Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the ancient world’s most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it. When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced upon one of the oldest and greatest stores... Zobraziť viac
Homérovy eposy tvoří jeden ze základů evropské vzdělanosti, ocitly by se v seznamu pěti nejdůležitějších literárních děl evropské kultury, a to na místech předních. Opětovné vydání, tentokrát v kapesní poskytne... Zobraziť viac
Kniha obsahuje jeden ze dvou nejstarších eposů nejen antické, ale evropské literatury vůbec, v klasickém překladu Otmara Vaňorného. Zobraziť viac
In this alternative history, Emma Southon traces the story of the Roman Empire through women: Vestal Virgins and sex workers, business owners and poets... Zobraziť viac
What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? ... Zobraziť viac
This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these fascinating questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World... Zobraziť viac
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes... Zobraziť viac
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their ... Zobraziť viac
Here is an informative and entertaining guide to everything that any tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Rome in AD 200. You need only pack your imagination and a toothbrush – this guide provides the rest, describing all the ... Zobraziť viac
Get ready to meet the goddesses. In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses... Zobraziť viac
Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European country... Zobraziť viac
The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville`s translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid`s unique and elusive vision of reality.The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and... Zobraziť viac
Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia... Zobraziť viac
What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? ... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable story of how Greek-speaking writers and thinkers sustained and developed the intellectual legacy of Classical Greece under the rule of Rome... Zobraziť viac
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation still in... Zobraziť viac
In Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus hailed by Cicero as the “Father of History” composed his histories around 440 BC.... Zobraziť viac
A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization... Zobraziť viac
We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and temples. But the Romans were also enslavers. They... Zobraziť viac
Tato kniha přistupuje ke kosmologii starověkého Egypta a zahrnuje vnitřní a vnější politické a ekonomické vlivy na postavení božstev a jejich mýtů. Kniha zkoumá ikonografii a texty, které Egypťany přenesly od praktických příběhů... Zobraziť viac
