This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, with a new final chapter about Greek history and politics to the present day. 56 illustrations. 10 maps.

. It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."—Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute ...

One of the masterpieces of classical literature, the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire.

A history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.

Clear and comprehensive, this volume challenges many stereotypes of Greek women and offers unexpected insights into their experience of religion.

Adventures of a Greek philosopher as head of a mine in Crete.