Greece

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years.... 

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....

Immerse yourself in the beautiful ancient world of Greek mythology and educate yourself with stories that will transport you into the mindset of this fascinating civilization....

The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley. It was the dominant geopolitical force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE....

Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history....

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Christopher Taylor explores the life of Socrates and his philosophical activity, before looking to the responses his philosophical doctrines have evoked in the centuries since his betrayal and execution at fellow Athenian hands....

In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....

From renowned journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski comes this intimate account of his years in the field....

This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great—one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery....

Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro, hardened veterans of the Roman army, have faced the empire's enemies from Britannia to Parthia, from Hispania to Judea....

This anthology is a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers came to prominence in Renaissance Italy....

Classical Mythology A to Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology....

Democracy surveys the emergence and development of Greek politics, the invention of political theory, and - intimately connected to the latter - the birth of democracy....

Get to know the Greek gods and goddesses, from the mighty Zeus to the temperamental Poseidon, the beautiful Aphrodite, and every character from A to Z.... 

Award-winning Professor John R. Hale of the University of Louisville is your guide to the fabulous civilizations of the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans, and to the natural wonders and idyllic landscapes that surround them....

The world owes Ancient Greece a lot more than one might think. Home to humanities greatest philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato, this era is enriched with a wealth of fascinating events....

Listeners can discover all the foul facts about the Groovy Greeks....

Continuously inhabited for five millennia and at one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta.... 

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age....

The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks, and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories....

Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilisation....