Ancient Greece : a very short introduction / Paul Cartledge.
Material type: TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 286.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xx, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199601349
- 0199601348
- 938 22
- DF77 .C345 2011
- 6,12
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Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 938 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 901584 |
"First published in hardback as 'Ancient Greece, a history in eleven cities, ' 2009. First published as a 'Very short introduction, ' 2011"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
Cnossos -- Mycenae -- Argos -- Miletus -- Massalia -- Sparta -- Athens -- Syracuse -- Thebes -- Alexandria -- Byzantion -- Appendix. The Panhellenic sanctuaries.
Uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. The role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines Argos, Thebes, Syracuse in Sicily, and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as lesser known locales such as Miletus (home of the West's first intellectual, Thales) and Massalia (Marseilles today), where the Greeks introduced the wine grape to the French. The author uses these cities to illuminate major themes, from economics, religion, and social relations, to gender and sexuality, slavery and freedom, and politics.
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