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The Seer in Ancient Greece
ISBN: 9780520259935 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills ranging from examining the livers of sacrificed animals to spirit possession. Unlike the palm readers and mediums who exist on the fringe of modern society, many seers were highly paid, well respected, educated members of the elite who played an essential role in the conduct of daily life, political decisions, and military campaigns. Armies, for example, never went anywhere without one. This engaging book, the only comprehensive...
The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and d...
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166,01 zł |
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The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
ISBN: 9781107652156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
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180,56 zł |
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Theopompus of Chios: History and Rhetoric in the Fourth Century BC
ISBN: 9780198152439 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Theopompus of Chios was one of the most important ancient Greek historians of the fourth century BC. Although his work has survived only in fragments, it is still a rich and vital source of information for Greek political, social, and intellectual history during the age of Philip of Macedon. This book explores both Theopompus's historical method and the intellectual milieu in which he worked, while placing the fragments themselves in "context" by examining where and why they are cited by later authors. Flower's illuminating and original study leads up to some important new conclusions about...
Theopompus of Chios was one of the most important ancient Greek historians of the fourth century BC. Although his work has survived only in fragments,...
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434,60 zł |
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Xenophon's Anabasis, or the Expedition of Cyrus
ISBN: 9780195188677 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important autobiographical work--to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a young and charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted more than ten thousand Greek mercenaries in an attempt to seize the vast Persian empire for himself. Cyrus was killed in a great battle, most of the Greek commanders subsequently fell victim to treachery, and an Athenian aristocrat by the name of Xenophon found himself in the unexpected position...
Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important au...
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579,02 zł |
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Xenophon's Anabasis, or the Expedition of Cyrus
ISBN: 9780195188684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important autobiographical work--to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a young and charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted more than ten thousand Greek mercenaries in an attempt to seize the vast Persian empire for himself. Cyrus was killed in a great battle, most of the Greek commanders subsequently fell victim to treachery, and an Athenian aristocrat by the name of Xenophon found himself in the unexpected position...
Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important au...
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155,65 zł |
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Care Ethics in the Age of Precarity
ISBN: 9781517911874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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110,34 zł |
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Care Ethics in the Age of Precarity
ISBN: 9781517911867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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467,86 zł |
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The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
ISBN: 9781107050068 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of individuals as diverse as Machiavelli, Thomas Jefferson, and Leo Tolstoy. It also sets out the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of his writings, while simultaneously pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues, and questions. Although Xenophon's historical, philosophical, and technical works are usually...
This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent pla...
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474,43 zł |
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We Break the Sword: The Nazi Peace of 1940
ISBN: 9781530984312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. MindWar is the art and science of resolving international political and military crises through the application of Psychological Control (PSYCON) techniques to the electromagnetic architecture of the human brain, replacing violent irrationality with constructive and cooperative creativity. The result is the elimination of the bloodshed of conventional physical war (PhysWar). The author's 2013 book "MindWar"_ introduced and detailed this methodology. "We Break the Sword" is one of a series of theoretical case studies of how MindWar could have been applied to various historical conflicts, in... MindWar is the art and science of resolving international political and military crises through the application of Psychological Control (PSYCON) t... |
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55,70 zł |
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Illustrated Review of Ottumwa, Iowa 1890
ISBN: 9781892689900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 1890 - Ottumwa, Iowa: The nation's only Coal Palace has just finished its first season, with another exhibition scheduled for 1891. Finishing touches are being put on the Opera House at the corner of Main and Jefferson. The new post office has just gone into service. Churches, schools, businesses and hotels are busy; houses from simple to grand march up the hills on the north side of the Des Moines River and spread across the plain on the south bank. Originally published in 1890, Illustrated Ottumwa is a time capsule of the city's progress and history just decades after its founding. More...
1890 - Ottumwa, Iowa: The nation's only Coal Palace has just finished its first season, with another exhibition scheduled for 1891. Finishing touches ...
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99,60 zł |
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Herodotus: Histories Book IX
ISBN: 9780521596503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory over Persia. This English commentary treats Herodotus' work as historical narrative and as literature, incorporating the results of recent scholarly research in Greek history and historiography. It contains a Greek text and detailed philological, literary, and historical notes designed to assist the intermediate Greek student.
Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea and Mycale complete the improbable Greek victory ove...
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145,70 zł |
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