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Oudheid Boeksamenvattingen

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
door Robin Waterfield • 2018
One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.
3.92
436
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens Samenvatting
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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.
door Robin Waterfield 2018 511 pagina's
3.92
436 beoordelingen
The Nicomachean Ethics
door Aristotle
You become virtuous by acting virtuously. The original manual for the well-lived life.
4.00
61.000+
The Nicomachean Ethics Samenvatting
The Nicomachean Ethics
You become virtuous by acting virtuously. The original manual for the well-lived life.
door Aristotle 329 pagina's
4.00
61.000+ beoordelingen
Politica
door Aristoteles
Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.
3.98
43.000+
Politica Samenvatting
Politica
Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.
door Aristoteles 368 pagina's
3.98
43.000+ beoordelingen
The Symposium
door Plato
Seven Athenians compete to define love. Socrates enters and shows it's a hunger for what you lack.
4.09
91.000+
The Symposium Samenvatting
The Symposium
Seven Athenians compete to define love. Socrates enters and shows it's a hunger for what you lack.
door Plato 90 pagina's
4.09
91.000+ beoordelingen
Timaeus
door Plato
A living cosmos, a craftsman god, time as forever's copy, Atlantis the proof of power's fall.
3.85
3.000+
Timaeus Samenvatting
Timaeus
A living cosmos, a craftsman god, time as forever's copy, Atlantis the proof of power's fall.
door Plato 112 pagina's
3.85
3.000+ beoordelingen
Meditations
door Marcus Aurelius
A Roman emperor's private notebook became philosophy's most practical guide to staying steady.
4.24
500+
Meditations Samenvatting
Meditations
A Roman emperor's private notebook became philosophy's most practical guide to staying steady.
door Marcus Aurelius 208 pagina's
4.24
500+ beoordelingen
Metaphysics
door Aristotle
What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.
4.07
18.000+
Metaphysics Samenvatting
Metaphysics
What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.
door Aristotle 365 pagina's
4.07
18.000+ beoordelingen
The Art of Rhetoric
door Aristotle
Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.
3.87
6.000+
The Art of Rhetoric Samenvatting
The Art of Rhetoric
Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.
door Aristotle 292 pagina's
3.87
6.000+ beoordelingen
Persian Fire
door Tom Holland • 2005
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
4.17
11.000+
Persian Fire Samenvatting
Persian Fire
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
door Tom Holland 2005 447 pagina's
4.17
11.000+ beoordelingen
On Sparta
door Plutarch
Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.
4.12
2.000+
On Sparta Samenvatting
On Sparta
Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.
door Plutarch 260 pagina's
4.12
2.000+ beoordelingen
De kunst van het geluk
door Epicurus
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
3.80
6.000+
De kunst van het geluk Samenvatting
De kunst van het geluk
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
door Epicurus 266 pagina's
3.80
6.000+ beoordelingen
Gesprekken en geselecteerde geschriften
door Epictetus
Your peace hinges on one distinction: what is yours to control and what is not.
4.40
12.000+
Gesprekken en geselecteerde geschriften Samenvatting
Gesprekken en geselecteerde geschriften
Your peace hinges on one distinction: what is yours to control and what is not.
door Epictetus 276 pagina's
4.40
12.000+ beoordelingen
On the Good Life
door Marcus Tullius Cicero
Happiness needs no wealth, power, or fame: a Roman philosopher's case that virtue alone suffices.
4.00
2.000+
On the Good Life Samenvatting
On the Good Life
Happiness needs no wealth, power, or fame: a Roman philosopher's case that virtue alone suffices.
door Marcus Tullius Cicero 384 pagina's
4.00
2.000+ beoordelingen
The Persian Expedition
door Xenophon
An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.
4.11
10.000+
The Persian Expedition Samenvatting
The Persian Expedition
An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.
door Xenophon 375 pagina's
4.11
10.000+ beoordelingen
Ancient Philosophy
door Julia Annas • 2001
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
3.64
500+
Ancient Philosophy Samenvatting
Ancient Philosophy
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
door Julia Annas 2001 133 pagina's
3.64
500+ beoordelingen
Sasanian Persia
door Touraj Daryaee • 2007
Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.
3.84
180
Sasanian Persia Samenvatting
Sasanian Persia
Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.
door Touraj Daryaee 2007 256 pagina's
3.84
180 beoordelingen
Carmide
door Plato
What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.
3.53
1.000+
Carmide Samenvatting
Carmide
What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.
door Plato
3.53
1.000+ beoordelingen
The Campaigns of Alexander
door Arrian
How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.
4.17
5.000+
The Campaigns of Alexander Samenvatting
The Campaigns of Alexander
How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.
door Arrian 430 pagina's
4.17
5.000+ beoordelingen
Early Socratic Dialogues
door Plato
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
4.05
417
Early Socratic Dialogues Samenvatting
Early Socratic Dialogues
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
door Plato 399 pagina's
4.05
417 beoordelingen
Ancient Greece
door Thomas R. Martin • 1992
A journey from the Minoans to Alexander, explaining how Greece shaped the Western world.
3.98
2.000+
Ancient Greece Samenvatting
Ancient Greece
A journey from the Minoans to Alexander, explaining how Greece shaped the Western world.
door Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pagina's
3.98
2.000+ beoordelingen
Prometheus Bound
door Aeschylus • 1990
Chained for giving fire to mortals, a Titan holds the secret that could overthrow Zeus.
3.94
22.000+
Prometheus Bound Samenvatting
Prometheus Bound
Chained for giving fire to mortals, a Titan holds the secret that could overthrow Zeus.
door Aeschylus 1990 144 pagina's
3.94
22.000+ beoordelingen
A History of India, Vol. 1
door Romila Thapar • 1990
How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.
3.63
2.000+
A History of India, Vol. 1 Samenvatting
A History of India, Vol. 1
How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.
door Romila Thapar 1990 384 pagina's
3.63
2.000+ beoordelingen
The Persian Empire
door John W.I. Lee • 2012
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
4.10
500+
The Persian Empire Samenvatting
The Persian Empire
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
door John W.I. Lee 2012
4.10
500+ beoordelingen
The Assyrian
door Nicholas Guild • 1987
Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.
4.26
1.000+
The Assyrian Samenvatting
The Assyrian
Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.
door Nicholas Guild 1987 552 pagina's
4.26
1.000+ beoordelingen
The Annals/The Histories
door Tacitus • 2003
Four emperors in one year, a city in flames, and a historian who watched it all.
4.03
375
The Annals/The Histories Samenvatting
The Annals/The Histories
Four emperors in one year, a city in flames, and a historian who watched it all.
door Tacitus 2003 640 pagina's
4.03
375 beoordelingen
1177 B.C.
door Eric H. Cline • 2014
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
3.74
13.000+
1177 B.C. Samenvatting
1177 B.C.
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
door Eric H. Cline 2014 264 pagina's
3.74
13.000+ beoordelingen
Musonius Rufus
door Musonius Rufus
Why farmers make better philosophers than professors, and women need philosophy as much as men.
4.08
500+
Musonius Rufus Samenvatting
Musonius Rufus
Why farmers make better philosophers than professors, and women need philosophy as much as men.
door Musonius Rufus 102 pagina's
4.08
500+ beoordelingen
The Trojan Women
door Euripides • 2006
Hektor's last hope arrives too late: a Thracian king whom Athena has already marked for death.
3.89
13.000+
The Trojan Women Samenvatting
The Trojan Women
Hektor's last hope arrives too late: a Thracian king whom Athena has already marked for death.
door Euripides 2006 80 pagina's
3.89
13.000+ beoordelingen
Conversations of Socrates
door Xenophon
The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue
4.04
3.000+
Conversations of Socrates Samenvatting
Conversations of Socrates
The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue
door Xenophon 366 pagina's
4.04
3.000+ beoordelingen
درباره اورستیا
door Simon Goldhill • 1992
Why the charter myth of Western theatre is far more unsettling than its torchlit finale admits.
3.98
63
درباره اورستیا Samenvatting
درباره اورستیا
Why the charter myth of Western theatre is far more unsettling than its torchlit finale admits.
door Simon Goldhill 1992 156 pagina's
3.98
63 beoordelingen
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
door Amanda H. Podany • 2022
Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.
4.39
500+
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings Samenvatting
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.
door Amanda H. Podany 2022 662 pagina's
4.39
500+ beoordelingen
The Spartans
door Paul Cartledge • 2002
The 300 Spartans died to preserve a system of mass enslavement; heroism and horror were one.
3.78
3.000+
The Spartans Samenvatting
The Spartans
The 300 Spartans died to preserve a system of mass enslavement; heroism and horror were one.
door Paul Cartledge 2002 320 pagina's
3.78
3.000+ beoordelingen
The Rise of Rome
door Kathryn Lomas • 2017
Rome was a backwater. It won Italy through flexible citizenship, not just legions.
3.99
288
The Rise of Rome Samenvatting
The Rise of Rome
Rome was a backwater. It won Italy through flexible citizenship, not just legions.
door Kathryn Lomas 2017 432 pagina's
3.99
288 beoordelingen
Thermopylae
door Paul Cartledge • 2006
The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.
3.79
1.000+
Thermopylae Samenvatting
Thermopylae
The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.
door Paul Cartledge 2006 313 pagina's
3.79
1.000+ beoordelingen
In Search of the Phoenicians
door Josephine Quinn • 2017
The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.
3.67
150
In Search of the Phoenicians Samenvatting
In Search of the Phoenicians
The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.
door Josephine Quinn 2017 360 pagina's
3.67
150 beoordelingen
Electra
door Euripides
A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.
3.95
8.000+
Electra Samenvatting
Electra
A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.
door Euripides 112 pagina's
3.95
8.000+ beoordelingen
Ancient Worlds
door Michael Scott • 2016
Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.
3.77
500+
Ancient Worlds Samenvatting
Ancient Worlds
Democracy, republic, and Confucianism were born in the same century. None by design.
door Michael Scott 2016 402 pagina's
3.77
500+ beoordelingen
The Ancient Near East
door Amanda H. Podany • 2013
How a forgotten region gave us cities, writing, and the first empires, in a single short volume.
3.89
500+
The Ancient Near East Samenvatting
The Ancient Near East
How a forgotten region gave us cities, writing, and the first empires, in a single short volume.
door Amanda H. Podany 2013 168 pagina's
3.89
500+ beoordelingen
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
door Josiah Ober • 2015
A thousand rival city-states, not empire, produced classical Greece's unprecedented prosperity.
3.94
308
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Samenvatting
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
A thousand rival city-states, not empire, produced classical Greece's unprecedented prosperity.
door Josiah Ober 2015 416 pagina's
3.94
308 beoordelingen
The Plague of War
door Jennifer T. Roberts • 2017
Athens and Sparta destroyed each other in a war neither wanted. The only winner was Macedon.
3.94
179
The Plague of War Samenvatting
The Plague of War
Athens and Sparta destroyed each other in a war neither wanted. The only winner was Macedon.
door Jennifer T. Roberts 2017 416 pagina's
3.94
179 beoordelingen
Plutarch's Lives
door Plutarch
Plutarch's method: put Greek beside Roman, compare their virtues, let character judge history.
4.10
6.000+
Plutarch's Lives Samenvatting
Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch's method: put Greek beside Roman, compare their virtues, let character judge history.
door Plutarch 766 pagina's
4.10
6.000+ beoordelingen
From Democrats to Kings
door Michael Scott • 2009
How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.
3.83
249
From Democrats to Kings Samenvatting
From Democrats to Kings
How a brutal, forgotten century of war turned democracies into kingdoms and gave us Alexander.
door Michael Scott 2009 294 pagina's
3.83
249 beoordelingen
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome
door Charles Freeman • 2023
Rome ruled, but Greek thinkers kept advancing philosophy, science, and medicine for 500 years.
3.98
82
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome Samenvatting
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome
Rome ruled, but Greek thinkers kept advancing philosophy, science, and medicine for 500 years.
door Charles Freeman 2023 400 pagina's
3.98
82 beoordelingen
Plato
door Plato
Jesus didn't exist. Early Christians worshiped a heavenly myth; the Gospels are Hebrew rewrites.
4.38
12.000+
Plato Samenvatting
Plato
Jesus didn't exist. Early Christians worshiped a heavenly myth; the Gospels are Hebrew rewrites.
door Plato 1848 pagina's
4.38
12.000+ beoordelingen
Plutarch's Lives
door Plutarch • 2015
Greek meets Roman: paired biographies that map the character traits behind every rise and fall.
4.19
3.000+
Plutarch's Lives Samenvatting
Plutarch's Lives
Greek meets Roman: paired biographies that map the character traits behind every rise and fall.
door Plutarch 2015 706 pagina's
4.19
3.000+ beoordelingen
The History of the Ancient World
door Susan Wise Bauer • 2007
The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.
4.11
6.000+
The History of the Ancient World Samenvatting
The History of the Ancient World
The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.
door Susan Wise Bauer 2007 896 pagina's
4.11
6.000+ beoordelingen
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