The Greeks
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The Greeks
（Penguin books, . Penguin history）
Penguin, c1957
Available at 14 libraries
Note
Reprint. Originally published in 1951, and then reprtinted with revisions in 1957
Originally issued in series: Pelican books
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE FORMATION OF THE GREEK PEOPLE
3 THE COUNTRY
4 HOMER
5 THE POLIS
6 CLASSICAL GREECE: THE EARLY PERIOD
7 CLASSICAL GREECE: THE FIFTH CENTURY
8 THE GREEKS AT WAR
9 THE DECLINE OF THE POLIS
10 THE GREEK MIND
11 MYTH AND RELIGION
12 LIFE AND CHARACTER
INDEX
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