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Kitāb-i Jāmiʻ al-ḥikmatayn Kitāb-i Jāmiʻ al-ḥikmatayn Nāṣir-i Khusraw,Nasir-e Khosraw,Isabelle de Gastines A philosophical discourse on Islamic theology, metaphysics, etc. OL1073841W
The Greeks The Greeks Paul Cartledge "The Greeks were the inventors of history as we understand it. Yet their historiography remained rooted in myth, and the social context of the inventions for which we rightly treasure their achieveme… OL112502W
Heretical Hellenism Heretical Hellenism Shanyn Fiske "The prevailing assumption regarding the Victorians' relationship to ancient Greece is that Greek knowledge constituted an exclusive discourse within elite male domains. Heretical Hellenism: Women Wr… OL11938188W
It's All Greek to Me It's All Greek to Me Charlotte Higgins Why is ancient Greece important? Because, quite simply, if we want to understand the modern Western world, we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics, about the nature… OL11967073W
The culture of classicism The culture of classicism Caroline Winterer Winterer argues that we cannot understand the rise of the American university or modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation OL12021167W
Lordship and tradition in barbarian Europe Lordship and tradition in barbarian Europe Hermann Moisl "In this work, the author aims to acquaint the novice with not only the techniques but also the values of the hunter. The work covers the famous hunters of legend, the moral value of hunting, and the… OL14850741W
The birth of classical Europe The birth of classical Europe S. R. F. Price To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', u… OL15445062W
How early Muslim scholars assimilated Aristotle and made Iran the intellectual center of the Islami… How early Muslim scholars assimilated Aristotle and made Iran the intellectual center of the Islami… Farshad Sadri This work demonstrates how falsafah (which linguistically refers to a group of commentaries by Muslim scholars associated with their readings of "The Corpus Aristotelicum") in Iran has been always cl… OL15570764W
Daniel Schlumberger, l’Occident à la rencontre de l’Orient Daniel Schlumberger, l’Occident à la rencontre de l’Orient Daniel Schlumberger **Présentation** Daniel Schlumberger, archéologue et historien d'art, travailla de 1925 à 1972 du Liban et de la Syrie jusqu'en Afghanistan. Il révéla la profondeur de l'impact de la civilisation … OL15578570W
Sailing the wine-dark sea Sailing the wine-dark sea Thomas Cahill "In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his latest bestselling work of popular history, Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historically unassailable-journey through the landmarks of … OL15939936W
Jewish exegesis and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria Jewish exegesis and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria Maren Niehoff "Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretatio… OL16001939W
Sailing the wine-dark sea Sailing the wine-dark sea Thomas Cahill In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. The Greeks invented everything from West… OL1852444W
Ancient Greece Ancient Greece William Caper "Describes the life and times of ancient Greece. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of life from the perspectives of a resident of Athens and a resident of Sparta"--Provided by publis… OL1927231W
Look what came from Greece Look what came from Greece Davis, Kevin Describes many things that originally came from Greece, including inventions, entertainment, sports, government, medicine, architecture, food, and words. OL19451039W
Enraged Enraged Emily Katz Anhalt "Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destro… OL19721499W
Orchestrating elegance Orchestrating elegance Kathleen M. Morris,Alexis Goodin,Melody Barnett Deusner,Hugh Glover "During the 19th century, New York City's grand mansions on Fifth and Madison Avenues boasted sumptuous interiors, often with each room decorated in a different historic style. Financier, art collect… OL19723888W
Beyond Greek Beyond Greek D. C. Feeney We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into … OL20020470W
Echoes of Lucian in Goethe's Faust Echoes of Lucian in Goethe's Faust Ida H. Washington 120 p. ; 22 cm OL4239792W
Classical influences on Western thought A.D. 1650-1870 Classical influences on Western thought A.D. 1650-1870 International Conference on Classical Influences King's College, Cambridge, Eng. 1977. xiii, 394 pages ; 24 cm OL6693406W
Hē archaia Hellada kai ho synchronos kosmos Hē archaia Hellada kai ho synchronos kosmos Pankosmio Synedrio (1st 1997 Olympia, Greece) 489 p. : 24 cm OL843803W
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