A history of the Dark Ages showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline, Ireland became a haven for scholarship.

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks.

In this path-breaking collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, Georg Luck provides a comprehensive sourcebook and introduction to magic as it was practiced by witches and sorcerers, magi and astrologers, in the Greek ...

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.

Richard explores the enshrinement of the classics in American antebellum culture.

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in ...

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The book looks at the empires of Sumner and Babylon, at races such as the Jews and Egyptians and at groups including the Hittites and the Hurrians, and il

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the ...