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Introducing The Ancient Greeks

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Author : Edith Hall
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-04-02

Introducing The Ancient Greeks written by Edith Hall and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-02 with History categories.

They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas’s three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? Here, Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, visiting different communities at various key moments during twenty centuries of ancient history. Identifying ten unique traits central to the widespread ancient Greeks, Hall unveils a civilization of incomparable richness and a people of astounding complexity – and explains how they made us who we are today. ‘A thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people... This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally’ Independent ‘A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world’ Sunday Times ‘Throughout, Hall exemplifies her subjects’ spirit of inquiry, their originality and their open-mindedness’ Daily Telegraph ‘A book that is both erudite and splendidly entertaining’ Financial Times

An Introduction To Ancient Greek

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Author : Cecelia Eaton Luschnig
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2007-09-15

An Introduction To Ancient Greek written by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-15 with Foreign Language Study categories.

C.A.E. Luschnig's An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach prepares students to read Greek in less than a year by presenting basic traditional grammar without frills and by introducing real Greek written by ancient Greeks, from the first day of study. The second edition retains all the features of the first but is more streamlined, easier on the eyes, more gender-inclusive, and altogether more 21st century. It is supported by a Web site for teachers and learners at http://worldwidegreek.com/.

Introducing Greek Philosophy

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Author : Rosemary Wright
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-05

Introducing Greek Philosophy written by Rosemary Wright and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-05 with History categories.

Aimed at students of classics and of philosophy who would like a taste of the subject before being committed to a full course and at those who have already started and need to find their bearings in what may seem at first a complex maze of names and schools, "Introducing Greek Philosophy" is a concise, lively, philosophically aware introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. The book begins with the Milesians in Asia Minor before moving over to the developments in the western Greek world, then focusing on Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in Athens, finishing with the Hellenistic schools and their arrival in Rome, where the main ideas are set out in the Latin poetry of Lucretius and the prose of Cicero.The book eschews the method of most histories of ancient philosophy of addressing one thinker after another through the centuries. Instead, after a basic mapping of the territory, it takes the great themes that the Greeks were engaged in from the earliest times, and looks at them individually, their development in argument and counter-argument, from the beginnings of recorded Greek history, through the various upheavals of tyrannies, democracies, oligarchies and kingships, to their introduction into Rome in the first century BC.

The British Museum Concise Introduction To Ancient Greece

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Author : Jenifer Neils
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The British Museum Concise Introduction To Ancient Greece written by Jenifer Neils and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

"This book distils centuries of history into a concise yet rich introduction to the entire Greek world." "Starting with its rediscovery in modern times, the author traces the development of ancient Greece from its earliest Bronze Age origins to the Roman conquest, encompassing the influence of neighboring civilizations. She explores topics such as writing and art, government and philosophy, warfare and hunting, trade and colonization, gods and heroes, entertainments and domestic life. Drawing on the world-famous collections of the British Museum, she shows how the ancient Greeks were able to play such a major role in the subsequent development of Western culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Polis

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Author : Mogens Herman Hansen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006-10-05

Polis written by Mogens Herman Hansen and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-05 with History categories.

An accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state. Mogens Herman Hansen addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political culture, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples.

Themes In Greek Society And Culture

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Author : Allison Glazebrook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-01

Themes In Greek Society And Culture written by Allison Glazebrook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-01 with categories.

Covering the Bronze Age, as well as the Archaic, Classical, and early Hellenistic periods, Themes in Greek Society and Culture introduces students to central aspects of ancient Greek society. The volume brings together 19 expert contributors who explore the institutions, structures,activities, and cultural output that formed the experience of living in ancient Greece.

Athenaze

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Author : Maurice Balme
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2016

Athenaze written by Maurice Balme and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Greek language categories.

Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestselling course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the begining and guides them to the point where they can begin reading complete classical texts. Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (423-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually gives way in Book II to adapted passages from Thucydides, Plato, and Herodotuc and ultimately to excerpts of the original Greek of Bacchylides, Thucudides, and Aristophanes' Acharnians. Essays on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history are also woven throughout.

An Introduction To Classics

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Author : Graham John Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Felicla Books
Release Date : 2015-07-12

An Introduction To Classics written by Graham John Wheeler and has been published by Felicla Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-12 with categories.

The Greeks and Romans are part of our history and part of our heritage. In a thousand ways, their legacy continues to live today. Their literature, languages, architecture, drama, religious beliefs and philosophical ideas have inspired and challenged us for centuries. This book provides an introduction to the world of classical culture both for the general reader and for the student. It draws richly on ancient sources and texts, from the well known to the obscure. It serves as a tour guide to Graeco-Roman society, pointing out both the similarities and the differences between the ancient world and our own.

Exploring The World Of The Ancient Greeks

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Author : John Camp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

Exploring The World Of The Ancient Greeks written by John Camp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Greece categories.

"Tracing 3,500 years of ancient Greek culture . . . this survey reveals the myriad ways in which these people made unparalleled contributions to the rise of Western civilization."--Science News