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Cartledge, Paul

Summary: " Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.4 CAR

Summary: The Greek tragedy of Sophocles in which King Creon orders Antigone's death for burying her slain brother against the King's desire.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANT

Hanson, Victor Davis.

Contents: Pt. 1. Holy Leuktra -- pt. 2. Between peace and war -- pt. 3. The march down country -- pt. 4. Freedom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2011

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Romm, James S.

Summary: Romm's dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Rosen, Lev AC

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square and Co. 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROS

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROS

Heaney, Seamus

Summary: Sophocles' play stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's security. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been forced onto opposing sides. When Creon, king of Thebes, grants burial of one but not the "treacherous" other,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882 HEA

Marx, Jonny

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Tiger Tales 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 MAR

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