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The Laughter of Aphrodite: A Novel about Sappho of Lesbos Best-selling classicist Peter Green recreates the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho in this beautifully conceived, sharply detailed work of historical imagination. We meet Sappho at the age of fifty, when she is shaken by her fatal and final love affair with Phaon. She narrates her own story from the vantage point of self-questioning middle age, and her candid meditations make intimate, engrossing reading. |
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The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece There are several good translations of the Quest for the Golden Fleece but I consider this book to be the most readable. It also has a complete index and an informative glossary. Any book by Peter Green is guaranteed to be enjoyable as well as educational. |
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Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 BCE There’s no shortage of biographies available on Alexander the Great, but Peter Green’s Alexander of Macedon is one of the finest. The prose is crisp and clear, and within a few pages readers become absorbed in the world that made Alexander, and then the story of how Alexander remade it. |
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The Greco-Persian Wars A wonderful book with lots of on-site observations and insights. Popular classicist Peter Green offers an engrossing narrative of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians. |
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The Hellenistic Age: A Short History This book is another of Peter Green’s prolific attempts to personalize and dramatize life in ancient Greece; although somewhat difficult to read in some places, the book sticks to the point and covers the Hellenistic Era with thoroughness and unquestionable familiarity with the subject matter. |
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Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 BCE to Octavian’s final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literary critics. Yet few scholars have attempted the daunting task of seeing the period whole, of refracting its achievements and reception through the lens of a single critical mind. |
