Dr. Hayden Pelliccia is associate professor and chair of classics at Cornell University.
Plato (c. 428 B.C. -- 347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates. He...more

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Plato, with Socrates and Aristotle, is the founder of the Western intellectual tradition. Like his mentor Socrates, he was essentially a practical philosopher who found the ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have ...more

Ilias Arnaoutoglou explores the significance of legislation in ancient Greece, the differences and similarities between ancient Greek legislation and legislators and their ...more

This absorbing book explores the possibility that the Atlantis story represents a distortion of a number of myths and legends already present in the ancient Greece and egypt ...more

This exciting new guide is the ideal companion to Greece if you are a traveler with historical and archaeological interests, as it combines practical information with ...more

This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece’s greatest inventions: democratic government.

• Provides ...more

African Religion Volume 5: Goddess of Ancient egypt...more

African Dionysus: Ancient egyptian Origins of Ancient Greek Myth, Culture, Religion and Philosophy...more

While the story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer's tales of Ulysses' wanderings are among the greatest of the ancient epics, they are not merely fiction. Following the ...more

essay on Church, State and Divorce in Late Roman egypt...more

For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend—and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in ...more