The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with prestigious athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythian Games for Apollo at Delphi, the Isthmian Games for Poseidon, and the Nemean Games, sacred to Zeus. For over nine hundred years, the Greeks celebrated these athletic and religious festivals, a rare point of cultural unity amid the fierce regional independence of the numerous Greek city-states and kingdoms.The Crown Games...

The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education is an attempt to do so by having philosophers, literature and foreign langu...

A comprehensive collection of translated sources on the wars and world of Alexander's successorsSuccessors to Alexander the Great brings together—for the first time in a single collection—the essential translated sources for the tumultuous period following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. Spanning Greek, Latin, Persian Babylonian, Egyptian, and epigraphic materials, this volume provides direct access to a wide range of documents that illuminate...

A Lakota shaman embarks on a quest to exorcise a dangerous ghost in this true account of paranormal activity and spiritual power.A summoning gone awry leads to problems for Penelope, who is driven from her home by phantom parties, a dancing stove, and demonic force that toss her around like a ragdoll. Looking for help, she turns to her friend Robbie, who brings her to David Rountree, a Lakota shaman.Robbie and David embark on a desperate search for metaphysi...