Best of
Ancient-History
1951
The Gods of the Greeks
Karl Kerényi - 1951
The lively and highly readable narrative is complemented by an appendix of detailed references to all the original texts and a fine selection of illustrations taken from vase paintings.
The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate
Richard Broxton Onians - 1951
The volume is remains a fascinating collection of ideas and explanations of cultures as diverse as the Greeks and the Norse, the Celts and the Jews, and the Chinese and the Romans.
History of Syria (Including Lebanon and Palestine)
Philip Khuri Hitti - 1951
For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet.Table of Contents The Pre-Literary Age (5 chapters) Ancient Semitic Times (11 chapters) The Greco-Roman Period (13 chapters) The Arab Era (18 chapters) Under the Ottoman Turks (3 chapters)