Why the ancient Greeks matter : the problematic miracle that was Greece

Author(s)

• Netz, Reviel

Bibliographic Information

Why the ancient Greeks matter : the problematic miracle that was Greece

Reviel Netz

Cambridge University Press, 2025

Note

Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-183) and index

Summary:"The ancient Greeks were consequential - not by creating "timeless values", but by questioning them. This book is for anyone interested in the ancient world and its modern meaning and follows the history of science and of the literary canon to reveal how the Greeks set off a train of progress"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

• The problematic Greek miracle
• A less problematic miracle : Greek science
• A less problematic canon : from the polis of letters to civil society
• Post-miracle

Details

• NCID: BD09942662
• ISBN:
  • 9781009505598
• LCCN: 2024042272
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 188 pages
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : CB430
  • DC23 : 938
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civilization, Modern -- Greek influences
  • LCSH : Science, Ancient
  • LCSH : Canon (Literature)