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An entertaining romp through the myths of Ancient Rome, retold by Robert Garland.

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Gods and Heroes Brought to Life.

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there.

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Excerpt from The Double Miracle: A Melodrama in One ActThere is a festa in Taormina, the rockets of which now and again illumine the scene. It is as if the nearer stars had fallen from the sky.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally re...

Excerpt from The Importance of Being a Roughneck: A BurlesqueThe rising curtain reveals the studio of Mr. Eustace Cardell.The apartment is furnished in the manner of the moment. There are Japanese tassels, cylindric sofa cushions, a decorated fish bowl, a yellow bird-cage with a red wooden occupant, a floor lamp, etc., etc and several really interesting paintings in the school of Matisse. If it is true that the home reveals the man, you would ...

Excerpt from Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral of England and Wales, Vol. 2: The Drawings Made From Sketches Taken Expressly Fro This Work To this information is added an account of the present establish ments in each-cathedral, the value of the bishoprics in the king's books, the present actual value as returned by the present prelates to the Church Commissioners, the former and present extent of the dioc...

A Treatise on the Constitution and Jurisdiction of the United States Courts - On Pleading, Practice and Procedure Therein is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of h...

What sort of people were able to grab the attention of the public in the ancient world? How was celebrity achieved? What methods did people use to achieve it? Robert Garland turns the spotlight on the careers of some of the most successful and colourful self-promoters ever to have lived, including Alcibiades, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, Jesus, Nero and Theodosia, and investigates the secrets of their succ...

A Treatise on the Constitution and Jurisdiction of the United States Courts - On Pleading, Practice and Procedure Therein. Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many wo...

Between June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes' victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abroad. Women and children were sent to one safe haven, the elderly to another, while all men of military age were conscripted into the fleet. During this difficult year of exile, the city of Athens was s...

Between June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes' victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abroad. Women and children were sent to one safe haven, the elderly to another, while all men of military age were conscripted into the fleet. During this difficult year of exile, the city of Athens was s...

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Robert Garland is Wooster Professor of Classics at Colgate University. He is the author of several books, including Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion and The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World, both from Cornell.

Significantly expanded and updated in light of the most recent scholarship, the second edition of Garland's engaging introduction to ancient Greek society brings this world vividly to life--and, in doing so, explores the perspectives and morals of typical ancient Greek citizens across a wide range of societal levels. Food and drink, literacy, the plight of the elderly, the treatment of slaves, and many more aspects of daily life in ancient Gre...