Greece category: 2003 books

Tasos Dourountakis was born in the small village of Gerani, Chania, Crete in 1940, just a few months before the invasion of the Battle of Crete. The first sounds he remembers hearing from those dark days were those of the German occupation, but this was just the latest in a long line of oppressors...

A serendipitous, fender-bending encounter between the author, a distinguished landscape architect, and a wealthy Frenchman in Provence leads to the strangest, funniest horticultural odyssey in recent memory. The rich, eccentric Frenchman has just finished renovating, with great care and attention,...

Epictetus (AD 55 – AD 135) was a Greek sage and Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. This collection of Epictetus'...

The Metamorphoses of Ovid are a compendium of the Mythological narratives of ancient Greece and Rome, which embrace a large amount of information upon almost every subject connected with the learning, traditions, manners, and customs of antiquity. In this translation, the text of the Delphin edition...

This book by Jacob Abbott is about Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC), who was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through...

*Includes paintings and busts depicting important people, places, and events.*Discusses both common legends and little known facts about the lives of each conqueror. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.Over the last 2,000 years, ambitious men have dreamed of forging...

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Greek Islands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at clifftop sunsets in Santorini; get lost in the twisting, cobbled alleyways...

The British phenomenon and Sunday Times bestseller that has received rave reviews around the world. Paul Morris is running out of money, friends and second chances. His new relationship might be his last hope of success. Alice is not like any of the women he's pursued in the past: wealthy,...

The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher, was never completed. Timaeus had brought down the origin of the world to the creation of...

The Metamorphoses of Ovid are a compendium of the Mythological narratives of ancient Greece and Rome, which embrace a large amount of information upon almost every subject connected with the learning, traditions, manners, and customs of antiquity. In this translation, the text of the Delphin edition...

"Travel writing at its best." - Greece.com UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER Intoxicated with dreams of a Greek paradise, John Mole inflicts upon his family a tumbledown ruin on a hillside with no water, no electricity, no roof, no floor, no doors, no windows and twenty years of goat...

*Discusses all of the colorful quotes and legends about the battle but also analyzes what is historical fact and what is apocryphal fiction.*Explains Thermopylae's legacy from both historical and cultural standpoints. *Includes pictures of Thermopylae and historic art depicting Greek and Persian leaders...

Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world. Fought over repeatedly in the 5th century BC, their conquest by the Persians provided a casus belli for Alexander...

Hesiod (circa 750 650 B.C.) was one of Ancient Greeks first epic bards and is considered one of the greatest. Along with Homer, Hesiods works are the oldest to survive from Ancient Greece. Hesiod wrote on a variety of topics such as mythology, economics, farming and others.