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Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Tiger Tales 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 MARPearson, Anne
Summary: "Travel back in time to a civilization rich in epic heroes, powerful gods, myths, and legends. Discover how ancient Greek art, ideas, science, and medicine have influenced the world today, and how a sports festival in honor of the god Zeus became the modern Olympic Games!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 PEAFaust, Daniel R.
Summary: From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 FAUPearson, Anne
Summary: Describes the land, history, and civilization of ancient Greece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2014
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 938 PEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 938 PEAMacdonald, Fiona.
Summary: Describes the life of ancient Greek farmers, soldiers, and citizens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J938 MACNicholson, Robert.
Summary: A simple introduction to the fascinating culture of ancient Greece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Juniors 1994
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Summary: Presents a guide to ancient Greece, describing its government, wars, religion, gods, philosophy, architecture, and everyday life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 STOHull, Robert
Summary: Discusses the politics, home life, makeup and hair, families, schooling, trade, culture, and agriculture of ancient Greece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 HULScott, Michael
Summary: The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--The "center" or "navel" - of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods in gold, ivory, bronze, marble, and stone; and to take part in athletic and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 SCORomm, James S.
Summary: Romm's dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.4 ROMCahill, Thomas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 CAHKerns, Ann
Summary: The amazing story of the discovery of Troy and the man who found it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.21 KERNewman, Sandra
Summary: Provides facts about ancient Greece, discussing the early Greeks, their government, the gods they worshipped, the first Olympics, arts and sciences, and the rise of the Roman empire, and considering the influence of the ancient Greeks in modern times. Includes maps, a time line, and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 938 NEWHamilton, Edith
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1957
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 880.9 HAMHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Greece and Rome, including peasant, slave, Olympic pankratist, laborer, fuller, gladiator, and soldier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 HARDavidson, James N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 DAVSummary: The story of ancient Greece's Golden Age is told through the lives of its prominent figures, including Cleisthenes, Themistocles, Pericles, and Socrates. Topics covered include the building of the Acropolis, the Battle of Marathon, and the philosophers of the Academy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GREFinan, Catherine C.
Summary: "How would you like to use a public toilet every time you had to go? Or compete in an Olympic wrestling event where the only rules were no biting or gauging? Well, that was life in ancient Greece! And if you think we're far removed from that life, you may be surprised to learn that a lot in our modern world was inspired by our ancient friends (from alarm clocks and odometers to democracy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 FINFears, J. Rufus.
Summary: Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.09 FAMMcInerney, Jeremy
Summary: Twenty-four lectures delivered by Professor Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania explores the life, times and impact on the ancient world of Alexander the Great. Also discussed are the culture and civilization of the Hellenistic Age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 938 PART 2Summary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC
Hull, Robert
Summary: Examines the legacy of ancient Greece through its seafaring adventures, including war on land and sea, trade, and the proliferation of Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 HULLevi, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 938 LEVCaselli, Giovanni
Summary: Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann to uncover the ancient city of Troy and what his archeological finds revealed about life in this legendary location.
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Publisher / Publication Date: P. Bedrick Books 1999