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IL RETELLING DEL MITO DI TESEO, TRA REALTÀ E FANTASIA, RACCONTATO DALLA PARTE DI ARIANNA, VITTIMA DI UN'INASPETTATA VIOLENZA. Arianna, figlia del crudele Minosse, sovrano di Creta, è stata da sempre considerata solo un oggetto senza volontà, una merce da vendere al miglior offerente, non ha mai avuto la possibilità di scegliere il proprio destino. Per questo, quando il bellissimo Teseo, giunto a rinegoziare i termini della sottomissione di Atene, sembra interessarsi a lei, gli propone di aiutarla a fuggire portando con sé la madre Pasifae e le sorelle minori, per salvarle dagli abusi paterni.

В истории Древнего Рима фигура Марка Туллия Цицерона одна из самых значительных и, возможно, самых трагических. Ученый, политик, гениальный оратор, сумевший искусством слова возвыситься до высот власти… Казалось бы, сами боги покровительствуют своему любимцу, усыпая его путь цветами. Но боги — существа переменчивые, человек в их руках — игрушка. И Рим — это не остров блаженных, Рим — это большая арена, где если не победишь ты, то соперники повергнут тебя, и часто со смертельным исходом. Заговор Катилины, неудачливого соперника Цицерона на консульских выборах, и попытка государственного переворота.

Als Elyssa, Gründerin und Königin von Karthago, auf eine Gruppe Schiffbrüchige trifft, erkennt sie im trojanischen Helden Aeneas, der aus seiner Heimat fliehen musste, ihr eigenes Schicksal. Unter der Regie von Eros entflammt eine Liebe zwischen den beiden, und sie träumen davon, Karthago in eine florierende Stadt ohne Gewalt, Niedertracht und Leid zu verwandeln. Doch die Götter haben andere Pläne und stellen Aeneas vor eine schwierige Entscheidung.

Mai era accaduto prima nella storia di Roma che due giovani dell'aristocrazia si amassero in modo così incondizionato. Dal momento in cui, giovanissimi, si riconosceranno come spiriti affini, Germanico e Agrippina non si separeranno più. Il vincolo che li unisce, del resto, è il coronamento di una grande passione, non certo un impegno formale determinato da convenienze politiche. Quando il giovane comandante è chiamato a guidare le otto legioni stanziate lungo il fiume Reno per riscattare il nome dell'Impero dopo la disfatta di Teutoburgo, Agrippina decide di seguirlo in Germania.

Арап Петра Великого — исторический роман гениального российского поэта, "солнца русской поэзии", драматурга и прозаика А. С. Пушкина (1799–1837). Автор скрупулезно собирал материалы о событиях петровской эпохи, ее традициях и образе жизни. И хотя рассказ идет о военном инженере, генерал-аншефе и прадеде Пушкина Ибрагиме, в центре повествования стоит личность Петра Великого. Задумав показать саботаж людей, которые противились реформам Петра, автор виртуозно выполнил это.

The journey of Erik the Viking is almost done but the Norns have not yet finished spinning and their webs threaten to engulf Erik, his family and his growing clan. He may be getting old, but Erik is still a force to be reckoned with and when others falter, the last Viking in the New World is...

There are many paths to power. They all come with a price. Neferura, princess and high priestess of Kemet, knows her duty is to her people. When your mother is the great Pharaoh, it is hard to forget. But Neferura's unique position at court comes with high stakes for her country, especially when she's forced to serve her vile half-brother, a man determined to stop Neferura's potential rise.

The penultimate book in Donovan Cook's epic, action packed Viking adventure. A kingdom without a crown. A boy forsaken by his God. A warrior bent on revenge. After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark’s throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarls jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed...

Troia è caduta e i greci, vittoriosi, fremono per rientrare in patria. Per farlo hanno bisogno del buon vento per l'Egeo, che tarda ad arrivare: gli dèi sono offesi poiché il corpo di re Priamo giace insepolto e profanato. I vincitori rimangono cosí in prossimità della città saccheggiata, insieme alle donne che hanno rapito.

The next instalment in Peter Gibbons' thrilling Saxon Warrior Series! In the aftermath of the great battle of Maldon, justice is demanded and vengeance will be served! 992AD King Aethelred’s the Unready’s army has been defeated at the historic Battle of Maldon by Viking invaders led by Olaf...

Ci sono voluti dieci anni ininterrotti di guerra e di sangue, di amori irrequieti e di odio inestinguibile, per sconfiggere i Troiani. Ora Odysseo deve rimettersi in viaggio con i suoi uomini per fare ritorno a Itaca. Deve riprendere la lotta, la sua sfida agli uomini, alle forze oscure della natura, al capriccioso e imperscrutabile volere degli dei, prima di poter vivere il giorno dell'esultanza. Il giorno della vendetta.

Gefürchteter Krieger und erbittertster Feind Roms: Die Lebensgeschichte des britannischen Königssohns Caratacus. Als im Jahr 43 römische Schiffe in Britannien anlanden, rechnen die Befehlshaber mit einem raschen Sieg: Das Imperium wird sich die Insel einverleiben wie viele andere Territorien zuvor. Doch trotz ihrer Disziplin und der überlegenen Waffentechnik gelingt es den Legionen nicht, die über die Insel verstreut lebenden Clans im Handstreich zu unterwerfen. Stattdessen formiert sich heftiger Widerstand gegen die Invasoren.

Taita è un umile schiavo; poeta, medico, ingegnere, sa bene come mantenere un segreto e proprio per questo è una delle proprietà che il nobile Intef considera più preziose. Eppure, quando sua figlia, la bellissima Lostris, viene data in sposa al faraone, inspiegabilmente il potente signore gli ordina di seguirla. Di colpo, Taita si ritrova immerso in un mondo di oscuri intrighi e biechi tradimenti.

Charles Boswell's short story "Monsters of Monarchy", Terror Tales, May 1940 features Roman emperor Caligula (12 BCE-24 CE), one of the most notorious Roman emperors. Known for his incestuous relationship with his sisters, and for his cruelty and madness, which culminated in Caligula naming his horse Roman consul and declaring himself a god. Caligula's brief reign and life turn into a complex and fascinating story of a boy-emperor thoroughly unprepared for the throne, who, in the early years of the Roman Empire, tried to make Rome an absolute monarchy but failed.

175 n. Chr., Vinolanda, Britannien: Die sarmatische Kavallerie wurde bei der Donauschlacht von den römischen Legionen zerschlagen. Nun muss sich Kai, ihr stolzester Krieger, das Überleben seines Volkes mit dem Versprechen erkaufen, Rom zu dienen. Obwohl die Sarmaten unter der Schmach der Niederlage leiden, sind sie bereit, für Kaiser Marc Aurel zu kämpfen und zu sterben. Aus ihrer Heimat verbannt, sollen sie sich auf dem Eisernen Weg bis zum Rand des Römischen Reiches begeben.

One of today's foremost historical novelists, Cecelia Holland explores the strange and enduring mystery of Stonehenge, one of the true wonders of the ancient and modern world. A breathtaking speculation, Pillar of the Sky is an unforgettable tale brimming with action, colorful characters, vivid detail, intelligence, and wonder, while presenting a possible history of the man-made miracle on Salisbury Plain that confounds scientists, scholars, and archaeologists to this day.

There are anxious words to describe being in unfathomable trouble. A feeling of pressure, an emotion of being in over-your-head, and a sense of being smothered. Legion Centurion Alerio Sisera was drowning in the sea and experiencing all of them. From black, to gray, to green water overhead, Alerio transitioned through the ocean layers as he swam upward. Lungs screaming for air, and his chest heaving, his body threatened to take in a breath. It became a competition between the urges of his lungs

In The Cat of Bubastes, G. A. Henty gives his listeners a fascinating picture of one of the greatest of the ancient peoples at the height of their civilization. Chebron, son of the Egyptian high priest Ameres, and Amuba, a Rebu slave in Ameres' household, are companions. Their lives are changed irrevocably when Chebron accidentally kills his sister's cat, an animal sacred to the Egyptians -- an offence punishable by death.

Любовь Федоровна Воронкова (1906–1976) — классик русской литературы, автор многих романов и повестей, которыми зачитывалось не одно поколение читателей всех возрастов. Особую известность писательнице принесли ее исторические произведения. Историческая повесть "Герой Саламина" Л. Ф. Воронковой, рассказывает о легендарных властителях и войнах античного мира.

The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. These two epics, along with the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, comprised the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition that would continue into the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. This carefully selected collection contains: The Odyssey ; The Works and Days ; Theogony ; The Complete Poems of Sappho ; Medea ; Antigone ; Agamemnon ; The Choephori ; Eumenides.