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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
• Marina Belozerskaya
• Kenneth Lapatin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $19.95) |
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Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
• Seton Lloyd
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs.
(TKY43, $28.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
• Thomas Cahill
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A marvelous writer, Cahill sketches the civilization of ancient Greece through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist. He gives pride of place to Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Euripides and Sappho. A third book in Cahill's popular, eloquent Hinges of History series -- and a superb introduction to the Greeks. The third book in the Hinges of History series.
(GRE182, $16.00) |
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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) |
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Knossos, Unearthing a Legend
• Alexandre Farnoux
• David J. Baker
ARCHAEOLOGY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 158 PAGES
• COMING IN
An insightful look at the work of the English archaeologist Arthur Evans and how he pieced together myth and evidence to recreate the world of Knossos. A volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series. Take it with you to Crete.
(GRE02, $15.95) |
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