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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
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This is great, fun book to read. This is a book you can read for enjoyment. I was reluctant to read it because I assumed it would be difficult because it was written around 425 BC. I assumed because it was ancient it would be difficult to read. That was wrong. It's a very entertaining read. It's also extremely interesting. Herodotus was a very smart an... »
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity
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The author does provide good information on the status of women in the ancient world, but has some completely baseless theories. She tries to juxtapose the masculine Persian god Mithras with the feminine god Isis, claiming Isis was supressed and Mithras welcomed. The problem is, Mithrism, after Christianity and Judaism, was persecuted heaviest because ... »
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From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East
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As a seminary student, I had been exposed to many of the groups Dalrymple visited during his journey. Though we treated them largely as doctrinal heretics and schismatics, they were lifeless groups and sects in the pages of our medieval church history text books. "From the Holy Mountain" brought those people to life in ways that I had not experienced... »
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Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods
Easy to read and go thru without all the dryness of a lot of history books. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is first getting into this su... »
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The Republic Of Plato
The main arguments of The Republic are so well known that they hardly need restatement in this review. The central issues in this book are of great import... »
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