Where to Grow Bay Laurel Tree
Known as laurel by the Greeks who wore it as a garland round their heads. Also known as Bay laurel and Sweet bay. One of the most versatile herbs, Bay laurel can be grown as a tall evergreen tree with it's glossy foliage or in containers often as ... [... more]
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Delphinium
Tall spires of delphiniums add colour and drama to summer borders during their short flowering season. As classic cottage garden plants, they also give a strong vertical accent in groups of mixed perennials. The ancient Greeks thought the flower ... [... more]
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Borago officinalis
Blue flowers are always welcome in the garden. Borage is one of the most reliable sources, often flowering lavishly about 8 weeks after sowing and then sometimes continuing until the first serious frosts. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, borage ... [... more]
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Nothing beats the flavour and aroma of fresh herbs.
Herbs have been prized throughout history. Their earliest recorded use was by Neanderthal man. They were grown and eaten for both culinary and medicinal purposes by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, all of whom used them in profusion. Herbs are ... [... more]
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Gay Robins
The artists of Ancient Egypt reached a level of sophistication and technical mastery unsurpassed by other early peoples. They perfected a style which was less naturalistic than that later employed by the Greeks and Romans but which is ... [... more]
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Emily Little
Illus. in full color. "An ancient history lesson emerges from this account of the way the Greeks tricked the Trojans and rescued Helen of Troy. The book is well tailored to younger readers with careful explanations and short sentences; a ... [... more]
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Olympia Dukakis
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely... Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Why the Greeks Matter Olympia Dukakis Thomas ... [... more]
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Philip Souza
This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt to ... [... more]
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