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- ISBN:9780521689434
- Format:Paperback
- Subject(s):Classics
- Author(s):John Claughton
- Available from: No date available
An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts.
This is a Sterling guide price. You will be invoiced in the appropriate currency for your country.
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Clear, user-friendly layout is accessible for a range of students, both Classicists and those studying more general topics in Classical and ancient history and civilisation.
New translations of key passages of Latin and Greek written in approachable, readable English that can be easily accessed by all students.
Translation and commentaries by key scholars in the Classical field provide readable, informative texts with broad appeal.
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- Preface
- 1. Introduction and the kidnapping of women
- 2. Coesus, the king of Lydia, Croesus and Solon
- The fate of Croesus
- 3. Egypt and the wonders of the world
- The Nile
- The wonders of Egypt
- Cats and Crocdiles
- Mummification
- Darius and the treatment of the dead
- India, Arabia and the far north
- 4. The battle of Marathon: 490 BC
- 5. The coming of the Persians
- The decision to invade Greece
- Xerxes and Pythius
- The bridge at Abydos
- Xerxes and Artabanus at Abydos
- Xerxes and Demaratus
- 6. The battle of Thermopulae: 480 BC
- 7. The battle of salamis: 480 BC
- 8. The battle of Platea: 479 BC
- The end of it all.
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