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300
300 is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, 300 marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's Elektra... Lives Again. The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with each two-page spread from the comic presented as it was originally intended - as a single undivided page, greatly enhancing the graphic and narrative power of this immortal tale of heroic sacrifice.
The Histories
herodotus Is Not Only The Father Of The Art And The Science Of Historical Writing But Also One Of The Western Tradition's Most Compelling Storytellers. In Tales Such As That Of Gyges-who Murders Canda...ules, The King Of Lydia, And Usurps His Throne And His Marriage Bed, Thereby Bringing On, Generations Later, War With The Persians-herodotus Laid Bare The Intricate Human Entanglements At The Core Of Great Historical Events. In His Love For The Stranger, More Marvelous Facts Of The World, He Infused His Magnificent History With A Continuous Awareness Of The Mythic And The Wonderful. For More Than A Hundred Generations, His Supple, Lucid Prose Has Drawn Readers Into His Panoramic Vision Of The War Between The Greek City-states And The Great Empire To The East.
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and ...men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history. Tom Holland’s brilliant study of these critical Persian Wars skillfully examines a conflict of critical importance to both ancient and modern history. Publishers Weekly After chronicling the fall of the Roman Republic in Rubicon, historian Holland turns his attention further back in time to 480 B.C., when the Greeks defended their city-states against the invading Persian empire, led by Xerxes. Classicists will recall such battles as Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, which raises the question: why do we need another account of this war, when we already have Herodotus? But just as Victor David Hanson and Donald Kagan have reframed our understanding of the Peloponnesian War by finding contemporary parallels, Holland recasts the Greek-Persian conflict as the first clash in a long-standing tension between East and West, echoing now in Osama bin Laden's pretensions to a Muslim caliphate. Holland doesn't impose a modern sensibility on the ancient civilizations he describes, and he delves into the background histories of both sides with equally fascinating detail. Though matters of Greek history like the brutal social structure of the Spartans are well known, the story of the Persian empire-like the usurper Darius's claim that every royal personage he assassinated was actually an imposter-should be fresh and surprising to many readers, while Holland's graceful, modern voice will captivate those intimidated by Herodotus. (May 2) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
A History of My Times
History Of My Times -- Maps ; Aegean -- Asia Minor -- Northern Peloponnese & North West Greece -- Central Greece -- Area Of Isthmus & The Saronic Gulf -- Central & Southern Pelopannese -- Chalcidice. ...Xenophon ; Translated By Rex Warner ; With An Introd. And Notes By George Cawkwell. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 47-48.
The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece
After decades of war, mighty Athens has been ravaged— its navy destroyed, its city walls toppled, its army disbanded. The fierce military state of Sparta has triumphed, but passions and hate ling...er on. Thousands of battle-hardened veterans from both sides in the conflict remain scattered across the Greek islands, restless and dangerous— until the young Persian prince Cyrus issues a call to arms from his base in Asia Minor. The rogue nobleman is raising an enormous mercenary army to wrest control of all of Persia, the most powerful empire on earth, from his half-brother the king.The young philosopher-warrior Xenophon, scion of a noble Athenian family and follower of Socrates, risks his father's wrath and embarks on the adventure with high hopes for glory. Joining his cousin Proxenus, the war-maddened Spartan general Clearchus, and a huge body of Cyrus' native troops, he and ten thousand Greek mercenaries depart on an astounding march of a thousand miles, across the searing desert. Their near-deadly journey culminated in a massive, bloody battle at the very threshold of Babylon— a battle that proves disastrous for them. Their leaders are betrayed and murdered, their supply lines cut, and their route home across the desert blocked by the furious Persian king, bent on revenge. The Fates call on Xenophon to lead the devastated Greek soldiers in their escape, though he has little experience in commanding men. As the army flees toward the snowy north, its situation appears desperate.Months later, ten thousand battered, half-starved soldiers stagger out of the frozen mountains of Armenia into a small Greek trading post on the Black Sea. Their true tale of survival, and of the heroic expedition Xenophon led through the heart of an enemy empire, astonished the incredulous natives and has been the stuff of legend ever since.Michael Curtis Ford combines his expertise on fifth-century B.C. Greek warfare with explosive page-turning action to give us an epic novel of struggle and survival. Not since Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire has any book so vividly captured the glory, beauty, and savage bloodshed that was ancient Greece.Victor HansonMichael Curtis Ford's moving account of the fighting and dying of these heroic Greek mercenaries is not only historically sound, but very human in making Xenophon's tale come alive in a way that no ancient historian or classicist has yet accomplished.
The Archidamian War
This Book, The Second Volume In Donald Kagan's Tetralogy About The Peloponnesian War, Is A Provocative And Tightly Argued History Of The First Ten Years Of The War. Taking A Chronological Approach Tha...t Allows Him To Present At Each Stage The Choices That Were Open To Both Sides In The Conflict, Kagan Focuses On Political, Economic, Diplomatic, And Military Developments. He Evaluates The Strategies Used By Both Sides And Reconsiders The Roles Played By Several Key Individuals.
The Greeks: A Great Adventure
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The Persian War (Translations from Greek & Roman Authors)
Herodotus ; Translated By William Shepherd. Translation Of: Historiae. Includes Index.
Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors, and Warfare in the Ancient Civilizations of Greece and Rome
this Superbly Illustrated Volume Traces The Evolution Of The Art Of Warfare In The Greek And Roman Worlds Between 1600 B.c. And A.d. 800, From The Rise Of Mycenaean Civilization To The Fall Of Ravenna... And The Collapse Of The Western Roman Empire. John Warry Tells Of An Age Of Great Military Commanders Such As Alexander The Great, Hannibal, And Julius Caesar - Men Whose Feats Of Generalship Still Provide Material For Discussion And Admiration In The Military Academies Of The World. Rich Illustrations Of Soldiers In Uniform, Equipment, Weapons, Warships, Siege Machines, War Elephants, And More Are Accompanied By Extensive Captions. The Text Is Complemented By A Running Chronology, 16 Maps, 50 Newly Researched Battle Plans And Tactical Diagrams, And 125 Photographs, 65 Of Them In Color. booknews abundant Color And B&w Illustrations And Photos Accompany Text Tracing The Evolution Of The Art Of Warfare In The Greek And Roman Worlds Between 1600 Bc And Ad 800. Describes Military Commanders Such As Alexander The Great And Julius Caesar, And Provides Details On Uniforms, Equipment, Weapons, War Ships, And War Elephants From The Rise Of The Mycenaean Civilization To The Collapse Of The Western Roman Empire. Contains Maps, A Running Chronology, Battles Plans, And A Glossary. For High School Level And Up. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)
The Greco-Persian Wars
This is a reissue, with a new introduction and an update to the bibliography, of the original edition, published in 1970 as The Year of Salamis in England and as Xerxes at Salamis in the U.S. The long... and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion. The massive Greek victory, despite the Greeks' inferior numbers, opened the way for the historic evolution of the Greek states in a climate of creativity, independence, and democracy, one that provided a model and an inspiration for centuries to come. Green's accounts of both Persian and Greek strategies are clear and persuasive; equally convincing are his everyday details regarding the lives of soldiers, statesmen, and ordinary citizens. He has first-hand knowledge of the land and sea he describes, as well as full command of original sources and modern scholarship. With a new foreword, The Greco-Persian Wars is a book that lovers of fine historical writing will greet with pleasure.
