{"title":"Robert Garland","description":"Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University. He is the author of Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great and The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World.","products":[{"product_id":"athens-burning-the-persian-invasion-of-greece-and-the-evacuation-of-attica-paperback","title":"Athens Burning: The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes' victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abroad. Women and children were sent to one safe haven, the elderly to another, while all men of military age were conscripted into the fleet. During this difficult year of exile, the city of Athens was set on fire not once, but twice. In \u003cem\u003eAthens Burning\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Garland explores the reasons behind the decision to abandon Attica, the peninsular region of Greece that includes Athens, while analyzing the consequences, both material and psychological, of the resulting invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarland introduces readers to the contextual background of the Greco-Persian wars, which include the famous Battle of Marathon. He describes the various stages of the invasion from both the Persian and Greek point of view and explores the siege of the Acropolis, the defeat of the Persians first by the allied Greek navy and later by the army, and, finally, the return of the Athenians to their land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking its inspiration from the sufferings of civilians, \u003cem\u003eAthens Burning\u003c\/em\u003e also works to dispel the image of the Persians as ruthless barbarians. Addressing questions that are largely ignored in other accounts of the conflict, including how the evacuation was organized and what kind of facilities were available to the refugees along the way, Garland demonstrates the relevance of ancient history to the contemporary world. This compelling story is especially resonant in a time when the news is filled with the suffering of nearly 5 million people driven by civil war from their homes in Syria. Aimed at students and scholars of ancient history, this highly accessible book will also fascinate anyone interested in the burgeoning fields of refugee and diaspora studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367070335199,"sku":"9781421421964","price":44.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/mIIhtMPO_k9781421421964.webp?v=1789102305"},{"product_id":"what-to-expect-when-youre-dead-an-ancient-tour-of-death-and-the-afterlife-hardcover","title":"What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death--and what we might learn from them\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lively story of death, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Expect When You're Dead\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fascinating death-related beliefs and practices of a wide range of ancient cultures and traditions--Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Hindu, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, and Islamic. By drawing on the latest scholarship on ancient archaeology, art, literature, and funerary inscriptions, Robert Garland invites readers to put themselves in the sandals of ancient peoples and to imagine their mental state moment by moment as they sought--in ways that turn out to be remarkably similar to ours--to assist the dead on their journey to the next world and to understand life's greatest mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat to Expect When You're Dead\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the ways ancient peoples answered questions such as: How to achieve a good death and afterlife? What's the best way to dispose of a body? Do the dead face a postmortem judgement--and where do they end up? Do the dead have bodies in the afterlife--and can they eat, drink, and have sex? And what can the living do to stay on good terms with the nonliving? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with intriguing stories and frequent humor, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Expect When You're Dead\u003c\/i\u003e will be a morbidly delicious treat for every reader alive.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377598496991,"sku":"9780691266176","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AlLuQto-E19780691266176.webp?v=1789236155"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-garland.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}