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The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world / Charles Freeman.
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New York :: Penguin Books,
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2000.
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xvii, 494 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Originally published: [New York] : Viking, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-478) and index.
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Monograph
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014029323X 9780140293234;
Abstract:
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.
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