Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly in...

In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to t...

The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one t...

An illustrated encyclopedia of characters from Greek mythology.

A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as '...

An illustrated encyclopedia of characters from Greek mythology.

An illustrated encyclopedia of characters from Greek mythology.

Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAU...

An outstanding distillation of Grimal's classic reference, this extensively cross-referenced work...

A uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek ...

Uncover the lives of 50 powerful gods and goddess, earth-dwelling mortals and terrifying monsters...

Why today's leaders should pay heed to Plato's tales of an ideal state, and its ruinThe myth of A...