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 The
Peloponnesian War
by
Donald Kagan
The
foremost authority on the Peloponnesian War tells
the story of the 30 year war between Sparta and Athens,
relying on the history of Thucydides - a great book
for those who love history but do not want to wade
through a scholarly account
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 The
Spartans
by Paul Cartledge
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A
fascinating book on the culture
and people of the warrior city-state of Ancient Greece.
The Spartans' unique
civilization was based on war - to such
an extent that children were taken from their mothers
at a very young
age and raised as soldiers in barracks.
 Minotaur:
Sir Arthur Evans and the Archaeology of the Minoan Myth
by Joseph Alexander Macgillivray
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Evans,
a nonconforming, brilliant, and arrogant archeologist
of the late 19th century, made the amazing discovery
of the Minoan civilization on Crete. Macgillivray focuses
on both the man and the discovery in this revealing
book.
For
more on Arthur Evans visit Arthur
Evans HistoryMaker. For
more on the Minoan Civilization visit The
Children of Minos, a HistoryWiz exhibit
 Courtesans
and Fishcakes:
The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
by James Davidson
the
human side of those amazing Athenians - a rich and detailed
picture of what life was like in Athens
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 Athens:
A Portrait of the City in its Golden Age
by Christian Meier and Robert Kimber
Athens
during its Golden Age gave birth to Western traditions
of democracy, philosophy, natural science, and literary
and fine arts. This book offers a comprehensive study
of this great moment in history.
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Myths
of the Greeks and Romans
by Michael Grant
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in
this detailed, rather scholarly book, Michael Grant
not only summarizes the myths but shows their powerful
effect on later western culture
Prisoner
of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical
Tradition by
Madeieline Mary Henry
 The
most famous woman of Ancient Athens, Aspasia, the courtesan
who became the influential partner of the most powerful
man in Greece, Pericles - a fascinating and powerful
woman in a society where women did not participate in
public life.
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The
Greeks: The Crucible of Civilization
a
wonderful series on the Ancient Greeks produced by PBS
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Classics
The
Cambridge Illustrated history of Ancient Greece
by Paul Cartledge
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a
great illustrated history
The
Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
by Robert Morkot
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a
useful companion to reading about Greek history
Linear
B and Related Scripts (Reading the Past)
by John Chadwick
History
of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides - the
classic
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Herodotus:
The Histories
the classic
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The
Mycenaean World
