The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world
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The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world
（Penguin books）
Penguin Putnam, 2000
- : pbk.
- : hc.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The achievements of the ancient Greeks form the cornerstone of modern western civilization. This text traces the entire course of ancient Greek history across thousands of years - from the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the Bronze Age through the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. The account celebrates the incredible range of Greek achievement: the architectural marvels of the Athenian Acropolis; the birth of drama and the timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles; Homer's epics; the philosophical revolutions of Plato and Aristotle; and the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Table of Contents
- Recreating the world of Ancient Greece
- the formation of the Greek world
- Homer's world - heroes and the coming of city-state
- an expanding world - 800-550 BC
- new identities - the consolidation of the city-state
- underlying patterns - land and slavery
- underlying patterns - spiritual life
- revolutions in wisdom - new directions in the Archaic age
- creating the Barbarian - the Persian Wars
- the fifth century - the politics of power 479-404 BC
- the Athenian democracy
- homage for Dionysus - the drama festivals
- man is the measure - philosophers and speculators, 450-330 BC
- relationships
- transitions - the Greek world in the fourth century BC
- 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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