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A SHORT HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE
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| By: |
P. J. Rhodes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£85.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780765932 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780765938 |
| Publisher: |
I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD. |
| Pub. date: |
30 September, 2014 |
| Series: |
I.B. Tauris Short Histories |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Explores the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods up to the beginning of Roman hegemony. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this book attracts students and non-specialists in equal measure. |
| Synopsis: |
Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world. P J Rhodes is among the most distinguished historians of antiquity. In this elegant, zesty new survey he explores the archaic (8th - early 5th centuries BCE), classical (5th and 4th centuries BCE) and Hellenistic (late 4th - mid-2nd centuries BCE) periods up to the beginning of Roman hegemony. His scope is that of the people who originated on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands who later migrated to the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and then (following the conquests of Alexander) to the Near East and beyond. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this authoritative book will attract students and non-specialists in equal measure. |
| Illustrations: |
40 bw in 16pp plates, 5 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
I.B.Tauris |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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