Ancient Greece
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
This up-to-date retelling of the myths of Greece and Rome offers a new and wider insight into the stories we…
Dido
When Aeneas and his soldiers, battle-weary and almost shipwrecked, arrive on the shores of Carthage seeking refuge they are welcomed…
The Fire of Ares
Ancient Sparta. Lysander is a helot – a slave – in Sparta, one of the most ruthless states in the…
Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths
Socrates was tried and put to death in 399 BCE by his fellow Athenians, events that have subsequently become iconic.…
The Priestess and the Slave
The stories of Thrasulla, one of Delphi’s sibyls in 491 BC, and of Harmonia, a slave in a household in…
Tyrant: Storm of Arrows
The sequel to Tyrant (2008) opens in 329 BC in the aftermath of a crushing defeat for the forces of…
The Lost Army
Editors' choice
The Lost Army is the story of 10,000 Greek soldiers who are spearheading an attack on the Persian king, Artaxerxes,…
Dragonflies
Editors' choice
The ancient Greeks were masters of the written word. From Homer, to Euripides, to Thucydides, their stories of human pathos…
King of Ithaca
Young Greek soldier, Eperitus, encounters a group of warriors whilst on his way to see the oracle at Delphi.…
Alexander and Alestria
Alexander the Great was crowned King of Macedonia in 336 BC and soon after began asserting his authority through his…
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