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The Complete Odyssey Collection: The Novel and the Real Story Behind the Odyssey
This complete collection brings together two bestselling explorations of The Odyssey in a single volume. First, experience one of the greatest adventures ever told in The Odyssey – The Novel—a faithful retelling of Homer’s epic reimagined as a gripping historical adventure for modern readers. Then continue beyond the legend with The Real Story Behind the Odyssey, an accessible exploration of the Bronze Age world that... Continue reading
Everyday Women in Ancient Greece
History remembers the men. This is the story of the women. They ground grain before dawn, carried water from the public fountain, wove the cloth that clothed their families, bore children and buried some of them, and made offerings at the household hearth before the day’s work began. They built the foundations of Greek civilization, yet they left almost no record of their own. They... Continue reading
The Athenian Empire: When Democracy Became Oppression
Athens gave the world democracy, tragedy, philosophy, and the Parthenon. It also ran an empire built on coercion, annihilation, and genocide. These are not contradictions. They are the same story. The Athenian Empire follows the rise and fall of Athens across the fifth century BC, tracing the arc of a civilization that was both the most extraordinary and the most brutal system the ancient Greek... Continue reading
The Other Cities of Ancient Greece: The Forgotten World Beyond Athens & Sparta
Athens and Sparta dominate our view of ancient Greece. But the Greek world was far wider, stranger, and richer than that familiar picture allows. The Other Cities of Ancient Greece explores the remarkable societies that helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, yet are often overlooked in modern histories. Moving from mainland Greece to Sicily and southern Italy, it brings six influential cities back into focus: Corinth:... Continue reading
Domina: Women in the Roman Empire: From Slaves to Sovereigns
They made the empire. They were written out of its history. In the markets of Pompeii, a girl is sold for the price of a piece of furniture. On Hadrian’s Wall, a woman invites her friend to a birthday party. On a tombstone outside Rome, a fishmonger has herself carved with her scales in hand, because that is how she wants to be remembered—not as... Continue reading
IMPERATOR: How the Roman Emperors changed the Roman Empire
See the Roman Empire from a completely different perspective Every history of Rome tells you what happened. This one tells you what the emperors actually did—and why it still matters. Imperator takes a radical approach to Roman history. Instead of following the emperors through their personal dramas, military campaigns, and palace intrigues, Andrew Miles asks a different question: what did these men build, change, and... Continue reading
The Real Story Behind the Odyssey: The Search for the Truth of Homer’s Epic Using History and Archaeology
Behind one of the world’s greatest stories lies an even more extraordinary truth. The Odyssey is one of the most famous stories ever told. But behind the monsters and the gods and the wine-dark sea lies a puzzle that has fascinated historians and archaeologists for two centuries: how much of it is real? The Real Odyssey follows the evidence from the Bronze Age palaces of... Continue reading
The Odyssey – The Novel
The war is over. The journey home has only begun. Odysseus, king of Ithaca, fought ten years beneath the walls of Troy. Victory has finally come—but the road home across the wine-dark sea will prove far more perilous than the war itself. With his fleet of weary ships and loyal companions, Odysseus sets sail for Ithaca, hoping only to return to the wife and son... Continue reading