Kategoria BISAC: History >> Europe - Greece (see also Ancient - Greece)

Dieser Sammelband vereinigt sechsundzwanzig Beitrage zur byzantinischen Literatur, in denen renommierte Byzantinisten Themen aus dem Bereich der Epistolografie, Historiografie, Hagiografie, Philologie und Prosopografie behandeln. Unter den untersuchten Texten bzw. Dokumenten finden sich etliche, die neu ediert worden sind.

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II by Fernand Braudel revolutionized the study of Mediterranean history on its publication in 1949. Now, 60 years ""after Braudel,"" this book brings together work by area specialists and the latest research on the sea itself in the early modern period, the maritime trade that flourished there, the ships which travelled it and the men who sailed them. It opens up the subject to English-speaking readers interested in maritime history, naval history, the history of the early modern world and the historiographical...

"One of the great and lasting books about Greece."Patrick Leigh Fermor

"An intense and compelling account of an educated, sensitive archaeologist wandering the back country during the civil war. Half a century on, still one of the best books on Greece as it was before 'development.'"The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands

"He also is in love with the countrybut he sees the other side of that dazzling medal or moonIf you want some truth about Greece, here it is."Louis MacNeice, The Observer

"One of the best and most honest books about the modern Greeks."E. R....

House Ascendant presents the comings-of-age of the epic hero and his best friend by homeland Greece; they're both famous from The Odyssey by Homer, although the book assumes our readers have not the least knowledge of them. So, accordingly, from Odysseus' birth while under the care of his mother Anticleia our volume tells settings and tales about Odysseus as a boy. He meets Mentor while they're both lads at war campaign with their fathers, both acting as messengers until Mentor becomes Ward-of- House under the tutelage of Odysseus' father Laertes. An apprentice of naval command under his...

House Ascendant presents the comings-of-age of the epic hero and his best friend by homeland Greece; they're both famous from The Odyssey by Homer, although the book assumes our readers have not the least knowledge of them. So, accordingly, from Odysseus' birth while under the care of his mother Anticleia our volume tells settings and tales about Odysseus as a boy. He meets Mentor while they're both lads at war campaign with their fathers, both acting as messengers until Mentor becomes Ward-of- House under the tutelage of Odysseus' father Laertes. An apprentice of naval command under his...