(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Focuses on the careers of some successful self-promoters, including Alcibiades, Socrates, Alexander the Great, and others. This book investigates the secrets of their success and looks at ways in which other talented individuals turned themselves into celebrities, including sports personalities, entertainers, philosophers, and others.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

Brings ancient Greek life home to readers through a variety of anecdotes and primary source passages from contemporary authors, allowing comparison between the ancient world and modern life. This title includes over 60 illustrations, a timeline of events, a glossary of terms, and a print and non-print bibliography.

(Paperback)

Few people in history have achieved more yet with such fatal consequences for the cause that they supported than Hannibal. This study explores Hannibal's fascinating but complex personality in the light of his extraordinary military and political career, which made him one of history's greatest survivors.

(Paperback)

concise introduction to Greek religion.

(Hardback)

(Paperback, Second Edition)

A vivid, engaging, and colorful description of life in Ancient Greece from the perspective of ordinary people.

(Hardback)

Addressing a neglected but essential subject, this book focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves.