Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC
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Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC
（Routledge history of the ancient world）
Routledge, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415035828
Description
The archaic Greek world was the world in which Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" were composed, in which the Doric and Ionic orders of architecture were invented, in which athletic competition first became a cultural event and in which democracy was invented. Archaic Greece is also a period of prehistory. No Greek writer ever attempted to describe or analyze the events of his own lifetime or of the immediate past until Herodotos and Thucydides. Our knowledge of Greece before 479 BC is dependent on the stories which the later Greeks told about their past and the indirect testimony of the material and poetic monuments of the archaic age. This book shows how we can write the history of this period, and the insights which can be gained by doing so for our understanding of later periods of history. It goes beyond tradition and exploits the literature, art, and archaeology of the period. With illustrations, this book aims to make information readily accessible and to put the reader in touch with the latest scholarship on the subject.
Table of Contents
1. The Traditions of History, 2. The Problem of Beginnings, 3. Setting the Stage, 4. Forming Communities: the eigth century B.C., 5. The World of Hesiod and of Homer, 6. Reforming Communities: the seventh century, 7. The Greek World in 600 B.C., 8. Inter-relating Cities: the short sixth century (600-520 B.C.), 9. The Transformation of Archaic Greece 529-479 B.C.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415035835
Description
Greece in the Making 1200-479 B.C. shows how we can write the history of this period, and the insights which can be gained by doing so for our understanding of later periods of history. It goes beyond tradition and exploits the literature, art, and archaeology of the period. Richly illustrated, this book makes much new information readily accessible and puts the reader in touch with the latest scholarship on the subject.
Table of Contents
1. The Traditions of History, 2. The Problem of Beginnings, 3. Setting the Stage, 4. Forming Communities: the eigth century B.C., 5. The World of Hesiod and of Homer, 6. Reforming Communities: the seventh century, 7. The Greek World in 600 B.C., 8. Inter-relating Cities: the short sixth century (600-520 B.C.), 9. The Transformation of Archaic Greece 529-479 B.C.
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