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1968An American business man on a deadly mission in Greece, an astonishingly lovely woman, a depraved, ruthless millionaire. trapped in a triangle of love and twisted passions in (a) gripping novel of intrigue. Book
1980In the spring of 1941 the Nazis were storming their way through Greece. The Loukia was crucial to the British cause and the Greek resistance - and her cargo even more so. When the Loukia is wrecked in enemy territory, the British gathered together a handful of "volunteers" for a dangerous mission of retrieval: two RASC men, some sailors, one German-speaking airman and Mihale Andoni Cotonou - otherwise known as Corporal Cotton of the Marines Book
1979Addventure and espionage - a story beginning during the Nazi occupation and ending in modern Crete. Pbk. 318p. Condition : Good Book
1976"When Marian Frenche signed on as tour companion to rich, young, unhappy Stella Marten, she was unaware that she had taken her first step on a journey into terror. The tour of Greece started out peacefully enough. Then within a few days one of the members was killed by a strange fall in a darkened grotto. An unfortunate accident they said. But Marian was not so sure. She began to experience a chill of apprehension. She could feel the evil vibrations that were slowly turning the trip into a nightmare. Two more people had near accidents. Then sudden death struck again. Book
2004Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. The meticulously detailed entries contained within this volume breathe life into the people, places, and events that shaped the development of classical civilization. Readers will learn that Alexander the Great's grand army consisted of 48,500 soldiers and was the largest ever to leave Greek soil, that the white facades of refined Ionic structures in Greece were once washed with vibrant reds and blues, and that the Theodosian Code, a collection of Roman law published in AD 438, still survives today. Here are examinations of the Eves and works of great philosophers and literary figures, such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Sophocles, Seneca, Aeschylus and the poets Ovid and Sappho. Mythology and religion were integral parts of classical civilization, and from Aphrodite and Hermes to funerary rites and sacrifice, they are integral parts of this volume as well. Filled with both essay length articles and short quick reference entries, this extraordinarily thorough yet accessibly written book is a treasury of information on classical civilization. 795p. bibliography [+ 10 pages of maps] NOTE : Large HEAVY volume [2 kg] [25X19X5 cm] Book
1998"In 1996, Oxford published the third edition of its excellent resource, The Oxford Classical Dictionary. The goal of this new volume is to appeal to a wider audience by making some changes in the way the material from that dictionary is presented. While no entries have been shortened, some that were considered too recondite or technical for the nonspecialist have been omitted. Bibliographies attached to entries in the dictionary have been replaced by a general bibliography at the back of the book, and color and black-and-white illustrations illuminate some of the entries. Entries are now grouped under the following broad subject areas: History, Law & Society, Literature & Scholarship, Philosophy & Religion, and Science,Technology,& Material Culture" 795p. bibliography [+ 10 pages of maps] NOTE : Large HEAVY volume [2 kg] [25X19X5 cm]793p. + maps. Book
1969Interesting enjoyable and idioscynratic survey of Byzantine architecture. Deaccessioned from the library of the Arts & Letters club, Toronto. 184.illus (some col) Ex-Library
1957Vintage pocket sized guide for tourists visting Athens. 118p. plates (B & W) (marked by previous owner) Book
1901The author was the US Consul in Greece, and an affectionate observer of Greek life. Although this novel is the typically sentimental tale of its time it does reflect something of the life he observed there c. 1900. This copy is in a nice decorative cover [Brown and red over tan] 246p+ plates. Neat unmarked copy. Book
1901The author was the US Consul in Greece, and an affectionate observer of Greek life. Although this novel is the typically sentimental tale of its time it does reflect something of the life he observed there c.1900. This copy is in a nice decorative cover [Black on dark blue .246p+ plates. Tight, neat unmarked copy. Slight shelf wear to head and foot of spinE. Book
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1972Wide ranging, beautifully illustrated survey of the Minoan and Mycenean cultures of the Greek Bronze Age. 174.illus (some col.) bibliography. index Book
1972Wide ranging, beautifully illustrated survey of the Minoan and Mycenean cultures of the Greek Bronze Age.174p+ plates, [some col] bibliography, index. Book
1968Wide ranging, beautifully illustrated survey of the Minoan and Mycenean cultures of the Greek Bronze Age. 303p. plates[ some col] bibliography, index, decorative end papers.. Donor inscription. Crisp neat text. NOTE: Large [26x20x heavy nook [1.2kg] Book
1988"... a comprehensive survey of how the Aegean peoples expressed themselves during a period of some 5000 years after the end of the Bronze Age (circa 1100 BC), and before the rise of Greek art. Work produced in the ambience of the palaces of Crete (including the palace of Minos at Knossos) and of Mycenae on the mainland is fully described and illustrated. For purposes of clarity the arts are considered by function and material rather than by geographical region or chronological period; but the main political upheavals affecting them are kept in mind. Little wall-painting has survived, and the so-called minor arts are examined for the light they thow on it, as well as to assess artistic development in the Aegean as a whole." 311p. illus bibliography index. Text crisp and unmarked, slightly scuffed paper covers.. Book
1966In "an attempt to reconstruct their history .. I have utilized all the knowledge at our disposal in the social religious or economic field ...in an effort to understand .. those far off ancestors of ours to whom we owe Homeric Poetry, the Linear B tablets and Mycenean art" This is a synthesis of the archaeological remains of three Bronze age locations in Greece together with the mythical/historical/ poetical legends associated with them and how Crete, Mycenae and Thebes, might be related to each other. Laid in is a tri-fold sheet with proposed genealogies and chronologies of these sites.Also included is an appendix regarding the decipherment of Linear B. 148p.plates notes, index [ Errata sheet laid in ] Book
1957The vengeance of Lysander of Chios against the Persians. A nice vintage paperback .236p. Book
1968Novel of early medicine, based upon the life of Hippocrates of Kos. Book
2000Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens' favorite son and the city's greatest general. A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory. But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies. For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides ? and ended up trusted by neither. Narrated from death row by Alcibiades' bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation.Audio book abridgment in 4 double sided audio cassettes read by Derek Jacobi. Playing time 6 Hours. Audio Book
1994(Harlequin Historical No 236) "She rose from the water like a nymph, dressed only in sea foam and a wild mane of midnight hair. This was Phaedra, a daughter of Sparta, a woman who could easily lure a man into dangerous waters - where Alexander of Athens would willingly drown. He abducted Phaedra as a prelude to battle, then tempted her with his raw virility and laughing blue eyes. But yielding to this golden-haired warrior would betray all that she was. Yet to refuse his love would deny all that she was meant to be!" Book
1970252p. plates.bibliography.index. Book
2003A compact ..."survey of the ancient world, from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley ...to the fall of the Roman Empirein A.D. 453. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, and the triumph and decline of Rome. In this fascinating and comprehensive analysis, the author explores social and cultural history, as well as the political and economic aspects of hisnarrative. He explains leading themes in religionand philosophy and discusses the environment, population, and public health.[He] highlights the great books and ideas of antiquity that continue to influence culture today 240p.index Book
2003This is the true story of the myth makers - Thutmosis, King David, Leonidas, Xerxes, Alexander, Hannibal and the mighty Caesar. Brave and reckless, intelligent and foolish, lucky and ill-fated, their battles were won and lost by ruse, trickery, chance, stupidity and by unsurpassed military brilliance.448p, Book
1979Revolutionary radio-carbon evidence for the revised dating of European prehistoric sites from the neolithic to bronze age periods. 320p. plates bibliography index Book