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Beaton, Roderick Cartledge, Paul Hanson, Victor Davis. Marx, Jonny Romm, James S. Rosen, Lev ACCartledge, Paul
Summary: " Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.4 CARRomm, 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 ROMRosen, Lev AC
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square and Co. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSHanson, Victor Davis.
Contents: Pt. 1. Holy Leuktra -- pt. 2. Between peace and war -- pt. 3. The march down country -- pt. 4. Freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANMarx, Jonny
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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 MARBeaton, Roderick
Summary: A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021