A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi Like Walking the Bib
532 107 2MB
English Pages 320 Year 2007
Report DMCA / Copyright
DOWNLOAD FILE
The Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder’s encyclopaedic ‘Natural History’, composed in 37 books, remains an unrivalled comp
183 77 6MB Read more
Homer, the legendary author of ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’, was regarded by the ancient Greeks to be the first and gre
232 75 9MB Read more
October, 1916. Clara has been sent to stay with her aunt and uncle while England is at war. But when she reaches their c
789 34 2MB Read more
This 2nd edition updates and greatly expands the information that was presented in the first edition. The reader will ha
179 25 8MB Read more
The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and
184 79 2MB Read more
One of history’s most monumental figures, the Roman politician and general Julius Caesar played a critical role in the e
184 69 5MB Read more
Livy’s monumental history of Rome is widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the Golden Age Latin literat
188 46 6MB Read more
Quintilian’s textbook on oratory offers a comprehensive training program in twelve books, drawing on the rhetorician’s o
177 50 3MB Read more
A Greek Stoic philosopher of the first and second century, Epictetus settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus, where h
696 85 3MB Read more
Description Juvenal’s ‘Satires’ are a vital source for the study of Latin literature, offering a lurid, comic and fascin
549 83 1020KB Read more