Greece Books

I bought this book in 1973 and have loved cooking from it ever since. People rave over dishes that I prepare from it. I see from the prices for used copies of this that there are plenty of buyers out there. I'd recommend it any way.

A good many volumes have been published about ancient Greek drama. This is certainly one of the better ones. Noted classical historian and literay scholar Don Nardo has compiled an impressive array of essays by other scholars, including Sarah Pomeroy, Michael Grant, Moses Hadas, D.W. Lucas, and Victor Hanson. Each covers a different aspect of the Greek drama, such as its basis in mythology, the use of the chorus, the nature of Grek tragedy, the potrayal of women, Greek comedy, the importance of Oedipus Rex in the later history of drama, and so on. A very fine bibliography rounds out this excellent resource.

i love this book!! i bought a copy of it for my whole family!! it's excellent and i recommend it for everyone to read. it gives helpful hints on how to keep a stable economy. my 5 year old daughter loved it! her favorite part was when it talked about greece's economy.

This is an excellent volume for anyone interested
in poetry, ancient Greek culture and mores, and
the expression of thought in subtle shadings.
The poets included in this volume, in the order
of presentation, are: Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus,
Solon, Theognis (and the "Theognidae"), Philiadas,
Phocylides, Demodocus, Xenophanes, Asius,
Dionysius Chalcus, Euenus, Critias, and
Anonymous Elegiacs.
There is an excellent Introduction, and each poet's
section begins with "Testimonia" from ancient authors
concerning the poet. The poems are sometimes fragments,
lines or phrases which were quoted by some ancient
author or by a later commentator on some ancient author,
who then uses the line or phrase of the poet mentioned.
The "elegy" in this case is not the poem of mourning
that most people are familiar with. As the Introduction,
by the translator and editor, Douglas E. Gerber states:
"Almost any topic, apart from the scurrilous or obscene,
was considered suitable for archaic elegy and in this
period it is therefore more apporpriate to define elegy
as simply a poem composed in elegiac couplets."
Many of the poems were composed during symposia, drinking
parties where intellectual discussion and cultural commentary
and criticism also were shared by the participants.
Some of the poetry is wise advice; some is commentary
on love making and beauty worshipping. All of it is
wondrous insight into ancient Greek thinking, ways of
living, and creative expression.
-- Robert Kilgore.

As ever when approaching one of Adrian Fortescue's works, prepare yourself for a treat. For in these pages we will travel extensively throughout the ancient Christian East, from Alexandria to Caesarea, from Constantinople to Jerusalem, to Alexandria again and thence to Damascus, "the real eternal city" in Fortescue's estimation.

We will be introduced as if in person to the great Greek Fathers of the fourth, fifth and eighth centuries of the Church's history: to the great Father of the Christological debates, St Athanasius; to St Basil, "one of the greatest of that younger generation of Catholic bishops who carried on the fight that Athanasius had fought and finally stamped out the Arian heresy." We will meet St Basil's dear friend, St Gregory Nazianzen, "the patron saint of people who do not want to be bishops," and St John Chrysostom, the "great model and patron of preachers." There are also two Saints Cyril to encounter: the first, of Jerusalem, who spent sixteen of the thirty five years of his episcopate in banishment, and the second, of Alexandria, the champion of the Mother of God against the Nestorian Heresy. Finally we will meet the eighth century St John of Damascus, the first of the Christian Aristotelians who lived his entire life under Muslim rule.

Through Fortescue's introductions we will learn Catholic theology by reliving the gritty events in which it was originally hammered out. We will see its champions suffer and at times take questionable paths. Yet we will also witness their fortitude and perseverance and glimpse in their struggles a tangible sanctity from which any age - not least our own - can learn very much indeed.

When at length we have travelled the East with Fortescue these Fathers will no longer be mere figures of early church history. Yes, we shall have enjoyed Fortescue's style and yes, we shall have grown in wisdom and knowledge from his erudition. But we shall also have gained some new friends, the great Fathers of the early Eastern Church, to whom in this life, as we strive faithfully to live and hand on the faith that was theirs, we can turn in the communion of saints for the benefit of their example and the assistance of their intercession, especially on their liturgical feasts, and with whom we hope to enjoy the next.

You will swear that some of these images are pencil drawings and others a part of a dream. William Abranowicz is a gifted photographer whose passion for pristine landscapes and still life reinvents this artform. As a collector of his work, I was thrilled to see his first book published. The world has enjoyed his images without knowing they were enjoying the world through his eyes. Through his lens, we see a world that invites all the senses to be aroused. I will cherish this book as a personal treasure from my friend.

The definitive book for information on Greek films. This lavish book lists info on two thousand three hundred and two films! Each entry features the year of release, if it's in black and white or color, the time length, the director and stars of the movie, and a brief plot synopsis. Throughout there are black and white still photographs from various films. The appendixes list the "Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards" from 1960-1996, and the "National Film Awards" from 1984-1997. There is also elaborate indexes of names in English and Greek. If you have any interest in Greek films and culture, this book will immerse you in a cinematic journey of history that will not disappoint.

Boardman's book is great for looking at Bronze Age, early and classical Greek Gems, but only spends a few pages on Hellenistic Gems and lumps them together with Roman, which was a bit disappointing. Other than that, a beautiful book, almost a complete corpus of gems from the noted period. Very useful.

This book is great. It shows detailed photographs of many pieces, and the text describes the methods of construction. There is a section showing the tools they used to manufacture the jewelry, and the way the tools were used.

This book does exactly what it's supposed to, which is introduce to non-specialists the nature of Greek epigraphy. More than that though, it also serves as a nice introduction to the field for beginning students with ample, clear examples of Greek inscriptions given in photographs, then typed in Greek, and translated. The section on the Alphabet, with a table of regional variants, is a nice touch.

The references are great starting points for beginning students, and the Further Reading section at the end is concise but well selected. This is a simple, straightforward text that will help promising scholars begin to make sense of the field while allowing lay-people to understand the significance epigraphy has had on our understanding of Greek history.

Upon finishing this text, be sure to look into Woodhead's "The Study of Greek Inscriptions," which the authors, and I, recommend as "the indispensible textbook." Yet Woodhead, as good as it is, has not the examples or ease of this little paperback.