles, who governed Athens in the fifth century B.C. (GRE339, $21.95)
The Persian Boy • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 1988 • PAPER • 419 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS The second of Renault's trilogy on the life and loves of Alexander the Great, this exhaustively researched historical novel focuses on Bagoas, the Persian slave boy who became the servant and lover of the king. Not just a love story, it includes the great battles and personalities of Classical Greece. (GRE74, $15.95)
Phaenomena • Aaron Poochigian • Solensis Aratus LITERATURE • 2010 • PAPER • 72 PAGES Born in a fragment of Alexander the Great's dissolved empire in what is now southern Turkey, Aratus wrote his most famous poem after joining the Macedonian court as poet in the third century C.E. After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world, quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament and one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic. The poem, which teaches readers to identify constellations and predict changes in the weather, is a stunning example of the ancient link between science and poetry. Poochigian's lively new translation includes star charts and an extensive introduction.. (GRE490, $25.00)
Pimsleur Quick & Simple Greek • Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2005 • AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Greek, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (GRE240, $19.95)
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates • Paul Dallman NATURAL HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 210 PAGES Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. It's an eye-opening guide to California, Chile, South Africa, Australia and -- naturally -- the Mediterranean. (MED21, $35.95)
Plato, The Republic • William Scott • Richard Sterling • Plato LITERATURE • 1996 • PAPER • 317 PAGES It is impossible to sufficiently acknowedge how influential Plato's Republic has been to Western society; it has been the bedrock for (mis)understanding philosophy, politics, and history. In this translation, it is also a good read, as Plato conducts a dialogue to determine the nature of justice in his utopian system. (GRE119, $14.95)
The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary • John Taylor • James Morwood LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2002 • PAPER • 449 PAGES With 20,000 Greek words and phrases in clear, user-friendly translations, and over 4,000 English words in common usage. (GRE424, $17.95)
The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius • M. I. Finley ANTHOLOGY • 1977 • PAPER • 501 PAGES A classic anthology with short selections by Herodotus, Xenophon, Thucydides, and Polybius, including Thucydides on the Peloponnesian Wars. (GRE259, $20.00)
Portrait of a Priestess, Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece • Joan Breton Connelly ARCHAEOLOGY • 2009 • PAPER • 464 PAGES Archaeologist Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world, from the most famous and sacred -- the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias -- to basket bearers and handmaidens. Drawing on archaeology, literary sources, inscriptions, sculpture and vase painting, she shows that these women played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. (GRE380, $49.50)
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays • Aeschylus • Philip Vellacott LITERATURE • 1961 • PAPER • 160 PAGES The Penguin Classics edition. (GRE248, $13.00)
Prospero's Cell • Lawrence Durrell TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2008 • PAPER • 150 PAGES Subtitled A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu, this classic tribute to the island is drawn from the young Durrell's Idyllic time on Corfu as a gregarious newlywed in the 1930s -- an interlude that came to an abrupt end in 1941 with the German invasion of Greece and Durrell's evacuation to Alexandria. The first of his celebrated travel books, Propsero's Cell was written during his time in Egypt. Durrell and his fish Nancy (referred to as N in the book) setled in an old fisherman's house in Kalmai, in the extreme north of Corfu. (GRE48, $12.00)
Pure Pagan, Seven Centuries of Greek Poems and Fragments • Burt Raffel LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 81 PAGES This slim anthology presents the ideas, concerns, humor and heart of ancient Greece. Organized by author, Raffel includes very short epigrams, song fragments and other bits of verse from the ancients. The entertaining selections are witty, on occasion bawdy and surprisingly modern. (GRE210, $11.95)
The Rise of Christianity • Rodney Stark RELIGION • 1997 • PAPER • 272 PAGES The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries." More a sociological study than a religious history, the book delves into what compelled so many people to convert to the then infant religion. (MED64, $14.99)
Rough Guide Crete • John Fisher • Geoff Garvey • Julia Tweed GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 392 PAGES A quirky comprehensive guide in the British series, noteworthy for both its excellent historical and cultural overview, and detailed travel information on where to go and what to do while touring Crete. With dosens of black-and-white sketch maps, and particular attention to walking and exploring lesser-known parts of the island. (GRE115, $19.99)
Rough Guide Greece • Mark Ellingham GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 1207 PAGES A practical guide in the popular British series, especially useful for independent travelers. (GRE189, $25.99)
Rough Guide Greek Islands • Geoff Garvey GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 677 PAGES This comprehensive guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information. (GRE376, $22.99)
Rough Guide Ionian Islands • Nick Edwards GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 376 PAGES This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview. (GRE307, $16.99)
Rough Guide Mediterranean Cafe Music • Various Artists MUSIC • 2004 • AUDIO CD A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of the cafe culture along the Mediterranean coasts, including music of Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt. (MED100, $14.98)
Rough Guide Music Greece • Various Artists MUSIC • 2001 • AUDIO CD A carefully chosen sampling of the sounds of Greece, featuring its marvelous synthesis of Eastern and Western influences. Includes genres such as the passionate and tragic rembetika, the folk entechno, and laiko, Greek pop of the 1950s and 60s with Turkish roots. (GRE297, $14.95)
Roumeli, Travels in Northern Greece • Patrick Leigh Fermor TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2006 • PAPER • 260 PAGES An account of travels, history and place by the incomparable Fermor, who lived in Greece for many decades, originally published in 1966. Among his many odd and enlightening adventures, Fermor visits with the Sarakatsans and Kravarites, two remote peoples (ethnography is among his many interests), and chases off to Missolonghi to retrieve a pair of Lord Byron's shoes. (GRE249, $15.95)
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 • Mark Mazower HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 528 PAGES In this inviting book, part history and part travelogue, Mazower chronicles the fate of Christians, Jews and Muslims in Salonica through Ottoman rule, Europeanization, and devastations of WWII. At the crossroads of the Aegean in Northern Greece, Thessaloniki (as the city was originally founded and is known today) has been a place of commerce and coexistence since its days as a Byzantine port. Mazower, professor of history at Columbia University, is the author of The Balkans: A Short History. He writes with authority and verve. (GRE232, $18.00)
Santorini and Its Eruptions • Ferdinand A. Fouque • Alexander R. McBirney NATURAL HISTORY • 1999 • HARD COVER • 857 PAGES A scholarly geologic history of the Greek island of Santorini, first published in 1879. Pioneering geologist Ferdinand A. Fouque details the island's landscapes and provides evidence for the many volcanic eruptions that have shaped them. Illustrated with color plates and maps, including a large geologic map of all of Santorini. (GRE138, $110.00)
Seagoing Ships & Seamanship In The Bronze Age Levant • Shelley Wachsmann HISTORY • 2008 • PAPER • 417 PAGES An archeological overview of Mediterranean ships and maritime activity. Wachsmann brings together everything known about Bronze Age sea travel, from ship building to piracy, and how seafaring influenced the Aegean, Egyptian, Minoan and other societies. (GRE450, $40.00)
The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World • Chris Scarre ARCHAEOLOGY • 1999 • HARD COVER • 304 PAGES A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world, much expanded from the original seven wonders to include other significant structures. With a dual focus on the monuments themselves and how they were built, the book includes among others: Petra, the Giza plateau, the Parthenon, Abu Simbel, Nazca, Easter Island, and the Great Wall. With maps, "fact files," diagrams, and photographs. (GEN92, $40.00)
A Short History of Byzantium • John Julius Norwich HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 432 PAGES A richly detailed and evocative narrative history of the tumultuous span of the great empire from the fourth century to the fifteenth, brimming with intrigue, skullduggery, palace revolution and other treachery. Norwich has also published a definitive three-volume history of Byzantium. (TKY18, $19.00)
A Short History of Greek Literature • Jacqueline De Romilly HISTORY • 1985 • PAPER • 308 PAGES Chronicles the writings of the Ancient Greeks from Homer to the Roman Empire. (GRE338, $25.50)
The Shortest Way to Hades • Sarah Caudwell MYSTERY • 1995 • PAPER Subtitled Die First, Pay Later, this is the second of Caudwell's four delightful comedy of manners starring Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Hilary Tamar. The action (which involves settling of a large estate) moves from London to a cruise in the Greek Islands. (GRE245, $7.99)
Some Talk of Alexander • Frederic Raphael CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2006 • HARD COVER Novelist and screenwriter Raphael defends his beloved Greeks and the classics in this witty, fast-paced tour through the ancient world. (GRE301, $40.00)
The Songs of the Kings • Barry Unsworth LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 342 PAGES Unsworth's sly, subversive novel, set in 1260 B.C. as scheming Odysseus prepares to plunder Troy (and, of course, avenge Helen). The story may be familiar but the mix of classic cadence and contemporary language, ripe humor and pulled-from-the-headlines satire is all Unsworth. The atmosphere of ancient Greece too is a palpable pleasure. (GRE185, $13.95)
Sophocles I : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone • Richard Lattimore • David Greene • Sophocles LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 218 PAGES Connected through the setting of Thebes, Sophocles wrote on the themes of stubborn pride, broken families, incest, love, hate: the typical lighthearted fare of a Greek tragedy. These works remain powerfully funny, insightful, heartbreaking, and timeless. (GRE118, $12.00)
Sophocles II • Sophocles LITERATURE • 1969 • PAPER • 260 PAGES Connected through the setting of Thebes, Sophocles wrote on the themes of stubborn pride, broken families, incest, love, hate: the typical lighthearted fare of a Greek tragedy. These works remain powerfully funny, insightful, heartbreaking, and timeless. (GRE386, $13.00)
The Station, Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece • Robert Byron TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2011 • PAPER • 263 PAGES Mount Athos, the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism, is perhaps the most sacred and mysterious place in Greece: an autonomous state, where no woman can set foot, which has its own calendar and its own time. This ruggedly beautiful peninsula in Macedonia boasts a history that stretches back to Herodotus and has been a sanctuary from the earliest days of Christianity, through the Byzantine and Ottoman eras, two world wars and up to the present day. (GRE463, $18.00)
Strolling Through Athens, Fourteen Unforgettable Walks Through Europe's Oldest City • John Freely GUIDEBOOK • 2004 • PAPER • 361 PAGES Part guidebook, part history, this guide puts the reader in the able hands of John Freely, who has written extensively about both Greece and Turkey. Not exactly a walking guide (the text is too dense to follow easily on foot), the book focuses on the ruins of important historical sites like the Agora and the Parthenon as well as the theater of Dionysus and other sites immortalized by art and mythology. He includes too detailed information on modern attractions. Freely offers both archaeological information and historical anecdotes which invoke the ghosts of Athens with every step. With 32 black-and-white photographs. (GRE201, $23.00)
Stung With Love, Poems and Fragments • Aaron Poochigian • Sappho LITERATURE • 2009 • PAPER • 95 PAGES Renowned as the first woman poet in literary history, the emotional power of Sappho's verse remains potent even today. Her writings are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria, but only one poem survives complete. Poochigian's new translation of the ancient Greek's surviving fragments of poetry is a joy to behold. No wonder Plato called Sappho "the tenth Muse"! (GRE491, $14.00)
The Suitors • Ben Ehrenreich LITERATURE • 2006 • • 256 PAGES (GRE270, $23.00)
The Swineherd and the Bow, Representations of Class in the Odyssey • William Thalmann LITERATURE • 1998 • HARD COVER • 330 PAGES In this scholarly book, William Thalmann examines representations of class in The Odyssey. Through analysis of its portrayal of slaves and household competitions, Thalmann argues that Homer's epic is written for the aristocracy. With foreword by Gregory Nagy. (GRE216, $75.95)
The Symposium and The Phaedrus: Plato's Erotic Dialogues • William S. Cobb LITERATURE • 1994 • PAPER • 214 PAGES For a look at what the ancient Greeks thought about love, sexuality and romance, here are two of Plato's dialogues on the subject, as edited and translated by William Cobb. With a short introduction and notes. (GRE69, $29.95)
Tales from a Greek Island • Alexandros Papadiamantis • Elizabeth Constantinides LITERATURE • 1994 • PAPER • 176 PAGES These 12 short stories written at the turn of the century capture the culture, history and hardships of life on the Greek island of Skiathos. Papadiamantis, a native of the island, wrote four novels and hundreds of stories, almost all concerning the myths, folk traditions, environment and daily life on Skiathos. With a map of Skiathos showing the monasteries, villages and features of the island. (GRE126, $29.00)
Ten Plays by Euripides • Euripides LITERATURE • 1988 • PAPER • 314 PAGES Ten dramatic works by the ancient Greek playwright offer a satirical and insightful view of classical Athenian society. (GRE260, $7.95)
Theogony & Works and Days • Hesiod • M.L. West LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 112 PAGES Two classics of ancient Greek poetry. Theogony presents a genealogy of the Gods and a collection of myths, while Works and Days is a collection of moral advice for living an honest life. (GRE220, $11.95)
This is Greece • M. Sasek CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2009 • HARD COVER • 60 PAGES • FAMILY First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original portrait of Greece, its culture, attractions and spirit for young readers. (GRE369, $17.95)
Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus • Sophocles • Robert Fagles • Bernard Knox LITERATURE • 1984 • PAPER • 430 PAGES The Oedipus Trilogy, a foundation of Greek tragedy, is as powerful today as ever. This edition is another in the line of wonderful translations by noted scholar Robert Fagles. (GRE98, $13.00)
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat, An Optimist Afloat • Chris Stewart TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2010 • PAPER • 182 PAGES Stewart's entertaining account of youthful adventurers as a skipper on a boat sailing among the Greek Islands. Too bad he'd never sailed before! (GRE414, $12.99)
The Tomb of Agamemnon • Cathy Gere • Mary Beard HISTORY • 2012 • PAPER • 208 PAGES An enlightening brief guide to the archaeological site (a fortified hill in the Peloponnese), its history and current scholarship on the Bronze Age. Originally excavated by Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeology of the site has been much debated over the years. With a guide to the site at Mycenae. The remarkable gold artifacts from the site, including the famous mask of Agamemmnon, are among the treasures of the national archaeological museum. (GRE252, $14.95)
Travel in the Ancient World • Lionel Casson HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 408 PAGES Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, this lively history of ancient travel takes in the earliest Egyptian voyages, travel and trade in Classical Greece, Roman roads, museums and sightseeing and early Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land. (GRE348, $31.00)
A Traveller's History of Turkey • Richard Stoneman HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 247 PAGES A classicist and popular writer, Stoneman traces the history of Turkey from prehistoric Anatolia through the Hittite Age, Persian Empire, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans and the Ataturk years to the present in this lively compact history. With a chronology, historical gazeteer, maps and list of rulers from the early dynasties to Abdullah Gul, 11th President of the Republic of Turkey. (TKY13, $14.95)
Trial of Socrates • I. F. Stone HISTORY • 1989 • PAPER • 304 PAGES In this analysis of Socrate's death sentence, Stone poses the philosopher as an anti-democratic reactionary whose aggressive ideas posed a genuine threat to liberalism. (GRE337, $16.00)
Troilus and Cressida • William Shakespeare LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 352 PAGES A Signet Classics edition of the play, set in Troy. (GBR498, $5.95)
The Trojan War: A New History • Barry Strauss HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 288 PAGES If the question about the Trojan War is, "What's love got to do with it?" the answer is probably, "Nothing." So argues talented historian and classic professor Straus, who combines information gleaned from Homer's epics with archaeology and ancient texts to weave a lively, readable account of the true motivatations and politics behind this legendary conflict. (GRE296, $15.99)
The Trojan Women and Other Plays • James Morwood • Euripides LITERATURE • 2009 • PAPER • 224 PAGES An Oxford World Classic. (GRE426, $11.95)
The Trojans and Their Neighbours • Trevor Bryce ARCHAEOLOGY • 2006 • PAPER • 225 PAGES Bryce, an expert in classical and near-Eastern history, surveys the entire history of Troy, from its beginnings c. 3000 BCE until its decline in the Byzantine era. Intense and encompassing, those wanting a profound understanding of this ancient city and its relationships with its neighbors will appreciate Bryce's breadth and depth.. (TKY214, $36.95)
The Virtues of War, A Novel of Alexander the Great • Steven Pressfield LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 368 PAGES This rousing historical novel, by the bestselling author of Gates of Fire, is narrated by none other than Alexander the Great. Pressfield (recently made an honorary citizen of Sparta) is a terrific storyteller, who wraps his fictions in rich historical detail. (GRE209, $15.00)
Voices of Modern Greece, Selected Poems • Edmund Keeley • Philip Sherrard ANTHOLOGY • 1982 • PAPER • 203 PAGES A selection of works by five major modern Greek poets: Cavafy, Sikelianos, Seferis, Elytis, Gatsos. The anthology, edited and translated by noted scholars Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, is an excellent introduction to Greek verse. (GRE97, $27.95)
A War Like No Other, How the Athenians And Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War • Victor Davis Hanson HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 416 PAGES A meticulous, scholarly exploration of the war that engulfed Athens and Sparta for 27 years. Hanson provides context for Thucydides' narrative and delves into the specifics of ancient war tactics. (GRE347, $17.00)
The War That Killed Achilles • Caroline Alexander HISTORY • 2010 • PAPER • 320 PAGES As she did with The Endurance and The Bounty, Alexander examines the profound cultural impact of one of our most familiar stories, exploring the meaning and justification of war as presented in the Iliad. (GRE392, $16.00)
The Western Way of War, Infantry Battle in Classical Greece • Victor Davis Hanson • John Keegan HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 271 PAGES A noted classical scholar examines fighting among infantry soldiers during the classical age in Greece. Hanson argues that the value in the West placed on head-to-head confrontation and direct assault was here born. Hanson draws on many sources to describe in vivid detail the environment, methods, and experience on the ancient Greek battlefield. (GRE162, $21.95)
Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries • Ornella D'Alessio • Marco Santini FOOD • 2005 • HARD COVER • 324 PAGES Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. The authors, both Italian journalists and wine connoisseurs, provide helpful tips alongside the hundreds of magnificent color photographs. (EUR191, $35.00)
Women in Greek Myth • Mary R. Lefkowitz HISTORY • 1990 • PAPER • 158 PAGES In this provocative book, first published in 1986, Lefkowitz looks at the variety of female characters in Greek myth. She argues that Greek society had a rather balanced view of women's abilities and talents. With bibliography and index. (GRE129, $29.00)
The World That Shaped the New Testament • Calvin Roetzel • David L. Tiede RELIGION • 2002 • PAPER • 168 PAGES A substantial account of the political and religious background to the New Testament. Topics covered include Hellenistic piety and politics, Jewish scripture and interpretation, and the Holy Man. Originally published in 1986. (REL08, $30.00)
Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks • Alexandra Fiada GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 92 PAGES Frank, irreverent and funny, this entertaining pocket guide might just increase cultural awareness! (GRE503, $7.95)
Zeus, A Journey through Greece in the Footsteps of a God • Tom Stone HISTORY • 2008 • HARD COVER • 299 PAGES Stone weaves myth, archaeology and history into this travelogue and tale of the tempestuous, thunder-bolt hurling god. (GRE326, $25.95)
Zorba the Greek • Nikos Kazantzakis LITERATURE • 1996 • PAPER • 311 PAGES A modern classic. Set in rural Crete in the early 20th-century, this moving tale is the most accessible of Kazantzakis' novels -- and very different from the Anthony Quinn movie version. It's a tale of adventure and philosophy that captures the exuberance of the Greek people. (GRE22, $15.00)

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