Author: George William CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great
Author: George William CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great
Author: John Bagnell BuryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
Author: Edith HallPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393244121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
"Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, Independent The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient Greeks, acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall offers a bold synthesis of the full 2,000 years of Hellenic history to show how the ancient Greeks were the right people, at the right time, to take up the baton of human progress. Hall portrays a uniquely rebellious, inquisitive, individualistic people whose ideas and creations continue to enthrall thinkers centuries after the Greek world was conquered by Rome. These are the Greeks as you’ve never seen them before.
The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC
Author: Graham ShipleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134065310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a general population at once more mobile and less involved in the political life of the Greek city.
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
Author: Robin WaterfieldPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198727887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.
The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Men and Women of the Time
Author: Victor PlarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 2856
Book Description
Men of the Time
Author: Athens on Trial
Author: Jennifer T. RobertsPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400821320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.