A Brief History Of Ancient Greece

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132216651

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small group of people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations ever. Comprehensive and balanced, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, Second Edition is a shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, Second Edition (OUP, 2008). Four leading authorities on the classical world offer a lively and up-to-date account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, and integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history. They show how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors but eventually developed a distinctive culture all their own, one that was marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, this compact volume provides an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students and general readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.

Author : Stephen Colvin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118610725

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A Brief History of Ancient Greek by Stephen Colvin Pdf

A Brief History of Ancient Greek accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day. Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 - 300 BC) Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development of Ancient Greek to its social and political context Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koiné Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,David Tandy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0190925302

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece by Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,David Tandy Pdf

Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivatingstudy covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, while integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history.

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0199846049

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Ancient Greece by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

A Political, Social, and Cultural History is a comprehensive and balanced history, covering the political, military, social, cultural, and economic history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Era.

Author : Anastasios-Phoivos Christidēs,Maria Arapopoulou,Maria Chritē
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521833073

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A History of Ancient Greek by Anastasios-Phoivos Christidēs,Maria Arapopoulou,Maria Chritē Pdf

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Author : Nancy H. Demand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Greece
ISBN : IND:32000001718453

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A History of Ancient Greece in Its Mediterranean Context by Nancy H. Demand Pdf

Author : Rowena Loverance,Tim Wood
Publisher : Heinemann Library
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Greece
ISBN : 0600573877

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Ancient Greece by Rowena Loverance,Tim Wood Pdf

See Through History is a series of information books for 8-12 year olds. Each book is packed with information, quotations and captions providing a thorough description of the times. This book explores Ancient Greece. Each book in the series features acetate-based cutaway illustrations.

Author : PJ Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857735515

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A Short History of Ancient Greece by PJ Rhodes Pdf

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world. P J Rhodes is among the most distinguished historians of antiquity. In this elegant, zesty new survey he explores the archaic (8th–early 5th centuries BCE), classical (5th and 4th centuries BCE) and Hellenistic (late 4th–mid-2nd centuries BCE) periods up to the beginning of Roman hegemony. His scope is that of the peoples who originated on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands who later migrated to the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and then (following the conquests of Alexander) to the Near East and beyond. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this authoritative book will attract students and non-specialists in equal measure.

Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 9780198727880

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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens by Robin Waterfield Pdf

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.

Author : Mary Taliaferro Boatwright,Daniel J. Gargola,Noel Emmanuel Lenski,Richard J. A. Talbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Rome
ISBN : 0199987556

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A Brief History of the Romans by Mary Taliaferro Boatwright,Daniel J. Gargola,Noel Emmanuel Lenski,Richard J. A. Talbert Pdf

Revised edition of: A brief history of ancient Rome. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Author : Charles W. Fornara
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520314405

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The Nature of History in Ancient Greece and Rome by Charles W. Fornara Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Author : Nathaniel Harris
Publisher : Hamlyn (UK)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0600598098

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History of Ancient Rome by Nathaniel Harris Pdf

It was the greatest empire ever, with an unconquerable army, larger-than-life rulers, impressive structures, richly developed art and philosophy, and a vast, advanced culture. Any discussion of our own civilization's law, religion, war, and literature must invoke Rome's name. From the republic's establishment to its timeless legacy, follow the thrilling narrative of Rome's history, impressively illustrated with more than 200 photographs, drawings, and paintings. The spectacular remains are scattered over three continents, and its influence will never fade.

Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Greece
ISBN : 9781847922588

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Introducing the Ancient Greeks by Edith Hall Pdf

Who were the ancient Greeks? They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. But what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? The ancient Greeks were a geographically disparate people whose civilization lasted over twenty centuries - and that made us who we are today. And here Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this scattered people, identifying ten unique personality traits that she shows to be unique and central to the widespread ancient Greeks. Hall introduces a people who are inquisitive, articulate and open-minded but also rebellious, individualistic, competitive and hedonistic. They prize excellence above all things but love to laugh. And, central to their identity, they are seafarers whose relationship with the sea underpins every aspect of their society. Expertly researched and elegantly told, this indispensable introduction unveils a civilization of incomparable richness and a people of astounding complexity.

Author : Claude Orrieux,Pauline Schmitt-Pantel
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0631203095

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A History of Ancient Greece by Claude Orrieux,Pauline Schmitt-Pantel Pdf

This is a major, single-volume introduction to the whole of Ancient Greek History. It covers the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC and the transfer of Greek culture to Byzantium in the fourth century AD.

Author : C. E. Robinson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446546970

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Hellas - A Short History of Ancient Greece by C. E. Robinson Pdf

In Greek History, someone has said, little that happened mattered much; it was what the Greeks thought that counted. This, broadly speaking, is the truth; and here I have tried to lay the main emphasis on Greek ideas, setting them against the background of historic events. Obviously the best clue to their understanding is to be found in what the Greeks themselves wrote; and, though no English version can be an adequate substitute, I have given in translation whatever passages appear to me most revealing. With these it has been my object to convey effectively the author’s meaning rather than slavishly to reproduce his phraseology; and I have taken, I confess, some liberty with the task, abbreviating by frequent omissions of words, clauses and even whole sentences, occasionally elaborating to bring out the full sense, and above all recasting the original syntactic construction in approximation to our own modern idiom. In the illustrations, similarly, I have here and there allowed myself the licence of reconstruction when details have suffered through accident or age. I have to record with gratitude my great debt to Mrs. Eric James and Mr. W. H. Plommer and Mr. L. F. R. Audemars for valuable criticisms and suggestions. My thanks are also due to Messrs. Methuen, the publishers of my “History of Greece,” for permission to produce this complementary volume. It may be that the reader will be encouraged to further study of the subject; and on certain points—few among many which limits of space have compelled me to summarize or omit—I have ventured to insert a cross-reference.