eBooks "ancient Greece"
359 eBooks were found for the search term "ancient Greece".
By Plato Symposium
Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or drinking party. Each man must deliver an encomium, a speech in praise of Love (Eros). The party takes place at the house of the tragedian Agathon in Athens. Socrates in his speech asserts that the highest purpose of love is to become a philosopher or, literally, a lover of wisdom. The dialogue has been used as a source by social historians seeking to throw light on life in ancient Athens, in particular upon sexual behavior, and the symposium as an institution. [more][Less]
Keywords: the symposium, plato, socrates, ancient greece, greek, history, philosophy, classical literature
Jacob Abbott The History of Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from c. 297 BC), and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined. Pyrrhus and his campaign in Italy was effectively the only chance for Greece to check the advance of Rome towards domination of the Mediterranean world. Rather than banding together, the various Hellenistic powers continued to fight among themselves, sapping the financial and military strength of Greece and to a lesser extent, Macedon and the greater Hellenistic world. By 197 BC, Macedonia and many southern Greek city-states became Roman client states; in 188 BC, the Seleucid Empire was forced to cede most of Asia Minor to Rome's ally Pergamon (Pergamum). Rome inherited that state, and most of Asia Minor in 133 BC. Total Roman domination over Greece proper was marked by the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC; Greece would then form an integral part of the Roman world leading into the Byzantine period. [more][Less]
Keywords: the history of pyrrhus, pyrrhus, biography, jacob abbott, ancient greece and rome, classical history, military history
Various None The Legacy Of Greece
If The Value Of Man's Life On Earth Is To Be Measured In Dollars And Miles And Horse-Power, Ancient Greece Must Count As A Poverty-Stricken And A Minute Territory; Its Engines And Implements Were Nearer To The Spear And Bow Of The Savage Than To Our Own Telegraph And Aeroplane. [more][Less]
Three Initiates The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
The Hermetic Philosophy "The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"--The Kybalion. From old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand years. Egypt, the home of the Pyramids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden Wisdom and Mystic Teachings. From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed. India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China, Japan, Assyria, ancient Greece and Rome, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided for those who came prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and Occult Lore which the masterminds of that ancient land had gathered together. [more][Less]
Komazec Darko Encyclopedia of the world greatest philoshopers
The biggest world encyclopedia of philosophy that includes life and work of over 330 greatest philosophers and thinkers of ancient Greece to the present [more][Less]