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1	300 more books like this by Frank Miller (Illustrator), Lynn Varley "300" is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, "300" marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's "Elektra Lives Again". The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with each two-page spread from the comic presented ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Persian Wars more books like this by Herodotus This book is translated by George Rawlinson, and features an introduction by Francis R.B. Godolphin. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.79! \| SVS
3	Latro in the Mist: Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete more books like this by Gene Wolfe This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who was fighting in Greece when he received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures, the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the classical landscape. Latro ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $11.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization more books like this by Barry Strauss A scholar who has reexamined the original sources for this stirring narrative presents an exciting, perceptive work of military history and a shrewd analysis of the cultural differences between and within the contending Persian and Greek factions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC more books like this by Philip de Souza This title covers one ot the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as the ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Persian king in 400 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great. To tell ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.43! \| SVS
6	Men of Bronze more books like this by Scott Oden It is 526 B.C. and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying. Leading the fight to preserve the soul of Egypt is Hasdrabal Barca, Pharaoh's deadliest killer. When one of Egypt's most celebrated generals, a Greek mercenary called Phanes, defects to the Persians, it triggers a savage war that will tax Barca's skills, and his humanity, to the limit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Selections from Herodotus more books like this by Amy L Barbour (Editor), Herodotus see all copies from $18.00! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from the Histories more books like this by James S Romm, Herodotus Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgement presents those selections that comprise Herodotus' historical narrative. These are meticulously annotated, and supplemented with a chronology of the Archaic Age, Historical Epilogue, glossary of main characters and places, index ... see all copies from $5.90! new only from $5.90!
9	Democracy's first struggle : Herodotus' histories more books like this by Herodotus, Joseph C. Farber, Aubrey De Sélincourt see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	The History of Herodotus. more books like this by Herodotus In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $29.31! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Thermopylae more books like this by Ernle Bradford }The three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylthe Hot Gateswas a critical contest in Xerxess massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B.C. has been hailed ever since as an outstanding example of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice. The ambitions of King Xerxes were vast. Having amassed ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.20!
12	Herodotus: the Histories more books like this by Herodotus, Aubrey De Sélincourt see all copies from $1.99!
13 view cover	Herodotus and the Persian Wars more books like this by John Claughton A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects. Herodotus, writing in the second half of the 5th century BC, is the first historian of western civilisation. His narrative tells of the expansion of the Persian Empire in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and the wars between Greece and Persia in ... see all copies from $10.28! new only from $10.28!
14 view cover	The Persian Wars, I: Books 1-2 more books like this by Herodotus, A D Godley (Translator) Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He travelled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Assuan), North Africa, Syria, the country north of the Black Sea, and many parts of the Aegean Sea and the mainland of Greece. He lived, it seems, for ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $23.69! \| SVS
15 view cover	Thermopylae 480 BC: Last Stand of the 300 more books like this by Dr. Nic Fields, Steve Noon (Illustrator) An authoritative re-telling of one of the greatest tales of heroism of all time and a decisive moment for the history of the world, Leonidas and the 300 Spartans' fight to the death against overwhelming Persian forces preserved the future of Greece and the golden age of classical civilization. Nic Fields vividly describes the battle for the pass ... see all copies from $8.96! new only from $11.50! \| SVS
16 view cover	Herodotus: The Persian War more books like this by Herodotus, William Shepherd (Editor) Selections from Herodotus' History which follow the events of the great war between the Greeks and the Persians. The translated extracts include Herodotus' descriptions of the preparations for war and of the great land- and sea-battles which took place. Linking commentaries explain Greek and Persian strategies and battle manoeuvres. Background ... see all copies from $7.02! new only from $17.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars: Antiquity to the Third Millennium more books like this by Emma Bridges (Editor), Edith Hall (Editor), P J Rhodes (Editor) Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars addresses the huge impact on subsequent culture made by the wars fought between ancient Persia and Greece in the early fifth century BC. It brings together sixteen interdisciplinary essays, mostly by classical scholars, on individual trends within the reception of this period of history, extending from the ... see all copies from $111.99! new only from $140.59!
18	The Battle for the West: Thermopylae more books like this by Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford see all copies from $5.94! first editions
19	The Avenger more books like this by Margaret Hodges Fifteen-year-old Alexis, son of the ruling family of the ancient Greek city of Asini, becomes obsessed with his quest for vengeance against his family's enemies, until he finds himself fighting side-by-side with one of them at the Battle of Marathon. see all copies from $6.80! signed copies \| first editions
20	Herodotus more books like this by Terrot R. Glover see all copies from $11.97! first editions
21	Tradition and Dramatic Form in the Persians of Aeschylus more books like this by Ann N Michelini see all copies from $58.00! new only from $71.93! \| SVS
22	Simonides on the Persian Wars: A Study of the Elegiac Verses of the New Simonides more books like this by Lawrence Kowerski This book examines the arrangement and interpretation of the recently published papyrus fragments named the 'new Simonides', and questions the current assumptions on which most modern scholarship is based. The author argues that these fragments should be considered as pieces of an as yet undetermined poem with a more broadly defined scope than is ... see all copies from $80.00! new only from $80.00!
23 view cover	Themistocles: Defender of Greece more books like this by Ian MacGregor Morris Themistocles was an Athenian political leader and naval commander whose defeat of the invading Persian navy at Salamis in 480 BC preserved the independence of the Greek city-states and their democratic traditions. see all copies from $11.45! new only from $53.11!
24 view cover	Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars more books like this by Jon D Mikalson The two great Persian invasions of Greece, in 490 and 480-79 BC, both repulsed by the Greeks, provide our best opportunity for understanding the interplay of religion and history in Ancient Greece. Using the "Histories" of Herodotus as well as other historical and archaeological sources, Jon Mikalson shows how the Greeks practised their religion ... see all copies from $39.97! new only from $47.50!
25	Persia and the Greeks : the defence of the West, c.546-478 B.C. more books like this by A. R. Burn see all copies from $23.00! first editions

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