A Short History Of Ancient Greece

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : PJ Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : James Jerome Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415897457

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A Short History of Writing Instruction by James Jerome Murphy Pdf

A Short History of Writing Instruction preserves the legacy of writing instruction from antiquity to contemporary times with a unique focus on the material, educational, and institutional context of the Western rhetorical tradition.

Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345494573

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Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell Pdf

With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood. Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy. Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,David Tandy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : C. E. Robinson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,8 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.

Author : PJ Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786739582

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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 people 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 : Cyril Edward Robinson
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Greece
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006465202

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Hellas by Cyril Edward Robinson Pdf

""In Greek history," says Mr. Robinson, "little that happened mattered much; it is what the Greeks thought that counted." It has counted so much, indeed, that no one of us can enter into his European cultural inheritance without some knowledge of what the Greeks thought. Study of the Greeks transcends antiquarianism: their experience is permanently relevant and perennially capable of providing illumination and direction for our own spiritual problems. It is upon this illumination that Mr. Robinson has focused his book; his aim is to present the aspects of Greek history that are of abiding and direct interest to the thoughtful modern. In the sense that a span requiring six stout volumes of the Cambridge Ancient Hstory is here dealt with in fewer than two hundred pages, this is a popularization; but it is a popularization of the right sort, done by a mature scholar whose more technical work compels respect for his general interpretations."--Foreword

Author : Nicholas K. Rauh,Heidi E. Kraus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442603875

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A Short History of the Ancient World by Nicholas K. Rauh,Heidi E. Kraus Pdf

A Short History of the Ancient World begins with the Bronze Age and ends with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Rather than restricting his analysis to the Greek and Roman experience, Rauh introduces students to ancient Africa, Israel, Egypt, Iran, China, and the Indian subcontinent. To aid students on their journey into the ancient world, Rauh has provided key terms and definitions, "What Have We Learned" review points, and an engaging art program that includes 51 images within the "Art in Focus" and "Materials and Techniques" features. Informative maps, chronologies, and tables also give students a closer look into the rise and fall of these great civilizations. Learning extends beyond the book with UTP's History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com) which includes relevant essay and multiple choice questions. With A Short History of the Ancient World, Rauh has crafted a comprehensive exploration of humanity's most fascinating early civilizations.

Author : Mary Taliaferro Boatwright,Daniel J. Gargola,Noel Emmanuel Lenski,Richard J. A. Talbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 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 : Nancy Day
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822530767

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Your Travel Guide to Ancient Greece by Nancy Day Pdf

Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in ancient Greece, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.

Author : Cyril Edward Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Greece
ISBN : LCCN:s55013569

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Hellas by Cyril Edward Robinson Pdf

Author : Peter John Rhodes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0755694546

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A Short History of Ancient Greece by Peter John Rhodes Pdf

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199601349

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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Cartledge Pdf

Introduces major topics in ancient Greek civilization through the development of eleven characteristic city states, ranging from prehistoric Cnossos through Byzantion, and including the future Marseilles as well as Athens and Sparta.

Author : Carolyn Willekes
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508186335

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Greek Warriors by Carolyn Willekes Pdf

While Achilles and the other heroes who fought in the Trojan War are, as far as we know, fictional, the warriors of Ancient Greece are nearly as fascinating. The volume traces the evolution of the ancient Greek warrior, from the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, to the rise of Macedonia under Philip II and Alexander the Great. Attention is paid to infantry, including the famous hoplites, cavalry, and naval forces. Sidebars highlight key concepts and figures, while photographs of ancient sculpture, vase paintings, and artifacts offer a glimpse into this distant world.