Short History of Ancient Greece

Short History of Ancient Greece

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PJ Rhodes
Bloomsbury Publishing
EAN: 9780857735515
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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 peoples 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.
EAN 9780857735515
ISBN 0857735519
Binding Ebook
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date September 25, 2014
Pages 256
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors PJ Rhodes
Series Short Histories