This text presents students with the history of Greece from the prehistoric through the Mycenaean Period, the Dark Ages, the Classical Period, the Hellenistic, and the absorption of Greek culture by Rome.
This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?
"Companion to the PBS series The Greeks"--Dust jacket.
This book provides an original and challenging answer to the question: 'Who were the Classical Greeks?
Through paintings on urns, carvings, statues, and architecture, students will learn about ancient Greek home life, food, children and schools, storytelling, and just what the Greeks did for fun.
A look at how the ancient Greeks lived
The product of decades of research, this is the story of the Greeks and their global impact told as never before.
The war hero celebrated by Homer? Or the fourth century "political animal" described by Aristotle? In this book, leading scholars show what it meant to be Greek during the classical period of Greek civilization.
In this expanded second edition the best-selling volume offers a lucid survey that: covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the Hellenistic period provides detailed discussions of the main trends ...
The Greeks
An overview of ancient Greek civilization is provided with discussions of Greek philosophy, art, and literature
This book is a portrait of Ancient Greece—but not as we know it.
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"A higher education history textbook for Greek history courses"--
The new edition has expanded coverage of the post-Classical period with major expansions in the areas of Hellenistic history, literature and philosophy.
The Greeks: The Triumphant Journey : from the Ancient Greeks and the Greek Revolution of 1821, to Greek Americans
This illustrated comprehensive and accessible history of Ancient Greece explores the rise and fall of the Greek empire, its powerful legacy for the modern world, and new discoveries shedding light on ancient Greek civilization.
' Financial Times The Greeks is a story which takes us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean and myths of gods and heroes, to the politics of the European Union today.
This volume places ancient Greek culture firmly in its political and historical context, and includes a chronological chart, maps and suggestions for further reading. The Greeksis an indispensible introduction for all students of classics.
The book includes an intensive study of the classical period, and provides an illuminating view of the Greek mind, myths and religion, life and character.The Greeks is a recognized classic, written with remarkable grace and wit.