Antiquity
Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 4 (Book 4)
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Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
A Class-Book of Old Testament History
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George Frederick Maclear
This is classic book by scholar, educator, theologian and preacher George Frederick Maclear, headmaster of King's College School, London, an…
The Roman Triumvirates
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Charles Merivale
In this short volume, the British historian, Charles Merivale, describes the long conflict by which the rule of one man replaced the Roman R…
Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 3 (Book 3)
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Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
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John Bagnell Bury
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…
A Short History of Greek Philosophy
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John Marshall
History of Ancient Greek philosophy from pre-Socratics to Aristotle and on to the Sceptics and the Stoics. - Summary by Peter Tucker
Octavius
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Marcus Minucius Felix
This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius, and his close friend, a skeptical pagan n…
Stories of the Wars of the Jews
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Charlotte Maria Tucker
Stories of the Wars of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus is a historical narrative spanning J…
The Empresses of Rome
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Joseph Martin Mccabe and Joseph Martin McCabe
The story of Imperial Rome has been told frequently and impressively in our literature, and few chapters in the long chronicle of man’s deed…
Greek Athletics
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Frederick Adam Wright
The history of Greek athletics as it pertains to the Olympics. Describes various activities such as boxing, wrestling, etc. and accounts fro…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…
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James Frazer
The fifth volume and the first of two in the fourth part of Frazer's seminal work on the evolution of belief deals with the semi mythologica…
The Book of the Ancient Greeks
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Dorothy Mills
An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C.The sp…
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 3
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Pliny the Elder
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …
Rome and Carthage: The Punic Wars
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Reginald Bosworth Smith
The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthag…
Early Greek Philosophy
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Alfred William Benn
"Man is the measure of all things," said the early Greek philosopher, Protagoras of Abdera. It was in this spirit of humanistic se…
Dead Men Tell Tales
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Harry Rimmer
"Dead men tell no tales" was a common adage before the days of forensic science. In this book, the well-known evangelist and scien…
The History of Rome, volume 3
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Titus Livius
The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…
Alexander the Great
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Ada Russell
A relatively brief history of the life and conquests of Alexander the Great. - Summary by KevinS
The Athenian Empire
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George William Cox
The British historian, George W. Cox writes that the "whole duration of the Athenian empire extends over little more than two generatio…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…
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James Frazer
The sixth volume in the Golden Bough. Frazer continues into the second part of the compilation of analogies dealing with the recurring theme…