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The Greek World
The Greek world 500-440 BC by Ken Webb
On cover: Here it is: the factual detail, the historiography, revision exercises and advice on how to write repeonses on The Greek World 500-440BC.
On cover: For the new ancient history syllabus 2018-2019.
Call Number: CPS 1B3
ISBN: 9780648363934
Publication Date: 2018
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece by Anne Pearson
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the glories of ancient Greece. Superb color photographs of armor, jewelry, temples and much more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the history, daily life, beliefs and achievements of the ancient Greek civilization. See the golden mask of Agamemnon, the luxurious palaces of Crete, an armed hoplite ready to do battle, the Parthenon Frieze, what a Greek family wore, and what the inside of a Greek farmhouse looked like. Learn how Greek athletes did the long jump, how Odysseus escaped from the cave of the Cyclops, how to play the Greek game of kottabos, who discovered Troy, and why Socrates drank hemlock. Discover the origins of the Hippocratic oath, what toys Greek children played with, the layout of a typical Greek home, the range of the conquests of Alexander the Great, who the Greek gods were, and much, much more!
Call Number: CPS 2A2
ISBN: 9780732201043
Publication Date: 1992
The Greeks
The Greeks by Roy Burrell; Peter Connolly (Illustrator)
Burrell and Connolly take us to opening night for a play by Euripides, the first Olympic Games, Alexander the Great's last battle, the rebuilding of the Acropolis, and through the whole fascinating history of ancient Greece. The Greeks covers the centuries from the Minoans to the breakup of Alexander's empire and the conquest of Greece by Rome. Especially geared for the young reader, the short, fact-filled chapters with easy-to-read text is accompanied by Connolly's richly detiled and authentic illustrations.
Call Number: CPS 1A4
ISBN: 9780199171019
Publication Date: 1998
Spartan Society : interpreting the evidence
Spartan society : interpreting the evidence by Brian Brennan
The popular image of a simple and austere soldier's life in barracks Sparta has been seriously questioned in the last 30 years. We now have a body of scholarship that contradicts a great deal of what the writer Plutarch, who lived in later Roman times, wrote about an idealised Spartan society.
This textbook highlights the early Spartan evidence for Spartiates (not just perioikoi) as potters, metalworkers, architects, traders and craftsmen. It shows how archaeology disproves much of Plutarch's information about Spartan burials. It discusses the Spartan army's weaknesses as well as it strengths, its significant losses as well as its famous victories. In short this text encourages students to think critically about a society that has been much misrepresented.
Call Number: CPS HB1
ISBN: 9780975696316
Publication Date: 2007
Spartan Society
Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC by Ken Webb
On cover: Here it is : the factual detail, the historiography, revision exercises and advice on how to write HSC responses on Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC.
Call Number: CPS 1B4
ISBN: 9780648072355
Publication Date: 2018
Minoan Society : interpreting the evidence
Minoan society : interpreting the evidence by Brian Brennan
The "Minoans" were very much the creation of the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans and for decades his views of "Minoan" Society dominated the world of Bronze Age scholarship.
In the past 30 years Evan's view of the Minoans as a happy and peaceful "flower-people" has been seriously challenged by modern scholarship.
This text compares and contrasts the "traditional" interpretations of those who follow Arthur Evans, and the critical work of modern scholars and archaeologists. It introduces students to the current debates and to a wide range of views and arguments.
Full colour images of artefacts and key sites: Knossos, Mallia, Phaistos, Zakros, Petras, Galatas, Kommos, Pseira, Mochlos.
Call Number: CPS HB1
ISBN: 9780975696323
Publication Date: 2010
The Minoans
The Minoans by Gae Callender
This book explores Bronze Age Crete and the Minoan civilization, delving into various topics including housing, scribes and writing, transportation, and religion.
Call Number: CPS 2A4
ISBN: 0730208168
Publication Date: 1987
The histories
The Histories by Betty Radice (Consultant Editor); Herodotus; Aubrey de Sélincourt (Translator); John M. Marincola (Revised by, Introduction by, Notes by)
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. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions - a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account of European lake-dwellers; and far-fetched accounts of dog-headed men and gold-digging ants. With its kaleidoscopic blend of fact and legend, the Histories offers a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC.
Call Number: CPS 2B6
ISBN: 9780140449082
Publication Date: 2003
The Rise and Fall of Athens
The Rise and Fall of Athens by Plutarch; Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator, Introduction by)
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander.
Call Number: CPS 2B5
ISBN: 9780140441024
Publication Date: 1960
The Iliad of Homer
Iliad by Homer; Richmond Lattimore (Introduction by, Translator)
Homer is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war.
Call Number: CPS 1A7
ISBN: 9780226469409
Publication Date: 1961
Greek Drama
Greek drama by Gwen Hunter & Elizabeth Priest
Covers the development of Greek drama from early religious festivals through to the comedies of Aristophanes and the tragedies of Sophocles. Written in conjunction with the new unit standards for Classical Studies.
Call Number: CPS 2A6
ISBN: 9780582879850
Publication Date: 1996
The Oresteia
The Oresteia by Aeschylus; Robert Fagles (Translator, Introduction by, Notes by); W. B. Stanford (Introduction by, Notes by)
The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. Stanford in Penguin Classics.
In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution; The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, The Oresteia is a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society.
Call Number: CPS 2B3
ISBN: 9780140443332
Publication Date: 1984
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus; Philip Vellacott (Translator, Introduction by, Notes by)
Aeschylus (525–456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daughters of Danaus who must flee to escape enforced marriages, while Seven Against Thebes shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus. And The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the aftermath of the defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, with a sympathetic portrayal of its disgraced King Xerxes.
Call Number: CPS 2B3
ISBN: 9780140441123
Publication Date: 1961
The Knights
The Knights; the Peace; the Birds; the Assembly Women; Wealth by Aristophanes; David Brett (Translator); Alan H. Sommerstein (Translator)
The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In The Birds, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while The Assembly Women deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace, inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC, and Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war.
Call Number: CPS 2B1
ISBN: 9780140443325
Publication Date: 1978
Lysistrata / The Acharnians / The Clouds
Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes; Alan H. Sommerstein (Translator, Introduction by)
'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'
Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged.
Call Number: CPS 2B4
ISBN: 9780140442878
Publication Date: 1974
Medea and other plays
Medea and Other Plays by Euripides; Philip Vellacott (Translator, Introduction by)
The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter's sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family. Philip Vellacott's lucid translation is accompanied by an introduction, which discusses the literary background of Classical Athens and examines the distinction between instinctive and civilized behaviour.
Call Number: CPS 2B3
ISBN: 9780140441291
Publication Date: 1963
Electra and other Plays
Electra and Other Plays by Sophocles; E. F. Watling (Translator, Introduction by)
Sophocles' innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother's lover. Aeschylus and Euripides also dramatized this story, but the objectivity and humanity of Sophocles' version provides a new perspective. Depicting the fall of a great hero, Ajax examines the enigma of power and weakness combined in one being, while the Women of Trachis portrays the tragic love and error of Heracles' deserted wife Deianeira, and Philoctetes deals with the conflict between physical force and moral strength.
Call Number: CPS 2B5
ISBN: 9780140440287
Publication Date: 1953
The Theban Plays
The Theban Plays by Sophocles
The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle aginst fate.
KING OEDIPUS tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he doesn't realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment on himself. It is a devastating portrayl of a ruler brought down by his own oath. OEDIPUS AT COLONUS provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while ANTIGONE depicts the fall of the next generation through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident in his own authority.
Call Number: CPS 2B3
ISBN: 9780140440034
Publication Date: 1947
