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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
Hugh Bowden
Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction demonstrates the profound influence the legends of Alexander's life have had on our historical understanding of him by focusing ...
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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Cartledge
Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction takes the polis as its starting point and uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and ...
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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Barnes
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction argues that Aristotle’s influence on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. His various doctrines and beliefs were ...
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Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction
William Allan
From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature ...
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Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
Helen Morales
Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction explores the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical myths and examines how classical myths are used and understood ...
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Classics: A Very Short Introduction
Mary Beard and John Henderson
We are all Classicists. We come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences ...
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The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Smith
This book explores Etruscan history, culture, language, and customs and examines the controversial debates about their origins, placing them within the geographical, economic, and political ...
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The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction
Peter Thonemann
Drawing on inscriptions, papyri, coinage, poetry, art, and archaeology, The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction opens up the history and culture of the vast Hellenistic world, from ...
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Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction
Jennifer T. Roberts
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction explores the recurring themes of Herodotus's work. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words; more narrowly, he determined ...
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Homer: A Very Short Introduction
Barbara Graziosi
Homer’s mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of world literature. Yet their ...
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Ovid: A Very Short Introduction
Llewelyn Morgan
Ovid: A Very Short Introduction discusses Ovid’s poetry, and the social and cultural context in which it was written. No poet of the Graeco-Roman world has had a deeper impact ...
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The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Kelly
The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction covers the history of the empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius, describing how the empire was formed, how it ...
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
David M. Gwynn
‘The Roman Republic’ describes the rise of the Roman Republic from its humble beginnings and explores its legacy in the modern world. How do the social and cultural aspects of the Republic ...
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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
Eric H. Cline
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction investigates two major questions:
did the Trojan War take place and, if so, where? This VSI suggests that, although a
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