(Izdošanas datums: 24-Jan-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192555649)
That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held. Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69-50 BCE, the last...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Jan-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192555656)
That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held. Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69-50 BCE, the last...Lasīt vairāk
The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his inte...Lasīt vairāk
The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his inte...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Oct-2022, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226769509)
The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. Some things are up to us and some are not. Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself u...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226769509)
The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. Some things are up to us and some are not. Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself u...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Sep-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192594488)
In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, s...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Sep-2021, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192594471)
In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, s...Lasīt vairāk
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Antonio Aakeel, star of Eaten by Lions. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robin Waterfield.First published in the 1920s, The Prophet became the bible of 1960s culture...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Sep-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Penguin Random House Children's UK, ISBN-13: 9780241397398)
One of the best-loved adventures of all time.When young DArtagnan comes to Paris to seek his fortune, he is challenged to a duel with not one, but three of the kings Musketeers. But Athos, Porthos and Aramis become his trusted friends as he tries t...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Jul-2019, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191078057)
Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from my...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Jul-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191078064)
Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from my...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Jan-2019, MP3, Izdevniecība: Penguin Random House Children's UK, ISBN-13: 9780241362969)
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, read by Daniel Weyman.After surviving a terrible shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island far from any shipping routes or rescue. At first he is...Lasīt vairāk
In the northwestern corner of the great peninsula of the Peloponnese, close to the meeting point of the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers, lies a peaceful river valley overlooked by the steep-sided Hill of Cronus. Here, between the eighth century BCE and th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Apr-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191036248)
For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies... Aristotles Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are ask...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Apr-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191036255)
For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies... Aristotles Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are ask...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Apr-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191043758)
WE GREEKS ARE ONE IN BLOOD AND ONE IN LANGUAGE; WE HAVE TEMPLES TO THE GODS AND RELIGIOUS RITES IN COMMON, AND A COMMON WAY OF LIFE.So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has the Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Apr-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191043765)
WE GREEKS ARE ONE IN BLOOD AND ONE IN LANGUAGE; WE HAVE TEMPLES TO THE GODS AND RELIGIOUS RITES IN COMMON, AND A COMMON WAY OF LIFE.So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has the Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray th...Lasīt vairāk
Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his na ve disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable good. Here, Socrates speculates on the di...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jan-2016, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191641190)
Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * FlamininusThis selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexanders conquest of the Pe...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jan-2016, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191641206)
Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * FlamininusThis selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexanders conquest of the Pe...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-May-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191645723)
Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom. Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-May-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191645730)
Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom. Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191664144)
The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was all over, and shortly thereafter Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire. It was an incredible journey - a swift, brutal, a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191664137)
The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was all over, and shortly thereafter Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire. It was an incredible journey - a swift, brutal, a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Jan-2013, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135403676)
In Hidden Depths, Robin Waterfield explores the fascinating world of hypnosis, tracing the history of this often misunderstood craft beginning with a passage in the book of Genesis, and continuing through his own personal experiences today. Waterfiel...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Jan-2013, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135403607)
In Hidden Depths, Robin Waterfield explores the fascinating world of hypnosis, tracing the history of this often misunderstood craft beginning with a passage in the book of Genesis, and continuing through his own personal experiences today. Waterfiel...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Aug-2012, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191668562)
This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Aug-2012, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191668579)
This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Apr-2012, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781136834615)
When it was originally published this book broke new ground in presenting one continuous narrative of the history of Christians in Persia from the second century A.D to the 1970s. The material gathered here was previously only to be found in obscure...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Apr-2012, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781136834622)
When it was originally published this book broke new ground in presenting one continuous narrative of the history of Christians in Persia from the second century A.D to the 1970s. The material gathered here was previously only to be found in obscure...Lasīt vairāk
The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic, and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus; from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Nov-2010, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191612602)
no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history Polybius ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Romes...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Nov-2010, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191624681)
no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history Polybius ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Romes...Lasīt vairāk
Euripides, Robin Waterfield, James Morwood, Edith Hall
Sērija : Oxford World's Classics
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Mar-2009, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192649744)
Ion Orestes The Phoenician Women The Suppliant Women In these four plays Euripides explores ethical and political themes,contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism and expediency with justice, and the idea that might is ri...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Nov-2008, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191539787)
The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.Timaeus, one of Platos acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The resul...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Nov-2008, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191604997)
The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.Timaeus, one of Platos acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The resul...Lasīt vairāk
Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * Cyclops Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth,...Lasīt vairāk
From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch s powerful words of consolation and inspiration still offer timeless wisdom and gu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2008, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191623059)
Republic is the central work of the Western worlds most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2008, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192656216)
The struggle which Plato has Socrates recommend to his interlocutors in Gorgias - and to his readers - is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and to concentrate on genuine morality. Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhet...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2008, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191623035)
Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history, as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the...Lasīt vairāk
One of Socrates Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the Youngers campaign to seize the Persian throne, and later wrote a wide range of works on history, politics and philosophy. These s...Lasīt vairāk
One of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world, Plutarch (c. AD 46 -120) used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selection from his writings, he offers personal insights...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Sep-2005, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191605048)
Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The expl...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Sep-2005, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191517716)
Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The expl...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Jul-2005, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191604577)
Meno Charmides Laches LysisDo please try to tell us what courage is...In these four dialogues Plato considers virtue and its definition. Charmides, Laches, and Lysis investigate the specific virtues of self-control, courage, and friend...Lasīt vairāk
