wyszukanych pozycji: 39
Responses to Oliver Stoneas Alexander: Film, History, and Cultural Studies
ISBN: 9780299232849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The charismatic Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.E.) was one of the most successful military commanders in history, conquering Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, central Asia, and the lands beyond as far as Pakistan and India. Alexander has been, over the course of two millennia since his death at the age of thirty-two, the central figure in histories, legends, songs, novels, biographies, and, most recently, films. In 2004 director Oliver Stone's epic film Alexander generated a renewed interest in Alexander the Great and his companions, surroundings, and accomplishments, but the critical...
The charismatic Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.E.) was one of the most successful military commanders in history, conquering Asia Minor, ...
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114,04 zł |
Forever Young: Why Cambridge Has a Professor of Greek Culture: An A. G. Leventis Inaugural Lecture Given in the University of Cambridge, 16 February 2
ISBN: 9780521121729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The text of this inaugural lecture proposes that the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is a new kind of chair: a chair not only for research but also for outreach, for the advancement of the public understanding of ancient Greek culture. After explaining its origins, and pondering the possible meanings of the Professorship's title, it seeks to explore four 'myths' about the ancient Greeks and their culture (or cultures), myths deliberately chosen to illustrate the huge range of the Hellenic tradition that is still actively at work in our own culture. These are:...
The text of this inaugural lecture proposes that the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is a new kind of chair: a chair n...
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156,05 zł |
Alexander the Great
ISBN: 9781400079193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Alexander the Great is the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conqueror of the Persians, and the visionary ruler of a vast empire. In this seminal biography, Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, gives us the most reliable and intimate portrait of the man himself. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable political and military accomplishments, cutting through the myths to show why he was such a great leader. He explores our endless obsession with Alexander and gives us insight into both his capacity for brutality...Alexander the Great is the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conqueror of the Persians, and the visionary ruler of a va... |
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105,79 zł |
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
ISBN: 9781509873180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans.
A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans.
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66,92 zł |
Aristophanes and His Theatre of the Absurd
ISBN: 9781853991141 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Aristophanes, the Athenian comic dramatist, remains popular despite historical changes in attitude and belief. Placing the plays in their total civic, religious and dramatic context, this account explores their significance for contemporary audiences, and their continuing appeal. Separate chapters address aspects of his work and world, and attempt to outline the playwright's own opinions at a time of intense political debate. With original texts quoted in translation, this comprehensive and lively study provides students with an invaluable insight into the plays and their place in... Aristophanes, the Athenian comic dramatist, remains popular despite historical changes in attitude and belief. Placing the plays in their total civ... |
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104,49 zł |
Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC
ISBN: 9780415262767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta. The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from...
Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical...
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198,57 zł |
Spartan Reflections
ISBN: 9780520231238 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful of ancient Greek cities with enough existing evidence for historians to create a realistic social portrait. Over the past quarter-century Paul Cartledge has established himself as the leading international authority on ancient Sparta. Spartan Reflections is a superb collection of his essays--two are published here for the first time, and the rest, often difficult to locate, have been revised and updated for publication in book form....
The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful ...
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379,52 zł |
Hellenistic Constructs: Essays in Culture, History, and Historiographyvolume 26
ISBN: 9780520206762 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascination today. Reflecting the vigor and productivity of scholarship directed at this period in the past decade, this collection of original essays is a wide-ranging exploration of current discoveries and questions. The twelve essays emphasize the cultural interaction of Greek and non-Greek societies in the Hellenistic period, in contrast to more conventional focuses on politics, society, or economy. The result of original research by some of the...
The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascinat...
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444,39 zł |
The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others
ISBN: 9780192803887 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves in opposition to a whole series of others (non-Greeks, women, slaves, non-citizens, and gods) as presented by supposedly objective historians of the time such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Cartledge looks at the achievements and legacy of the Greeks - history, democracy, philosophy and theatre - and the mental and material contexts of these inventions which are often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting. This new edition...
Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring how Greeks (adult, male, citizen) defined themselves...
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97,82 zł |
Alexander the Great: The Truth Behind the Myth
ISBN: 9781447237198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The acclaimed biography of one of history's greatest icons, Alexander the Great.
The acclaimed biography of one of history's greatest icons, Alexander the Great.
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77,22 zł |
Kosmos: Essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens
ISBN: 9780521570817 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines how the various groups of people of which the polis of Classical Athens was composed got on together--or failed to do so. The authors collectively bring out what was distinctive about life in an ancient Greek city that was unusual both in its size and social complexity and in the extent of the democracy it practiced. The emphasis is broadly on the great success of the Athenians' communal experiment but tensions and fissures arising from religious, sexual, economic and political differences are not elided or glossed over.
This book examines how the various groups of people of which the polis of Classical Athens was composed got on together--or failed to do so. The autho...
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451,96 zł |
Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society
ISBN: 9780521522090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The relationship between law, politics and society in democratic Athens is a central but neglected aspect of ancient Greek history that is beginning to attract increasing interest. Nomos brings together ten essays by a group of British and American scholars who aim to explore ways in which Athenian legal texts can be read in their social and cultural context. The focus is on classical Athens, since that is where the evidence is fullest, but the range of sources examined is broad, including the whole spectrum of literary and epigraphical texts, with special reference to the corpus of Athenian...
The relationship between law, politics and society in democratic Athens is a central but neglected aspect of ancient Greek history that is beginning t...
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251,73 zł |
Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities
ISBN: 9781138145115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community.
This original and compelling account is especially significant in challenging the conventional misperception of Spartan 'decline' after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC. The book's focus on a frequently overlooked period makes it important not only for those interested specifically in... In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative o...
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705,63 zł |
Democracy: A Life
ISBN: 9780199837458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic society but the entire Western tradition of anti-democratic thought. In Democracy, Paul Cartledge provides a detailed history of this ancient political system. In addition, by...
Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent ...
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143,83 zł |
Hellenistic and Roman Sparta : A Regional History 1300-362 BC
ISBN: 9780415263566 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta. The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from...
Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical...
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705,63 zł |
Democracy: A Life
ISBN: 9780190866273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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97,28 zł |
Democracy
ISBN: 9780199697670 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The 2,500 year story of democracy, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century
The 2,500 year story of democracy, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century
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120,14 zł |
Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice
ISBN: 9780521455954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, in this book Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to the early Roman Empire. Of concern throughout are three major issues: first, the relationship of political thought and practice; second, the relevance of class and status to explaining political behaviour and thinking; third, democracy - its invention,...
Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. U...
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130,04 zł |
Money, Labour and Land: Approaches to the economics of ancient Greece
ISBN: 9780415510554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing views on the significance and distribution of money, labour and land.
Money, Labour and Land reflects the current explosion in ideas and research by assembling case-studies from an international selection of renowned US, British and... The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for bot...
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282,20 zł |
Spartan Reflections
ISBN: 9780520231245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful of ancient Greek cities with enough existing evidence for historians to create a realistic social portrait. Over the past quarter-century Paul Cartledge has established himself as the leading international authority on ancient Sparta. Spartan Reflections is a superb collection of his essaystwo are published here for the first time, and the rest, often difficult to locate, have been revised and updated for publication in book form. Giving...
The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful ...
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189,65 zł |