Author: J. C. Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997664737
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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A readable textbook for high school study of the history and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome. The authors show how the history of Greece and Rome is really our history since our civilization, laws, art, literature, and language have for a foundation the work of those ancient peoples. This is a study edition with comprehension questions in the text at the end of each chapter. Teacher's guide available at the publishers website: hillsideeducation.com.
Author: Emilie K. Baker
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories of Old Greece and Rome" by Emilie K. Baker. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: E. M. Berens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781544695563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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E.M. Berens wrote a comprehensive book in 1880 on the most famous stories from Greek and Roman mythology and how the people from those eras believed in them. This book is particularly excellent for scholars of history and religion.
Author: Charles W. Fornara
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520063327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: E. M. E. M. Berens
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979942751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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A Greek and Roman mythology book that's suitable for young readers and is a comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. Learn the mythology behind books like those in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series with this handbook of ancient Greek and Roman mythology! You' will also find descriptions of the public worship of the deities, the oracles (such as the Oracle of Delphi), soothsayers, augurs, and festivals. Also includes a description of Greek and Roman legends, such as those of Perseus, Theseus, Daedalus (creator of the famous labyrinth), Jason and the Argonauts, Hercules, and the siege of Troy.
Author: Captivating History
Publisher: Captivating History
ISBN: 9781637165898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Three captivating manuscripts in one book: Ancient Greece for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Greek History, from the Mycenean Civilization and the Trojan War through the Golden Age of Pericles to the Hellenistic Era and Roman Conquests Ancient Rome for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Roman History, from the Rise of the Republic through the Roman Empire to Byzantium Ancient Egypt for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Egyptian History, from the Early Dynastic Period through the Early, Middle, and Late Kingdom to the Death of Cleopatra Come dive into the world of the Ancient Greeks! From their myths and culture to their wars and ultimate defeat by the Romans, part one of this book covers it all! Both parents and children will enjoy learning what made Ancient Greece such an amazing civilization and seeing why the modern world owes them so much. In part two of this book, you will travel back to Ancient Egypt, when kings were considered gods, pharaohs built towering pyramids, great battles were fought, and the world as we know it today was formed. Exciting images and maps help you to imagine yourself there and become an expert in no time! In this part three of this book, you will travel back to Ancient Rome, where gladiators fought in the famous Colleseum, emperors were murdered to make way for new emperors, calendars were created, and Greek mythology was re-made into Roman mythology! Have fun seeing what's left of this amazing society as you explore ancient ruins and war maps! Some of the topics covered in part one of this book include: Greek cities rocked! The Face that launched 1,000 ships Achilles - and his famous heel The Olympic Games - no prizes for second and third place! From Dark Ages to the Golden Age - and back again Draco's severe punishment system The original Spartans - their story Only seven years old - and in military school? BC versus BCE, AD versus CE - why, and what's the difference? Longbows and bronze shields - who won? Pericles, Athena, and the Parthenon The Pelopo-what Wars? And much, much more! Some of the topics covered in part two of this book include: How elephants helped win an important battle The island that two cities fought for How we use the same type of government used back then Plebians and Patricians - which would you want to be? Why? How did a great talker become so important? Why a city started another war with the city it had just beaten! When the Romans met the Greeks Everyone was a citizen, except for . . . can you guess? Changing your name - everyone did it! This Cleopatra - or THAT Cleopatra? And so much more! Some of the topics covered in part three of this book include: The longest river in the world - and it runs backward! Kings or Pharaohs - which came first? Menes and the Narmer Palette - what's the big deal? Gods and Kings - or both? Sunsets, underworlds, and tombs The first pyramid ever built in Ancient Egypt Sneferu's mistake The Great Pyramid of Giza - the tallest structure on earth until . . . Pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom King Senusret III - The "Warrior King" Amenemhat's labyrinth - with over 3,000 rooms! The Hyksos - a painting ends a theory Ramesses II - Why so popular? Here come the Assyrians and Persians - uh oh... Alexander the Great Cleopatra - why she married her 12-year-old brother And so much more! Scroll up and click the "add to cart" button to learn more about Ancient History for Kids!
Author: J.A. O. Larsen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520319885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.
Author: Plutarch
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603849149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Although Plutarch did not intend his Lives as a historical record, they sometimes furnish the best account we have of events in classical Greece. In many instances they are the only account available to those exploring ancient history through primary sources. In this compilation from Plutarch's Greek Lives, James Romm gathers the material of greatest historical significance from fifteen biographies, ranging from Theseus in earliest times to Phocion in the late fourth century BCE. While preserving the outlines of Plutarch's character portraits, Romm focuses on the central stories of classical Greece: the rivalry between Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, the rise of Macedon, andthe conflicts between these European states and the Achaemenid Persian empire. Bridging Plutarch’s gaps with concise summaries, Romm creates a coherent narrative of the classical Greek world. This edition features the elegant new translation of Pamela Mensch. Footnotes provide the historical context often omitted by Plutarch and plentiful and detailed cross-references. Also included are a bibliography, maps, a chronological chart, a glossary, and an index.
Author: Susan Ford Wiltshire
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806124643
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The principle that a purpose of government is to protect the individual rights and minority opinions of its citizens is a recent idea in human history. A doctrine of human rights could never have evolved, however, if the ancient Athenians had not invented the revolutionary idea that human beings are capable of governing themselves and if the ancient Romans had not created their elaborate system of law. Susan Ford Wiltshire traces the evolution of the doctrine of individual rights from antiquity through the eighteenth century. The common thread through that long story is the theory of natural law. Growing out of Greek political thought, especially that of Aristotle, natural law became a major tenet of Stoic philosophy during the Hellenistic age and later became attached to Roman legal doctrine. It underwent several transformations during the Middle Ages on the Continent and in England, especially in the thought of John Locke, before it came to justify a theory of natural rights, claimed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence as the basis of the "unalienable rights" of Americans. Amendment by amendment, Wiltshire assesses in detail the ancient parallels for the twenty-odd provisions of the Bill of Rights. She does not claim that it is directly influenced by Greek and Roman political practice. Rather, she examines classical efforts toward assuring such guarantees as freedom of speech, religious toleration, and trial by jury. Present in the ancient world, too, were early experiments in limiting search and seizure, the billeting of soldiers, and the right to bear arms. Wiltshire concludes that while the idea of individual rights evolved later than classical antiquity, the civic infrastructure supporting such rights in the United States is preeminently a legacy from ancient Greece and Rome. In the era celebrating the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights reminds us once again that the idea of ensuring human rights has a long history, one as tenuous but as enduring as the story of human freedom itself.
Author: Cecil Wooten
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004350985
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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This volume is a collection of essays, written by authorities in the field, on many aspects of ancient rhetoric. These essays deal both with the theory of rhetoric and the practice of oratory and are quite diverse both in tone and audience envisioned. Some of them deal with very basic questions such as how good an orator should appear to be; others deal with very technical matters such as theoretical considerations of issue theory or "figured speeches". Some are focussed on the actual practice of oratory in speeches such as those of Cicero and Caesar; others deal with manifestations of oratory in historical works such as the Histories of Herodotus or reflections on the nature of oratory in works like the Dialogus of Tacitus. One considers parallel developments in rhetorical and artistic treatments of the legend of Busiris.
