Alexander: The Ambiguity of GreatnessMore InfoGuy MacLean Rogers$13.63Was Alexander “great” or simply famous? Was he a military and political genius, far-sighted in his vision of the future, or simply a drunken megalomaniac who butchered his way through the ancient world? Some scholars are suggesting that Alexander the Great be rechristened “Alexander the Terrible.” Rogers book will help you weigh the evidence and decide for yourself.Add to Cart
Alexander of MacedonMore InfoPeter Green$16.47A thorough and learned biography by the foremost scholar on Alexander and the Hellenistic Era. This book is older now (originally published in 1970), but it remains the standard work on the life of this complicated and controversial figure.Add to Cart
Philip II of MacedoniaMore InfoIan Worthington$26.60This absorbing look at the father of Alexander the Great—the man who, in more ways than one, made Alexander possible—brings light to a little known or understood period in Greece’s history. Scholarly without being pedantic, this volume will greatly enrich your appreciation of the Museum at Vergina—the tomb Alexander built to enshrine his difficult and driven father.Add to Cart
Pericles of Athens and the Birth of DemocracyMore InfoDonald Kagan$20.10Pericles is one of those dusty Greek names you remember from school. But who he was and what he did may have slipped your mind. This book covers the life of one of the most influential men in Greek and Western history. It was Pericles who built the Acropolis preserved today … who brought Athenian democracy to full flower … and who (tragically) led Athens into the Peloponnesian War that would bring the Golden Age of Athens to an end.Add to Cart
