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The Antikythera Mechanism
In Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and Its Demise, Evaggelos Vallianatos, historian and ecopolitical theorist, shows that after the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BCE, the Greeks, especially in Egypt, reached unprecedented heights of achievements in science, technology, and civilization. The Antikythera Mechanism, an astronomical computer probably crafted in Rhodes in the second century BCE, was proof of that prowess. It’s the grandfather of our computers. Greek sponge divers discovered the Antikythera Mechanism in 1900 on a 2,100-year-old Roman-era shipwreck. The hand-powered device reveals a sophisticated Gree...
Balkan Studies
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Antiquity and Enlightenment Culture
This volume explores the place of antiquity in Enlightenment Europe. It considers the contexts, questions, and agendas that shaped eighteenth-century engagements with the ancient world, shedding new light on familiar figures and recovering forgotten chapters in this European story.
The Believer
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Wilhelm Müller und der Philhellenismus
Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827) zählt zu den bedeutendsten Exponenten des deutschen Philhellenismus. Seinen Zeitgenossen unter dem Spitznamen „Griechen-Müller“ bekannt, verstand er es, mit agitatorischen, landes- und volkskundlichen Texten und Übersetzungen die Begeisterung für den griechischen Freiheitskampf gegen die osmanische Besatzung zu schüren und zugleich gegen das Regime der Restaurationszeit aufzubegehren. Der vorliegende Band untersucht die literarische Produktion des „Griechen-Müller“ im Kontext des deutschen und internationalen Philhellenismus, seine publizistische Arbeit sowie seine internationale Rezeption. Hierbei geht es ebenso um die Bedeutung des Philhellenismus für das Gesamtwerk Müllers wie um die spezifische Leistung Müllers im Rahmen dieses europäischen Projektes.
The History of Greece
This complete history of Greece documents ancient times to the present, giving specific attention to its emergence as a modern European nation after the destruction, disease, and death Greece suffered during World War II and the subsequent civil war. Modern Greece started as a monarchy in 1832, with just a fraction of the land it now encompasses. The nation of Greece finally forged its identity in the 19th and 20th centuries after emerging from 400 years of Ottoman domination. This book traces the development of Greece from the Minoan civilization of Crete to modern times, telling the story of how Greece added territory and experienced fierce growing pains—including coups, dictatorships, depressions, enormous influxes of immigrants, and wars—before evolving into today's modern democratic state. The History of Greece provides both an overview of Greece's early history as well as an examination of the difficulties that emerged in 2009 and 2010, such as its recent financial problems and social unrest. Quotes from Greek politicians, scholars, poets, and ordinary citizens are included to communicate Greece's national character.
