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Ancient Greece: Spartans and The Trojan Horse (Ancient Greece History Books) Kindle Edition

by Patrick Auerbach (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Spartans: The True and Brutal Story Of How The Spartans Become The Strongest Warriors In History

480 B. C.

Proud Xerxes, Emperor of Persia and King of Kings, invades Greece with a million soldiers. He commands thousands of ships and is supported by dozens of allies, among them the charming Queen Artemisia.

At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.

Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history. One that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale.

Read how The Spartans became the strongest warriors in history.

Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the Trojan War

The story of the Trojan War, fought between Greeks and the defenders of the city of Troy in Anatolia sometime in the late Bronze Age, has grabbed the imagination for millennia. A conflict between Mycenaeans and Hittites may well have occurred, but its representation in epic literature such as Homer’s Iliad is almost certainly more myth than reality. Nevertheless, it has defined and shaped the way ancient Greek culture has been viewed right up to the 21st century CE. The story of gods and heroic warriors is perhaps one of the richest single surviving sources from antiquity and offers insights into the warfare, religion, customs, and attitudes of the ancient Greeks.

The main source for our knowledge of the Trojan War is Homer’s Iliad (written sometime in the 8th century BCE) where he recounts 53 days during the final year of the ten year conflict. The Greeks imagined the war to have occurred some time in the 13th century BCE. However, the war was also the subject of a long oral tradition prior to Homer’s work, and this, combined with other sources such as the fragmentary Epic Cycle poems, give us a more complete picture of what exactly the Greeks thought of as the Trojan War.

The Trojan War, in Greek tradition, started as a way for Zeus to reduce the ever-increasing population of humanity and, more practically, as an expedition to reclaim Helen, wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon. Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris (also known as Alexandros) and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in a competition with Athena and Hera at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Menelaos and the Greeks wanted her back and to avenge Trojan impudence.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01L9ESASO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (August 29, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 29, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2685 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 123 pages
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3.9 out of 5 stars
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ICUAlex
3.0 out of 5 stars An OK read, section on Trojan War lacking detail & references
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020
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This is another compilation of former works: this one includes 2 books - 'Spartans' and 'Trojan Horse'. If you already have these ebooks, you're set as there is no new information offered in this collection. IMHO, the first book is certainly the better of the two. It's better written, more detailed and better referenced. The second book is not nearly as good; it would be nice if the author released a more thorough update.

Overall, I do like the author's writing style as it holds my attention, is enjoyable to read and is educational. However, the lack of detail and references of the second book bring down the overall quality, hence 3 stars.
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Phil
4.0 out of 5 stars Greece and Its Wsrs
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017
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An enjoyable read but less than expected. Of the two, the reading of King Leonides and the Spartan way of life was more interesting.
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Elizabeth M.
5.0 out of 5 stars It is a decent and instructive book! I preferred ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018
It is a decent and instructive book! I preferred this very much.An intriguing history lesson in an elegantly composed and effortlessly comprehended book.I prescribe it to any individual who needs to learn of the old world.
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francis jing
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing to read
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2016
Amazing to read,Ancient Greece has a lot of wonderful stories.In this book,explained,detailed and well written also on how the life of Spartans are,how they trained to become a great and powerful warriors during ancient time.A very big difference between that era and now but nice to know it.
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