Greek Wars

256 BC: When a patrol boat of butchered Legionaries washes up on a beach, Lance Corporal Alerio Sisera volunteers to be the scout for the Legion's response. But, he runs into complications and is forced to exceed his assignment. Suddenly, he finds himself in a blood feud with a powerful enemy, posted at a besieged harbor garrison, and fighting for his life against overwhelming odds. Reinforcements are not coming. Surrounded by enemies, it's up to Alerio to battle with his gladius while standing in bloody water.

Alana’s village was ravaged by the Empire, her family killed, and her friends enslaved. Now, hidden deep in the forest, she plans to avenge her loved ones. Legend has it that the Sword of Ares, a magical weapon wielded by the god of War, will have the power to defeat the enemies of her tribe and unite all other barbarian lands under her cause. Now she must escape the watchful eye of her enemy and find the Sword before her tribe is wiped from the face of the Empire. But the Sword holds ancient secrets that should be left undisturbed. Secrets that could bring back an evil that the gods ...

Calliope Adham—young, strong-willed, and recently widowed—is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler's army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades. Calliope's wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit, the Wehrmacht commander. The schoolmistress is an active member of the Greek Resistance, yet her friendship with the German blossoms against all odds.

The Adventures of Odysseus is the story of what happened after the Trojan War when Odysseus, the most cunning of all the Greek heroes, left Troy and made his way back home to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It was first told by a poet named Homer nearly 3,000 years ago and is retold in this new version especially for younger listeners.

Revised and Updated. ★ Deep Secrets and Mysteries of this High-Level Principality, Contains Strategic Prayers of Warfare to Stop Her Activities. Hell Doesn’t Want you to Know this. ★ The Queen of the Coast seeks to rule and reign on every coast, area, or environment all over the world. On each coast, she establishes her throne and with a view to ruling without rival. To achieve this, she introduces and promotes a particular sin, lifestyle, traditions or customs, that will oppose God's word and once such are accepted by people on that coast, they became enemies of God and will remain ...

An ancient drug will determine humanity's futureMakry ypno. Long Sleep. Lost in the darkness of history for millennia, referenced only in obscure Greek medical texts, this strange plant holds the key to allowing humanity to survive global threats by escaping to the stars. That is, if a team of mercenaries with a grudge doesn't get it first. Dr. Dan Kotler—polymathic anthropologist and FBI consultant—teams with his FBI partner, Agent Roland Denzel, to investigate the murder of an archaeobiologist, hot on the trail of a source for makry ypno. All signs point to the possibility of its ...

In this book, Vallianatos paints a picture of freedom in Greek history and civilization. Freedom for the Greeks, he says, has been like breathing air. He documents how freedom gave birth to the great achievements of Greek civilization. The Greeks repeatedly defeated large invading Persian armies in early fifth century BCE. Those heroic victories secured Greek and Western civilization. Modern Greeks also won over large Turkish forces in the 1820s, thus establishing the independence of Greece. In 1940, the Greeks defeated a large Italian army, winning the first victory of WWII. The result of ...

The second volume in the trilogy that re-envisions Homer's Odyssey is once again told from the viewpoint of Alexi, the young Trojan boy. Captured by Odysseus after the fall of Troy, Alexi is forced to accompany the Greeks on their sea journey home to Ithaca. Cursed by the Sea God contains many of the iconic adventures of the homeward journey, including the encounter with the keeper of the winds, the descent into Hades, the fateful visit to the cannibal Laestrygonians and many more.

In the shadow of a mountain, Rogon, the Dark Captain — slain by his enemies — stirs to life. Bearing the Gauntlet of the Demiurge, he awakens more powerful than ever before. Not far away, Theron, hero of the Southron War, embarks on a quest to avenge the Oracle for her betrayal. With the centaur Aigon at his side, he navigates a country torn asunder by war, ignorant of the power the Dark Captain has unleashed. The sixth book of the Wind of Destiny series.

Peter Blunden, a New Zealand soldier captured in Crete, jumps from a train and escapes from his Nazi captors. He is taken into a safe house by Mrs. Tasoula, a dressmaker and a member of the Greek resistance movement. She employs several young dressmakers including Thalia Christidou, who wonders why the door to a room off the living room is always locked. This arrangement works well for some time, but the Germans are everywhere and there is mounting concern that the men will be discovered. Thalia sees them by accident, and soon Peter and Thalia become close.

The city of Illharek teeters on the edge of war. Rival godsworn battle in both the Suburban streets and the Senate chambers. And in the fields and forests, a Taliri army plots its attack. When a rebel faction of Taliri offers to help defeat Tal'Shik, Dekklis sends Snow and her partner, Veiko, north to Cardik's ruins. The Taliri say that Tal'Shik's avatar lives in the ruins, and they want Snow and Veiko to kill her. Instead, they discover a city full of angry dead, betrayal, and an unexpected ally.

Alekos wants to be a mighty Greek soldier like Achilles! Despite being too small to fight, he stows away on a military ship. When an opportunity to ask his hero how to learn bravery and be a fierce warrior arises, will he be brave enough to take it?

The woman that sits upon many waters is a principality in control of the kingdom of water spirit. She is one of the most dangerous principality that Satan trust so much to accomplish his evil activities on earth. She projects herself into every leadership level to control the inhabitants through every leader from the family level to the last level of every government. She is in charge of all the cults, witchcrafts operations and every evil group. She is to Satan whom the Holy Spirit is to God and the general overseer of every dead church. Through her evil covenants, networks, she sits upon ...

The Quest is the story about a young boy’s dream of someday returning to his family’s home on the island of Crete. Pericles grew up listening to his grandfather tell stories of the Greek myths and life in the family’s former home. His family had come to live in Romania before Pericles was born but he is determined that someday he will go back to Crete himself. By the time Pericles is old enough to embark on his quest, Romania is in Communist hands and it is impossible to leave the country. Determined, Pericles travels on foot, alone through the mountains. Eventually he arrives in ...

A compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction that draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.

Did Helen choose to run off to Troy with Paris, or did he force her to go with him? Two orphans of the Trojan War, the tragic conflict Helen’s elopement or abduction precipitated, search for the answer to one of the oldest questions in history—and discover much more.

One single moment, one simple decision, is all it takes for destiny to arise and transform a person’s life. For Sebastian Petras, that fateful moment came soon after the Nazis occupied Athens. The decision to shelter British soldiers, who had been left behind enemy lines, forever changed not only his life, but the lives of everyone in his family.

Die antiken Griechen haben viele der gesellschaftlichen Strukturen erfunden, die wir heute noch nutzen: dazu gehören beispielsweise die Geschichten der griechischen Mythologie, die wir in Schulen und Hochschulen studieren, die Olympischen Spiele, und vieles mehr.

The poet Titos Patrikios at 93 years of age certainly can feel content with his many years in poetry from 1940ies to today an eighty year long career of artistic activity; his voluminous work has endured time, has been read and re-read, has received positive comments and reviews as well as criticisms. He has never shied away from showing up anywhere he’s been invited, indeed he has become an icon in the Athens poetic circles and the social dimension of his poetry has been, and still is, a point of reference for both its political overtones, its cultural foundation but also its technical ...

After the death of his beloved father, Marcellus Archmidean gallantly accepts the role of Greece's new General. Though he always knew this day would come, he was not prepared for the events that would ensue. Following a direct threat from the Empire of Rome, Marcellus must use his skills in battle to train men who had yet to clutch the staff of a spear. As he trains his new recruits, a godly war wages in his mind. Mars, the Roman God of War and Ares, the Grecian God of War, stake claim to Marcellus' success in the upcoming battle. They offer him strength, family, honor, and more but which ...