A survey of how Greek historians explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power

Text: English, Greek

Ivan M. Linforth ; Edited With An Introduction By Leonardo Tarán. Includes Bibliographies.

This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the Histories. Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the...

Hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked, including a few small tears. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with a crease along the...

Walter G. Englert. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--stanford University, 1981. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [193]-201.

Text: English (translation)Original Language: Greek

In this classic study of the social and economic aspects of landcredit relationships in ancient Athens, first published in 1952, Moses Finley presents a systematic account of the guarantee aspects of credit. He examines the outward forms of credit...

Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle...

Reprint of the Edinburgh Univ. Press edition of 1969. The original is cited in BCL3 . Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The internationally celebrated photographer traces her life from her youth in the South to the present, discussing her work as a photographer around the globe and offering many examples of her work

The explosive development of the practice and technology of printed art has been a fundamental characteristic of the art of the 1960s and 1970s. Never in the past have so many artists devoted so much of their creative energy to the production of fine...

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