Death on Delos

Death on Delos
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9781616958220
ISBN-13 : 1616958227
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Death on Delos by : Gary Corby

​In the seventh in Gary Corby's Athenian Mystery series, Nico and Diotima must solve a murder case while also preparing to have a baby. Set on the sacred island of Delos in 5th century BC, Death on Delos is full of humor and historical intrigue. ​ Greece, 454 BC: The sacred isle of Delos, the birthplace of the divine twins Apollo and Artemis, has been a most holy pilgrimage site for centuries. Delos is also home to the military fund kept by the Delian League, the alliance of city-states that defended Greece against the Persians, and that vast treasury is protected only by the priests and priestesses of the tiny isle and a scant armed guard. Then one day the charismatic Athenian statesman Pericles arrives at the head of a small army to forcibly take the treasury back to the safety of Athens. With him are Nico, the only private agent in ancient Athens, and his heavily pregnant wife and partner in sleuthing, the priestess Diotima. She has been selected to give this year’s annual offering to holy Artemis. In the face of righteous resistance from the priests, Pericles assigns Nico to bribe their leader. But before he can get very far with this dubiously unholy task, Nico ends up with a murder on his hands. It is a crime against the gods to die or be born on the sacred island. Thanks to the violence over the treasury, the first blasphemy has already been committed. Can Nico solve the murder and get Diotima off the island before they accidentally commit the second?

New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 8

New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 8
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 0802845185
ISBN-13 : 9780802845184
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 8 by : Stephen Llewelyn

This series, produced by the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, keeps New Testament and early church researchers abreast of emerging documentary evidence by reproducing and reviewing recently published Greek inscriptions and papyri that help illumine the context in which the Christian church developed.

Art in the Hellenistic Age

Art in the Hellenistic Age
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0521276721
ISBN-13 : 9780521276726
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Art in the Hellenistic Age by : Jerome Jordan Pollitt

This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.

International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe

International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 848
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ISBN-10 : 1884964028
ISBN-13 : 9781884964022
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe by : Trudy Ring

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Delos

Delos
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000057331914
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Delos by : Phōteinē Zapheiropoulou

Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece

Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 0415127750
ISBN-13 : 9780415127752
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece by : Matthew Dillon

Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece provides a detailed analysis of pilgrimage, which is comprehensive and accessible to both the specialist and those interested in the Ancient Greek world.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044100180769
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Wisconsin by : Ellis Baker Usher

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 829
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ISBN-10 : 9781136788000
ISBN-13 : 113678800X
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by : Nigel Wilson

Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Aphrodite's Tears

Aphrodite's Tears
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Publisher : London Wall Publishing
Total Pages : 701
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ISBN-10 : 9780995566781
ISBN-13 : 099556678X
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Aphrodite's Tears by : Hannah Fielding

In ancient Greece, one of the twelve labours of Heracles was to bring back a golden apple from the Garden of Hesperides. To archaeologist Oriel Anderson, joining a team of Greek divers on the island of Helios seems like the golden apple of her dreams. Yet the dream becomes a nightmare when she meets the devilish owner of the island, Damian Lekkas. In shocked recognition, she is flooded with the memory of a romantic night in a stranger's arms, six summers ago. A very different man stands before her now, and Oriel senses that the sardonic Greek autocrat is hell-bent on playing a cat and mouse game with her. As they cross swords and passions mount, Oriel is aware that malevolent eyes watch her from the shadows. Dark rumours are whispered about the Lekkas family. What dangers lie in Helios, a bewitching land where ancient rituals are still enacted to appease the gods, young men risk their lives in the treacherous depths of the Ionian Sea, and the volatile earth can erupt at any moment? Will Oriel find the hidden treasures she seeks? Or will Damian's tragic past catch up with them, threatening to engulf them both?