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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)
Aeschylus I: Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) • Aeschylus • Richmond Lattimore LITERATURE • 1983 • PAPER • 180 PAGES A 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 by Richard Lattimore. A volume in The Complete Greek Tradegies published by the University of Chicago. (GRE111, $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, 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)
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, A Concise History • Peter Green HISTORY • 1979 • PAPER • 192 PAGES • COMING IN A lively, illustrated history of Greece from the Stone Age to the death of Alexander the Great in under 200 pages. With good maps, a bibliography for further reading and hundreds of black-and-white photos of sites and objects. (GRE04, $18.95)
Ancient Greece, Cultural Atlas for Young People • Anton Powell ARCHAEOLOGY • 2007 • HARD COVER • 96 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) An illustrated guide to Greek history, life and culture from the Bronze Age through Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic kingdoms. With each section arranged as a double-page spread, the book is an excellent travel companion. It includes archaeological sites, monuments, sculpture and art of Athens, Crete, Sparta, Delphi, the Peloponnese and other much-visited places throughout Greece. With maps and color photographs throughout. (GRE42, $35.00)
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 Greece: The Famous Monuments • G. Behor ARCHAEOLOGY • 2000 • FLEXI-BOUND • 72 PAGES • FAVORITE • COMING IN Ingenious overlay illustrations set this series of books apart. In this volume, the Parthenon, the Temple of Poseidon and other Greek monuments are shown first as they look today and next, via overlaid acetate illustrations, as they looked in their heydays. We love this method of relating the ruins to their original selves. It's so intuitive. The text is good, too. Published in Italy, the series is distributed in the U.S. by the Getty. (GRE172, $32.95)
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 Mediterranean • Michael Grant CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1990 • PAPER • 374 PAGES Grant, a well known classical scholar, draws on archaeology, geography, art and economics to paint a vivid picture of ancient cultures, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and their influence on western civilization. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and 19 maps of the region. (MED10, $20.00)
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)
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)
Archestratos of Gela, Greek Culture and Cuisine in the Fourth Century BCE: Text, Translation and Commentary • Archestratus • Alexander Sens • S. Douglas Olson HISTORY • 1999 • HARD COVER • 336 PAGES A translation of the existing pieces of Archestratus "Hedupatheia" (a.k.a. Life of Luxury), the 4th century BCE mock epic poem of life and food in the Mediterranean world of the period. An influential and widely read piece in ancient times, little of it remains today, but this authoritative study contains all the text available, along with criticism and historical and cultural commentary. (GRE137, $215.00)
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)
Ataturk, The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey • Andrew Mango BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2003 • PAPER • 666 PAGES Mango (who was born in Istanbul and has written extensively on modern Turkey) expertly traces Ataturk's rise to power after World War I, when this complex leader created the modern Turkish state and redefined the relationship between Europe and the Middle East. He shows Ataturk's influence on the role of Islam in the modern nation. (TKY52, $24.95)
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)
The Best of the Argonauts, The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book One of Apollonius' Argonautica • James J. Clauss HISTORY • 1993 • HARD COVER • 275 PAGES This cloth-bound book offers a scholarly interpretation of the character of Jason, as depicted in Apollonius' Argonautica. Clauss, extremely well versed in classics, looks at the human aspects of the mythic hero. (GRE94, $45.00)
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)
Birds Without Wings • Louis De Bernieres LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 480 PAGES Louis De Bernieres offers sweeping historical scope, memorable characters, drama, and many new vocabulary words in this stupendous novel set in Anatolia during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He interweaves a tale of family with the history of the rise of Ataturk, much about the decline of religious tolerance -- and a dazzling centerpiece in which a young townsman fights his way across Gallipoli. It's a big book, ambitious, generous and satisfying. (TKY91, $16.00)
Black Sea • Neal Ascherson CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1996 • PAPER • 306 PAGES A vivid and entertaining exploration of the Black Sea, with its unique mingling of cultures. Ascherson skillfully interweaves nature, politics, and culture as he describes both the history of the region and the current state of affairs. (RUS46, $19.00)
The Black Sea, A History • Charles King HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 296 PAGES This brisk narrative history takes in the history, culture and politics of the region from 700 B.C. to the 1990s. King argues that, like the Mediterranean, the Black Sea unites diverse languages and cultures (Greek, Roman, Armenian, Persian, Scythian, Byzantine, Ottoman, Tatar and Mongol). The book opens with a chapter on Pontus Euxinus, an ancient Greek site along the shores of the Black Sea. Charles King is a professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. With four maps and 15 black-and-white photographs. (EUR173, $35.00)
Blue Guide Greece, The Mainland • Sherry Marker • James Pettifer GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 735 PAGES The best-known and much-loved guide to the archaeology, painting, and sculpture of mainland Greece, this book includes at least a few pages on every site you're likely to visit. With extensive background on the history, art, architecture and culture of the region, serious-minded travelers will not want to be without it. (GRE40, $32.95)
Blue Guide Turkey • Bernard McDonagh GUIDEBOOK • 2001 • PAPER • 704 PAGES • COMING IN The classic, massively researched guide to antiquities, art and historic sites throughout Turkey. With 75 site plans and local maps. A course book, travel guide and reference, this book is particularly valuable for its coverage of central and eastern Turkey. (TKY27, $29.95)
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 Byzantines • Guglielmo Cavallo • Thomas Dunlap HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 294 PAGES A collection of essays from scholars worldwide focusing on the people of the Byzantine empire. (TKY66, $27.50)
Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests • Walter Kaegi HISTORY • 1995 • PAPER • 313 PAGES A classic history, painstakingly researched and utterly absorbing, of the seventh-century conqest of the eastern roman world. Insights on the great campaigns, political alliances and economics of the empire are accompanied by copious charts, maps, graphs and back-and-white illustrations. This book explores the evolution of the 1100-year-old Constantinople into the powerful capital of the Ottoman sultans, an essential reference to the Medieval east including Syria, Armenia and Palestine. (TKY19, $50.00)
Byzantium, The Apogee • John Julius Norwich HISTORY • 1992 • HARD COVER Part Two in Norwich's three part history of the Byzantine Empire, this thoroughly researched and surprisingly entertaining volume covers the period from 800 AD to 1000 AD, telling of the empire at its most powerful -- and most cruel. With 32 pages of photographs. (TKY70, $49.95)
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 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)
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)
The Children's Homer, The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy • Padraic Colum • Willy Pogany LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 256 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) Three-time Newbery Award-winning author Padraic Colum retells the great adventure stories for young readers. From the face that launched a thousand ships to the battle with the Cyclops, this book is a captivating introduction to the world of Homer for the whole family. (GRE46, $9.99)
Classic Myths to Read Aloud • William F. Russell LITERATURE • 1989 • PAPER • 264 PAGES • FAMILY This lively compendium of short Greek and Roman myths, designed to be read to children, is presented in crystal-clear language. Each is introduced by highlights, reading time and commentary on Greek words that have found their way into our everyday language. Makes for good reading by adults too. (GRE19, $13.95)
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, 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)
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)
Companion Guide Istanbul • John Freely GUIDEBOOK • 2000 • PAPER • 428 PAGES A remarkably comprehensive, old-fashioned guide to the culture, art and antiquities of Istanbul and the Marmara by a long-time resident with sites plans, maps and a few black-and-white photographs. (TKY62, $34.95)
The Complete Greek Temples • Tony Spawforth ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2006 • HARD COVER • 240 PAGES An authoritative sourcebook, gazetteer and illustrated overview of the art and architecture of the ancient Greek temple. Spawforth includes all known temples throughout the Mediterranean, including the Greek colonies in Sicily, North Africa and the Levant. With 350 photographs, 130 in color. (MED97, $40.00)
A Concise History of Byzanitum • Warren T. Treadgold HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 273 PAGES A quick, readable survey of the Byzantine Empire, focusing on the spread of cultural and religious ideas. (TKY69, $39.00)
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)
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens • James Davidson HISTORY • 2011 • PAPER • 372 PAGES The author examines such fundamental issues as the pleasures of fish, sex and wine in their social and political context in this most interesting study of appetite and desire in classical Athens. (GRE63, $22.50)
Crete Map • Michelin Travel Publications MAP A detailed regional map at a scale of 1:140,000, colorful and easy to follow. With good shaded relief of the physical features and travel information on the reverse. Two Sides. 30x49 inches. (GRE07, $14.95)
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths • Ingri D'Aulaire • Edgar D'Aulaire LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 192 PAGES • FAMILY An oversize and vividly illustrated collection of Greek Myths for children. This is the classic that many of us remember from our own childhoods -- still considered by many the best. Intended for children ages 9-12, but you may want to read it yourself or read it to younger children. (GRE75, $19.95)
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 Christian and Byzantine Art • John Lowden ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1997 • PAPER • 448 PAGES An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), including a survey of the philosophy, ideas and intellectual climate of the time. With hundreds of photographs of Byzantine art, decorated churches and illuminated manuscripts. (EUR23, $27.95)
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)
Early Greece • Oswyn Murray ARCHAEOLOGY • 1993 • PAPER Within the space of three centuries, Greece grew from a simple peasant society into the sophisticated civilization that dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt. Murray places this transformation, which launched Western Culture, in the context of Mediterranean civilization. (GRE313, $27.00)
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)
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)
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)
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 Guide Turkey • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2012 • PAPER • 432 PAGES Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book provides a thorough overview of history, traditions and sights. With color photographs and maps. (TKY82, $30.00)
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)
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)
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)
Fragments of Culture, The Everyday of Modern Turkey • Deniz Kandiyoti HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 350 PAGES A loosely organized collection of scholarly articles addressing everyday life, ranging from issues of gender and class, to shopping malls, film, education, and folk dancing. (TKY97, $26.95)
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)
The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus • Aliki LITERATURE • 1997 • PAPER • 48 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) Illustrated tales of the gods for younger readers (ages 6-9) by the popular artist and childrens' book author. (GRE228, $6.99)
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)
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 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! Rome! Monsters! • John Harris • Calef Brown LITERATURE • 2002 • HARD COVER • 48 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) A children's primer on Greek and Roman myths as seen through 20 notable monsters. Illustrator Calef Brown provides quirky, colorful illustrations, while John Harris describes each monster, from the terrifying to fanciful. With a pronunciation guide and a reading quiz. Ages 9-12. (GRE171, $17.95)
Greece, A Country Study • Glenn E. Curtis HISTORY • 1996 • HARD COVER A sourcebook geared for a university audience. (GRE287, $29.50)
Greece, A True Book • David Petersen • Christine Petersen CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2002 • PAPER • 48 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) A welcome introduction to Greece for younger readers ages 6-8, including much information about modern Greece as well as biographies of Plato and Socrates, tales of Theseus and Odysseus and a look at the first Olympics. With large color photographs. (GRE155, $6.95)
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)
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 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)
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, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2003 • PLASTIC CARD This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (GRE241, $7.95)
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, 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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 of Homer, A New Prose Translation • Homer • Martin Hammond LITERATURE • 1987 • PAPER • 528 PAGES Homer's tale of death and glory, of a few days in the struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans, here in a prose translation. (GRE110, $13.00)
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/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)
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece • Sean Sheehan ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2002 • HARD COVER • 160 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) A survey from A to Z of the history, art, myths, culture, and everyday life of ancient Greece for kids ages nine and up. With 250 color and 50 black-and-white illustrations. (GRE164, $19.95)
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 Greece • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 392 PAGES An illustrated survey of the history, culture and attractions of Greece for the traveler with excellent, full color maps. With chapters on Athens, the Cyclades, Ionian Islands and other regions throughout Greece and the Greek Islands. (GRE104, $22.99)
Insight Guide Turkey • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 448 PAGES An outstanding overview of the country from the reliable Insight crew, featuring hundreds of photographs and observant essays on history, culture and nature. With separate chapters on Istanbul, Ephesus, the Aegean Coast, Lycia, and Cappadocia. (TKY38, $24.99)
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 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)
The Ionian Mission • Patrick O'Brian LITERATURE • 1994 • HARD COVER Captain Jack at large in the Mediterranean in an ancient man-of-war, this 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. (MED60, $24.00)
Islam, The Straight Path • John L. Esposito RELIGION • 2010 • PAPER • 304 PAGES A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tone intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $49.95)
Islamic Art and Architecture • Robert Hillenbrand ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1999 • PAPER • 288 PAGES Covering one thousand years and the geographic scope of Islam, this book is a wide-ranging guide to the arts of Islam, including architecture, calligraphy, ceramics and textiles. A marvelously compact synthesis, it focuses on major styles associated with Muslim dynasties including the Ottomans. With a useful glossary of Islamic terms, time line, maps and 270 illustrations, many in color. (CAS17, $21.95)
Islamic Arts • Jonathan Bloom • Sheila Blair ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1997 • PAPER • 445 PAGES A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans. For anyone with an interest in art, this book is a wonderfully illuminating, stimulating introduction to the subject. (ISL01, $29.95)
Islamist Mobilization in Turkey, A Study in Vernacular Politics • Jenny White RELIGION • 2003 • PAPER • 304 PAGES A social history and ethnography of contemporary Istanbul based on interviews and field work in the Umraniye neighborhood. Jenny B. White is associate professor of anthropology at Boston University. (TKY98, $25.00)
Istanbul Map • Borch Maps 2011 • MAP A laminated folded map at a scale of 1:11,000. Two Sides. 19.5x26 inches. (TKY65, $8.95)
Istanbul, the Imperial City • John Freely HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 432 PAGES A lively, anecdotal history of the city geared for the traveler. With historic and modern photographs and neighborhood maps. Freely concludes with a helpful, 60-page section on monuments and museums. (TKY23, $17.00)
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)
The King Must Die • Mary Renault LITERATURE • 1988 • PAPER • 330 PAGES The tale of Theseus, slayer of the Minotaur and king of Athens, including his Cretan adventures. Known for her exhaustive research, Renault is an acknowledged master of historical fiction. (GRE23, $15.00)
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)
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)
The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader • Lawrence Durrell • Clint Willis TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2004 • PAPER • 405 PAGES • COMING IN Durrell's intoxicating reflections on Greece and the Mediterranean, collected here in one volume, edited by Clint Willis. With chapters on Corfu, Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily, Delphi and Provence (where he lived for 33 years until his death in 1990) it's drawn from Durrell's four island books: Prospero's Cell, Reflections on a Marine Venus, Bitter Lemons and Sicilian Carousel. The book leads off with a 1960 essay, Landscape and Character. With a nicely detailed table of contents but oddly lacking illustrations, maps or an index. (GRE186, $15.00)
Leo Africanus • Amin Maalouf LITERATURE • 1992 • PAPER • 360 PAGES A fictional memoir documenting the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus (or Leo the African), a Muslim scholar whose travels lead him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Based on a real-life figure, Leo is witness to many of the revolutionary changes and figures in the Western world of the period. (MED55, $16.95)
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)
A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece • Richard Stoneman ANTHOLOGY • 1994 • PAPER • 347 PAGES Poetry, prose and literature over the ages, arranged geographically with an excellent introduction and commentary. Stoneman artfully weaves together hundreds of short excerpts from the likes of Homer, Byron, Twain and Kazantzakis, drawing heavily on 19th-century British literature. (GRE06, $19.95)
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)
Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook • Arzu Kurklu LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2008 • PAPER • 259 PAGES A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. With a 2,000-word mini-dictionary. (TKY115, $8.99)
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)
Mani, Travels in Southern Peloponnese • Patrick Leigh Fermor TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2006 • PAPER • 320 PAGES An inspired travelogue and history of the region, first published in 1958 by the incomprable Paddy Fermor, who has lived for many years in Greece. In this masterpiece, he interweaves anecdotes, magnificent descriptions, plenty of classical references, history and commentary into an absorbing portrait of place. No writer wears his learning as lightly as Fermor. (GRE27, $15.95)
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony • Roberto Calasso • Tim Parks LITERATURE • 1994 • PAPER • 416 PAGES A re-telling of the classic myths as refracted through the vivid imagination and intellect of Italian novelist Roberto Calasso. He uses the classic myths and tales as a point of departure for his meditations on myth and meaning. Demanding. (GRE81, $16.95)
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 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 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)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Greece • Mark Ottaway CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2011 • PAPER • 234 PAGES Organized geographically, this handsome oversize picture book is an illustrated portrait of Greece. Hundreds of color photographs accompany lively essays by the chief travel writer for the London Sunday Times. Part of a popular series, it also contains maps and a travel guide. (GRE273, $26.95)
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)
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)
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)
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 • Homer PAPER • 394 PAGES Also included in the Penguin Classics series is E.V. Rieu's translation of the Odyssey, a rousing tale of Odysseus' ten-year adventure home. (GRE21, $9.95)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
Ottoman Turkey, Islamic Architecture • Godfrey Goodwin ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1977 • PAPER • 192 PAGES An extended photo-essay on Islamic architecture focusing on the magnificent buildings constructed during the Ottoman period in Turkey. (TKY31, $20.00)
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)
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 • Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2010 • PAPER • 204 PAGES Cambridge University classicist Mary Beard brings the Parthenon to life in this lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses -- cathedral, mosque, cultural icon -- of the 2,500-year-old Athenian marvel. With 24 black-and-white photographs, a few illustrations, site and building diagrams and a map. The book is both an introduction to the ancient Greeks and an engaging guide to the Parthenon. She opens with a chapter "Why the Parthenon Might make You Cry." A volume in the Harvard University Press series, Wonders of the World. (GRE195, $14.95)
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)
Paul, The Mind of the Apostle • A.N. Wilson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1998 • PAPER • 273 PAGES From the author of the best-selling biographies of Jesus and Tolstoy comes this richly detailed portrait of the apostle Paul, firmly grounded in the everyday details of life in the Roman Empire. It's a mind-opening, partly historical study of the culture, politics and religion of the early years of Christianity. (MED19, $16.95)
Peloponnese Map • Freytag & Berndt 2007 • MAP A detailed, regional map of the Peloponnese, at a scale of 1:250,000. Two Sides. 42x37 inches. (GRE08, $11.95)
Peloponnese Map • Road Editions 2007 • MAP A map of the Peloponnese, extending from the southern coast of Greece to Athens, at a scale of 1:250,000. Two Sides. 40x38 inches. (GRE101, $11.50)
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)
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece • Robert Morkot REFERENCE • 1997 • PAPER • 144 PAGES This pictorial survey of Greek history, culture and expansion features dozens of full color-maps. (GRE125, $18.00)
Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome • Christopher Scarre HISTORY • 1995 • PAPER • 144 PAGES This book vividly traces the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, from its origins through imperial regime. Ingenious color maps trace the growth of cities, trade, economy, defenses, and religious practice throughout the empire. An excellent introduction to Roman antiquities throughout the region from North Africa to the Eastern Mediterranean and Palmyra. Profusely illustrated in full color, with 60 maps and 80 photographs. (ITL29, $18.00)
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)
Pillars of Hercules • Paul Theroux TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1996 • PAPER • 509 PAGES Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar by foot, horseback, train and boat along the coast of Spain to the French Riviera, Sardinia, Sicily and beyond. This masterful book combines anecdote, history and observation into a revealing portrait of place. He ends his journey at the other pillar, Jebel Musa, just across the Straits outside Ceuta in North Africa. (MED20, $17.00)
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 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 Turkish Family • Irfan Orga BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2003 • PAPER • 332 PAGES This splendid memoir of life in Istanbul in the years surrounding World War I captures the spirit and flavor of the city in the last days of the Ottoman empire. It is also a poignant account of struggling to get along under very difficult circumstances. Born into a privileged family, Orga's fate changed radically with the defeat of the Ottomans and the changes brought about by Atat�rk and the founding of the Turkish republic in 1923. With chapters entitled Introducing the Family, Disillusionment of an Autocrat, and The End of The Story. Orga's son supplies an illuminating forward for this edition, filling in biographical details. (TKY83, $33.95)
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays • Aeschylus • Philip Vellacott LITERATURE • 1961 • PAPER • 160 PAGES The Penguin Classics edition. (GRE248, $13.00)
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)
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)
The Secret History • G. A. Williamson • Procopius HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 208 PAGES A classic and compulsively readable account of the mores and manners of elite society at the court of Emperor Justinian. This is historical mudslinging only a Byzantine could devise, a withering expose of the scandals, intrigues and infidelities of the splendid empire and its rulers by none other than its official historian. Here, Justinian is a demon king capable of any evil deeds, while his wife, Empress Theodora, is a bloodthirsty monster of depravity and cruelty, and the celebrated general Belisarius is the foolish dupe of his scheming wife, Antonina. Magnificently vitriolic and startlingly original, The Secret History is a work of explosive energy, depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule. (TKY11, $15.00)
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)
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)
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)
Songs on Bronze, The Greek Myths Made Real • Nigel Spivey LITERATURE • 2005 • PAPER • 272 PAGES • COMING IN A lively and artful retelling of the myths of Ancient Greece by Cambridge classicist Nigel Spivey. (GRE254, $14.00)
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)
Spend the Day in Ancient Greece • Linda Honan CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1998 • PAPER • 113 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) Subtitled "Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life," this book zooms in on the life of a family in ancient Greece, presenting their diet, clothing and way of life through 30 hands-on activities. Geared for kids ages 8-12. (GRE60, $14.95)
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)
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)
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)
Time Out Istanbul • Andrew Humphreys GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 256 PAGES Compact and up-to-date, this guide for where to go and what to do in Istanbul includes maps and introductory chapters on culture and history. (TKY109, $19.95)
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)
A Traveller's History of Greece • Timothy Boatswain • Colin Nicolson HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 344 PAGES A nicely written survey of Greece from prehistory through the 1990s: wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer. Five out of 21 chapters devoted to the 20th century, making this book a good choice for those interested in modern Greek history. (GRE55, $14.95)
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)
The Treasures and Pleasures of Turkey • Ron Krannich GUIDEBOOK • 2002 • PAPER • 278 PAGES A guide to traveling and shopping in Turkey. With an introductory chapter on shopping treasures and rules for Success, along with what to look for throughout the country. Istanbul gets its own chapter. The focus is on artisans, craftspeople, and shopkeepers. (TKY96, $16.95)
Troilus and Cressida • William Shakespeare LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 352 PAGES A Signet Classics edition of the play, set in Troy. (GBR498, $5.95)
Troy • Adele Geras LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 352 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS A highly acclaimed young adult novel, essentially a retelling of "The Iliad" from four Trojan teenagers' points of view. Adele Geras won critical kudos for her book's historical accuracy and YA vigor. (GRE156, $7.99)
Turkey Map • Freytag & Berndt 2011 • MAP A shaded relief map of all Turkey, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with a more detailed map of Western Turkey on the reverse (1:800,000). With a detailed, 32-page index. Two Sides. 35x44 inches. (TKY29, $14.95)
Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey • Hugh Pope HISTORY • 2011 • PAPER • 432 PAGES The authors, who speak fluent Turkish and have reported from Turkey for 20 years, provide a rich mosaic of contemporary Turkey and its formative past. The strengths and weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian tragedy, the Kurdish struggle, the controversial legacy of the brilliant but autocratic founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, are all here. They also provide portraits of new leaders who have broken taboos and ushered in new freedoms at a time when other forces attempt to pull Turkey back into the Middle Eastern vortex. Hugh Pope is director of the Turkey/Cyprus Project, International Crisis Group in Istanbul. (TKY33, $22.95)
Turkey, A Modern History • Erik Zurcher HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 245 PAGES A lively historical account of the Turkish state from 1780 to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923. Special attention is given to the "Young Turk" movement and Kemil Ataturk in this comprehensive volume. It's the best single guide to the complex history of modern Turkey, well written and opinionated. Revised. (TKY10, $33.00)
Turkish, A Rough Guide Phrasebook • Rough Guide LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • 2006 • PAPER • 256 PAGES An A-Z pocket dictionary, phrasebook and mini-guide to the Turkish language. (TKY61, $6.99)
The Turks Today • Andrew Mango HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 292 PAGES A concise history of Turkey since the death of Ataturk in 1938. In part II, Mango (the author of a biography of Ataturk) considers modern Turkey, its society, economy, politics and prospects. (TKY90, $17.95)
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)
The Voyage of Argo • Apollonius of Rhodes • Emil V. Rieu LITERATURE • 1977 • PAPER • 224 PAGES The story of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece. Aided by a map and a glossary, Emil V. Rieu's translation of the original epic by Apollonius of Rhodes, is readable and informative. A classic in the works of Greek mythology. (GRE91, $15.00)
The Voyage of the Argo, The Argonautica of Gaius Valerius Flaccus • Gaius Valerius Flaccus • David R. Slavitt LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 165 PAGES Apollonius' version of the Argonautica may be the most famous, but like all great stories, the story of Jason and the Argonauts has been told more than once. Here is a new translation of the Argonautica of Gaius Valerius Flaccus by David Slavitt, which captures the excitement and force of the original. (GRE95, $27.00)
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)
A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond ANTHOLOGY • 2005 • PAPER • 310 PAGES These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. Featuring selections from Jan Morris, Pamela Logan and Alison Wright. (ASA49, $17.95)
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 of Odysseus • Moses I. Finley HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 205 PAGES A classic portrait of ancient Greek society based in large part on the author's ground-breaking interpretation of the Iliad and Odyssey, first published in 1954. This short book takes the form of essays on "Household, Kin and Community, Morals and Values," and other illuminating topics. (GRE76, $14.95)
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)
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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