In his previous volume in this series, Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle, G. E. R. Lloyd pointed out that although

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A shocking new drama unfolds on the blood, tear & fluid stained stage of Greek Street as disturbed mother-killer Eddie & aristo visionary Sandy try to get to London where Dedalus investigates a suicide & an urban witch tries to get through to a monster. ...

A shocking new drama unfolds on the blood, tear & fluid stained stage of Greek Street as disturbed mother-killer Eddie & aristo visionary Sandy try to get to London where Dedalus investigates a suicide & an urban witch tries to get through to a monster. This is a sexy blend of crime, supernatural & soap opera, using characters & plots that are simultaneously familiar yet intensely br&-new. ...

1180 BC. Young Acheron is a liar. Everybody knows it. Troy is under siege & Acheron tells tales of Trojan bravery to entertain Prince Paris & the beautiful Helen at the palace. But when a stranger comes to the city to announce that the Greeks have departed, leaving a special gift of a wooden horse, Acheron is suspicious. He races to tell Prince Paris about the Greek plot, but will anyone at the palace believe him? Er, no, actually! As Aesop said, There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth. ...

213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, young Lydia, is the bane of his life. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, & the Greeks turn to Archimedes for help, it is young Lydia who always seems to come up with the answers. Of course Archimedes is a lion in the eyes of the folk of Syracuse. He takes all the credit, but that's life for a Greek girl slave. As Aesop said, ' You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the rewards.' ...

430 BC. Darius has been orphaned by the plague in Athens. To escape the sickness he runs off to join his Uncle Alcmaeon who is a general with the Spartan army. But he finds the Spartan way of life quite shocking. To the arrogant & ruthless Spartans, he is as worthless as a mouse. Then his uncle falls sick & only Darius can find a cure. Now Darius is a hero & his uncle offers him a life of luxury in Sparta. Still Darius finds the brutal Sparta too much & wants to go back to plague-stricken Athens. As Aesop said, ' Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear.' ...

This course was written in response to a JACT (Joint Association of Classical Teachers) survey of over 100 schools. It offers a fast-track route to GCSE for those with limited time. It is based on experience of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials & on the understanding of principles in both accidence & syntax: minor irregularities are postponed & subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. It aims to be user-friendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study. The course has been tested & refined in 15 schools over the last three years. Part 1 covers the basics: the main declensions, a range of active tenses & a vocabulary of 275 Greek words to be learned. Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material covered. After the preliminaries, each chapter concentrates on stories with one source or subject: Aesop, the " Odyssey" & Alexander the Great. Part 1 is self-contained, with its own reference section. ...

The two-volume course " Greek to GCSE" was written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools & first published in 2003. The course offer a fast-track route to GCSE for those with limited time. It is based on experience of what pupils find difficult. It concentrates on the essentials, & on the understanding of principles in both accidence & syntax. It aims to be user-friendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study. Part 1 covered the basics: the main declensions, a range of active tenses, & a vocabulary of 275 Greek words to be learned. Part 2, here issued in a new edition, introduces a wider range of grammatical forms & constructions. This revised edition has been adapted to complete the coverage of requirements for the current GCSE, expanding vocabulary to 480 words. Reading material moves from Socrates & the Sophists to the world of myth, & finally to extended passages of lightly adapted Herodotus. Practice passages & revision sentences for GCSE complete Part 2, which has a reference section covering the whole course. ...

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan

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The right mistress but the wrong bride! Lindy was amazed when shipping tycoon Atreus Dionides made her his mistress. Her
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