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The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds o...

A nuanced portrait of ancient Athens's boldest statesman and his enduring cultural legacy.

The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisive...

The relationship between law, politics and society in democratic Athens is a central but neglecte...

A collective volume on the concept of 'kosmos' - the human social order.

Aristophanes, the Athenian comic dramatist, remains popular despite historical changes in attitud...

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too...

In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers th...

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creati...

'Kosmos' is the word the ancient Greeks used for human social order. It has therefore a special a...

Alexander the Great is the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conquero...