The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world
London : Allen Lane, 1999. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, not-price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420677
ISBN: 0713992247
Physical description; xvii, 494 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-478) and index. Contents; Recreating the world of Ancient Greece -- The formation of the Greek world -- Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state -- An expanding world: 800-500 B.C. -- New identities: the consolidation of the city-state -- Underlying patterns: land and slavery -- Underlying patterns: spiritual life -- Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age -- Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars -- The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C. -- The Athenian democracy -- Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals -- Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C. --Relationships -- Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C. -- Alexander -- The Hellenistic world -- Mathematics, science, and medicine -- The Greeks and Rome -- The Greeks in the Roman Empire -- Conclusion the Greek achievement. Subjects; Civilization, Modern Greek influences. Historiography. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Influence. Greece History 146 B.C.-323 A.D.
Price: €14.95