Who has the greediest kingdom? In Greedy Kingdoms you & an opponent compete in a test of wits Can you bluff past them to collect the most resources & build two royal palaces first or will the opponent outthink your plans & stop you at each turn? Deploy your heroes to attack & defend collect resources & upgrade your kingdom all while working towards the coveted royal palaces so that all the other kingdoms stand in awe of your greewealth! The 2018 version of Greedy Kingdoms reimplements the original 2009 release from Hayato Kisaragi & One Draw with new cards & rules from Bruno Faidutti 2 Players 20 Min Playing Time Age 10 ...

Greedy Greedy Goblins is a simultaneous play strategic tile placement & bluffing game Players lead a clan of goblin miners who want to gather the most valuable collection of gems Coins are scored for gem tiles on the mines you have claimed with bonuses for dynamite tiles — but if there is too much dynamite the mine (and all the riches within) are destroyed! In more detail players sit around a circle composed of cave game boards & the guildhall game board with sixty mining tiles placed face-down within this circle Each round while playing at the same time players use one hand to look at one mining tile at a time then place it on one of the cave game boards At any time a player can claim the guildhall or a cave by placing one of their three goblins on the board after which no more tiles or goblins may be placed on this board Once everyone has placed all of their goblins (or decided not to place them) players resolve the boards The goblin on the guildhall draws a minion card that provides a special ability while each goblin in a cave scores coins based on the gems diamonds dynamite & monsters found there; these goblins can also take minion cards if minion tiles have been placed in the cave Dynamite multiplies the value of a cave but three or more sticks blows the place up costing you coins If someone has one hundred or more coins the game ends & whoever has the most coins wins; if not set up another round & go digging again Ages 14 Playing time 25-35 minutes Players 2-4 ...

The first edition of this extremely popular two volume Greek text has been successfully adopted in many high schools & colleges; the organization & approach used by the authors make it an equally effective tool for those who would enjoy learning the language on their own ...

This handy guide to the Greek & Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece & Rome the book features an engaging blend of stories facts "ations from ancient authors & places ancient myths in a modern context discussing the afterlives of the myths & the relevance of their messages today Factfiles on heroes & heroines & family trees of the gods also make this a useful reference book for students ...

Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks & Romans? How should we exercise power? Melissa Lane teaches politics at Princeton University & previously taught political thought at the University of Cambridge where she was a Fellow of King's College She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of classics & the historian Richard Tuck called her book Eco-Republic 'a virtuoso performance by one of our best scholars of ancient philosophy' ...

Successfully integrating elegance & a close fidelity to the Greek these new translations aim to provide Greekless students with as close a sense as possible of how the Greeks themselves thought & wrote about the world Miller's skillful introduction places the works in historical context & briefly describes the different metrical forms represented in the selections Headnotes to each section highlight the background of the poet whose works follows Complete with a glossary of names & a select bibliography ...

The Greek lyric elegiac & iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC
- Archilochus & Alcman Sappho & Mimnermus Anacreon
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The Greek myths have a universal appeal reaching far beyond the time & physical place in which they were created But many are firmly rooted in specific settings Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemnon & Electra; Knossos boasts the scene of Theseus' slaying of the Minotaur; Tiryns was where Heracles set out from on each of his twelve labours Here the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece & Turkey from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades recounting the tales from Greek mythology & the history associated with each evoking their atmosphere & highlighting features that visitors can still see today Drawing on a wide range of Classical sources with"ations newly translated by the author & freshly illustrated with specially commissioned drawings this book is both a useful visitor's guide to famous sites connected with Greek mythology & an enthralling imaginative journey for the armchair traveller ...

This is a new edition of this detailed introduction to the most famous gods & goddesses in Greek mythology & their exploits Fully illustrated throughout this title helps the reader to understand the stories of the Greek gods & the way in which they were worshipped A full index & ' Who's Who' section at the back of this book make it a must for those studying mythology or researching for a project ...

A beautifully written & illustrated collection of Greek myths containing seventeen famous tales full of love loss greed envy & bravery Beautifully written by Ann Turnbull & illustrated by Sarah Young this collection of seventeen Greek myths is truly something to treasure The timeless stories of Theseus & the Minotaur Persephone King Midas Ariadne Orpheus & Eurydice & Echo & Narcissus are told with great freshness & there is a good balance between the gentler myths & the ones packed with battles & monsters A wonderful collection & a wonderful introduction to the fascinating world of Greek mythology brought to life by one of our finest writers & an exciting new illustrator ...