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Introducing the ancient Greeks : from Bronze Age seafarers to navigators of the Western mind
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Introducing the ancient Greeks : from Bronze Age seafarers to navigators of the Western mind / Edith Hall.
ISBN
9780393239980 (hardcover)
0393239985 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Physical Description
xxviii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
Examines the ancient Greeks, from the rise of the Mycenaean kingdoms to the victory of Christianity over paganism, focusing on the qualities that characterized the widely diffused Mediterranean people over the long course of their history.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ten characteristics of the ancient Greeks
Seafaring Mycenaeans
The creation of Greece
Frogs and dolphins round the pond
Inquiring Ionians
The open society of Athens
Spartan inscrutability
The rivalrous Macedonians
God-kings and libraries
Greek minds and Roman power
Pagan Greeks and Christians.
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