Xenophon's Cyropædia: books iv., v., and vi., literally tr., by R. Mongan
Author: Xenophon (of Athens.)
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 110
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Author: Xenophon (of Athens.)
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 110
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Published: 1881
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Reviel Netz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-02-20
Total Pages: 905
ISBN-13: 1108481477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of ancient literary culture told through the quantitative facts of canon, geography, and scale.
Author: Finley Melville Kendall Foster
Publisher: Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bibliography of English translations, from the establishment of Caxton's printing press in 1476 to the early 20th century, of Ancient Greek texts to 200 A.D.
Author: A. T. Olmstead
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2022-08-29
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 0226826333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOut of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view. "The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."—M. Rostovtzeff
Author: Thomas James Mathias
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Published: 1798
Total Pages: 468
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adrienne Mayor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-09-22
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1400865131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe real history of the Amazons in war and love Amazons—fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world—were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China. Mayor tells how amazing new archaeological discoveries of battle-scarred female skeletons buried with their weapons prove that women warriors were not merely figments of the Greek imagination. Combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology, she reveals intimate, surprising details and original insights about the lives and legends of the women known as Amazons. Provocatively arguing that a timeless search for a balance between the sexes explains the allure of the Amazons, Mayor reminds us that there were as many Amazon love stories as there were war stories. The Greeks were not the only people enchanted by Amazons—Mayor shows that warlike women of nomadic cultures inspired exciting tales in ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, and China. Driven by a detective's curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is likely to become a classic.
Author: Milton M. Shapiro
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1610162854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Xenophon
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCyrus, a great Persian leader, was so widely and memorably respected that a hundred years later, Xenophon of Athens wrote this admiring book about the greatest leader of his era. Larry Hedrick's Introduction describes Cyrus and his times. Among his many achievements, this great leader of wisdom and virtue founded and extended the Persian Empire; conquered Babylon; freed 40,000 Jews from captivity; wrote mankind's first human rights charter; and ruled over those he had conquered with respect and benevolence. According to historian Will Durant, Cyrus the Great's military enemies knew that he was lenient, and they did not fight him with that desperate courage which men show when their only choice is "to kill or die." As a result the Iranians regarded him as "The Father," the Babylonians as "The Liberator," the Greeks as the "Law-Giver," and the Jews as the "Anointed of the Lord." By freshening the voice, style and diction of Cyrus, Larry Hedrick has created a more contemporary Cyrus. A new generation of readers, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great's extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders' throughout antiquity.