The Greek World

Author : Anton Powell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134698646

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The Greek World by Anton Powell Pdf

Studying from the Mycenean to the late Hellenistic period, this work includes new articles by twenty-seven specialists of ancient Greece, and presents an examination of the Greek cultures of mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Italy. With the chapters sharing the theme of social history, this fascinating book focuses on women, the poor, and the slaves – all traditionally seen as beyond the margins of powerand includes the study of figures who were on the literal margins of the Greek world. Bringing to the forefront the research into areas previously thought of as marginal, Anton Powell sheds new light on vital topics and authors who are central to the study of Greek culture. Plato’s reforms are illuminated through a consideration of his impatient and revolutionary attitude to women, and Powell also examines how the most potent symbol of central Greek history – the Parthenon – can be understood as a political symbol when viewed with the knowledge of the cosmetic techniques used by classical Athenian women. The Greek World is a stimulating and enlightening interaction of social and political history, comprehensive, and unique to boot, students will undoubtedly benefit from the insight and knowledge it imparts.

Author : Diana Bowder
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0671501593

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Who was who in the Greek World, 776 BC-30 BC by Diana Bowder Pdf

Author : Lawrence A. Tritle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134524679

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The Greek World in the Fourth Century by Lawrence A. Tritle Pdf

The contributors in this volume present a systematic survey of the struggles of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to dominate Greece in the fourth century - only to be overwhelmed by the newly emerging Macedonian kingdom of Philip II. Additionally, the situation of Greeks in Sicily, Italy and Asia is portrayed, showing the geographical and political diffusion of the Greeks in a broader historical context. This book will provide the reader with a clearly drawn and vivid picture of the main events and leading personalities in this decisive period of Greek history.

Author : John Hazel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134592517

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Who's Who in the Roman World by John Hazel Pdf

Who's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from the 5th century BC to AD 364, this is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to an era which continues to fascinate today. The figures included come from all walks of Roman life and include some of history's most famous - not to mention infamous - figures as well as hitherto little-known, but no less fascinating, characters. These include : * the notorious emperors - Caligula; Nero; Elagabalus; Commodus * the great poets, philosophers and historians - Virgil; Tacitus; Seneca; Ovid * the brilliant politicians and soldiers - Hannibal; Scipio; Caesar; Mark Antony; Constantine * noteworthy citizens - Acte, mistress of Nero; Catiline, the revolutionary; Spartacus, champion of the slaves; Gaius Verres, the corrupt governor of Sicily. The inclusion of cross-referencing, a glossary of terms, select bibliographies, maps, genealogies and an author's preface complete what is at once a superb reference resource and an enormously entertaining read.

Author : Graham Shipley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134065318

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The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC by Graham Shipley Pdf

The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a general population at once more mobile and less involved in the political life of the Greek city.

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807875087

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Rome, the Greek World, and the East by Fergus Millar Pdf

Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, including The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have enriched our understanding of the Greco-Roman world in fundamental ways. In his writings Millar has made the inhabitants of the Roman Empire central to our conception of how the empire functioned. He also has shown how and why Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam evolved from within the wider cultural context of the Greco-Roman world. Opening this collection of sixteen essays is a new contribution by Millar in which he defends the continuing significance of the study of Classics and argues for expanding the definition of what constitutes that field. In this volume he also questions the dominant scholarly interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the Roman people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power in Republican Rome. In so doing he sheds new light on the establishment of a new regime by the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus.

Author : Nigel Rodgers
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 0754817741

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Greek World by Nigel Rodgers Pdf

All the styles of Greek architecture clearly explained, with a wealth of information on sculpture, vase painting, frescoes and mosaics. Over 500 fine-art illustrations and photographs of temples, archaeological sites, sculptures, paintings and vases make this an indispensable source for anyone wanting to discover the rise and fall of ancient Greece for themselves.

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118301272

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A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE by Jonathan M. Hall Pdf

A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state, citizen militias, and the origins of egalitarianism Provides a wealth of archaeological evidence, in a number of different specialties, including ceramics, architecture, and mortuary studies

Author : Simon Hornblower
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0415163269

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The Greek World, 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower Pdf

The Greek World479'¬ ;323 BChas been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication. Simon Hornblower has comprehensively re-written and revised his original text, bringing it up-to-date for a new generation of readers. The extensive changes include: two important new chapters '¬ ;Argos, and the Peloponnesian War the incorporation of further primary sources more than thirty new illustrations the insertion of user-friendly subheadings a completely updated bibliography. With valuable coverage of the broader Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished, as well as close examination of Athens, Sparta, and the other great city-states of Greece itself, this third edition of a classic work is a more essential read than ever before.

Author : Oliver Taplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Authors and readers
ISBN : 0192893033

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Literature in the Greek World by Oliver Taplin Pdf

'Our present appreciation of Greek and Roman literature should be informed and influenced by consideration of what it was originally appreciated for. The past, for all its alienness, affects and changes the present.'The focus of this book - its new perspective - is on the 'receivers' of literature: readers, spectators, and audiences. Six contributors, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, explore the various and changing interactions between the makers of literature and their audiences or readers from theearliest Greek poetry through to the drama, history, and philosophy of Greece under Roman rule.The contributors deploy fresh insights to map out lively and provocative, yet accessible, surveys. They cover the kinds of literature which have shaped western culture - epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, rhetoric, epigram, elegy, pastoral, satire, biography, epistle, declamation,and panegyric. Who were the audiences, and why did they regard their literature as so important?

Author : John Hazel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0415260329

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Who's who in the Greek World by John Hazel Pdf

With a user-friendly A to Z layout, this volume contains 1,200 entries on the men and women who have influenced the course of Christian history. Founding fathers, monarchs, Popes, saints, philanthropists, heretics, theologians, and missionaries are profiled with detailed bibliographic information on each prominent figure. Glossary and Chronological table.

Author : P. J. Rhodes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444358582

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A History of the Classical Greek World by P. J. Rhodes Pdf

Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the ‘classical’ period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Two important new chapters have been added, covering life and culture in the classical Greek world Features new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece, and the Aegean Enlarged and additional maps and illustrative material Covers the history of an important period, including: the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the Peloponnesian war, and the conquests of Alexander the Great Focuses on the evidence for the period, and how the evidence is to be interpreted

Author : Dr John Rich,John Rich,Graham Shipley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134807833

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War and Society in the Greek World by Dr John Rich,John Rich,Graham Shipley Pdf

The role of warfare is central to our understanding of the ancient Greek world. In this book and the companion work, War and Society in the Roman World, the wider social context of war is explored. This volume examines its impact on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors and discusses the significance of the causes and profits of war, the links between war, piracy and slavery, and trade, and the ideology of warfare in literature and sculpture.

Author : Reyes Bertolín Cebrián
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806167589

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The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World by Reyes Bertolín Cebrián Pdf

In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselves—and the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of larger-than-life heroes, Reyes Bertolín Cebrián examines the experiences of ordinary athletes, who practiced sports for educational, recreational, or professional purposes. According to Bertolín Cebrián, the majority of athletes in ancient times were young men and mostly single. Similar to today, most athletes practiced sport as part of their schooling. Yet during the fifth century B.C., a major shift in ancient Greek education took place, when the curriculum for training future leaders became more academic in orientation. As a result, argues Bertolín Cebrián, the practice of sport in the Hellenistic period lost its appeal to the intellectual elite, even as it remained popular with large sectors of the population. Thus, a gap emerged between the “higher” and “lower” cultures of sport. In looking at the implications of this development for athletes, whether high-performing or recreational, this erudite volume traverses such wide-ranging fields as history, literature, medicine, and sports psychology to recreate—in compelling detail—the life and lifestyle of the ancient Greek athlete.

Author : Rosalind Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107193581

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Polis Histories, Collective Memories and the Greek World by Rosalind Thomas Pdf

Re-assesses the phenomenon of Greek 'local history-writing' and its role in creating political and cultural identity in a changing world.