Ancient Greek Civilization

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John Wiley & Sons, Aug 31, 2011 - History - 320 pages

A concise narrative of Greek history and an analysis of the literature, art, and thought of the ancient Greeks.

  • Tells the story of Greek civilization from the from the Minoan Period to the time of the Byzantine Empire
  • Surveys the remarkable culture and history the ancient Greeks
  • Explores the ways in which Greek civilization has been continually reinvented from antiquity to the present day
  • Updated edition includes additional illustrations, maps, and timelines, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography
 

Contents

THE GREEKS AND THE BRONZE
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IRON AGE GREECE
THE POEMS OF HESIOD AND HOMER
Hellenistic
LOOKING FORWARD
Glossary
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About the author (2011)

David Sansone is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has published extensively on Greek language and literature, including literary and textual criticism of Greek tragedy and Plutarch’s Lives and a theoretical study of the origin of sport. He has been on the Board of Directors of the American Philological Association and held a number of editorial positions, among them the editorship of Illinois Classical Studies and membership of the editorial boards of Classical Philology and Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

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