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The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. ... More

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The ancient Greek Philosopher Plato was born around 425 BCE to an aristocratic family. He enjoyed the privilege of being a student of Socrates, but ... More

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The Art of War has been a source of great strategical inspiration throughout the ages. Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, each ... More

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"The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics - that ... More

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Although Plato's celebrated work of philosophy describes a society which to some seems the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian ... More

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The first translation of Plato's Republic that attempts to be strictly literal, this volume has been long regarded as the closest and best English ... More

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'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just'. Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is ... More

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Connect students to the stories of history. Connect students to the experience of history. Connect students to success in history. At McGraw-Hill, we ... More

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Alexander Pope's translation of "The Iliad" (1715-20) into heroic couplets has claims, in the eyes of many, to be a great work in its own right. ... More

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This chronological account of the development of Greek art and civilization over 3000 years, ranges from the Cycladic figurines and Cretan jugs of ... More

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"The Making of the West "offers a geographically and culturally expansive conception of the West that prepares students to understand today's ... More

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Richard Miles' "Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilization" charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World: the ... More

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In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore " the hinges of history, " Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-- and ... More

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Famously sceptical about Christianity, unexpectedly sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political ... More

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This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian ... More

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Renowned for her love and knowledge of classical leterature, Edith Hamilton created a legendary bestseller in this masterful retelling of the great ... More

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The epic poem that changed the course of human thought forever.

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Revised to include new selections and updated bibliographical material, the second edition of this popular sourcebook offers a rich, revealing look ... More

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A clearly written, authoritative synthesis of North American archaeology--the standard textbook on the subject, adopted at hundreds of colleges and ... More

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This bestselling, comprehensive introduction to classical mythology features a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary. ... More

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Hughes opens this authoritative, searingly smart history with his own arrival in Rome in 1958, as a wide-eyed 20-year-old from Australia. Readers see ... More

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Aristotle's POLITICS is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, raising issues which still confront anyone who wants ... More

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This brief, chronological survey provides students with an introduction to the histories of the Near East, Greece, and Rome from roughly 3000 B.C. ... More

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This author team, writing in an engaging, accessible style, is the first to reflect on the recent discovery of the "Gospel of Judas" and how that ... More

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What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually ... More

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