Early GreeceHarperCollins UK, 19. des. 2013 - 368 síður Now available in ebook format. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilisation which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilisation, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. |
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... Athenians to Ioniaand manyof the islands,andthe Peloponnesians to most ofItaly andSicily and someparts ofthe restofGreece. All these places were foundedafter the Trojan war. (Thucydides 1.12) There are obvious weaknessesin this account ...
... Athenians to Ioniaand manyof the islands,andthe Peloponnesians to most ofItaly andSicily and someparts ofthe restofGreece. All these places were foundedafter the Trojan war. (Thucydides 1.12) There are obvious weaknessesin this account ...
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... Athenian societyina way thatshows the use of poetryas political weapon; later he defended his reforms against extremists on both sidesin the same way. The poetry attributed to Theognis of Megara (about 540) describes the dissatisfaction ...
... Athenian societyina way thatshows the use of poetryas political weapon; later he defended his reforms against extremists on both sidesin the same way. The poetry attributed to Theognis of Megara (about 540) describes the dissatisfaction ...
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... Athenian colony of Thurii in south Italy (founded in 444/3), where he died. The scopeof Herodotus' book is described initsfirst sentence: Thisisthe accountof the investigation of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, undertaken so that the ...
... Athenian colony of Thurii in south Italy (founded in 444/3), where he died. The scopeof Herodotus' book is described initsfirst sentence: Thisisthe accountof the investigation of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, undertaken so that the ...
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... Athenian aristocratic familyof the Alkmeonidai protested overmuch their antiPersian stance and claimed thecredit forthe overthrow of the tyranny,minimizing theroleof other familiesand popular support; Macedonian royalsources claimedthat ...
... Athenian aristocratic familyof the Alkmeonidai protested overmuch their antiPersian stance and claimed thecredit forthe overthrow of the tyranny,minimizing theroleof other familiesand popular support; Macedonian royalsources claimedthat ...
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... Athenian contemporaries scarcely understood the Ionian tradition within whichheworked: they found his methods andhis attitudes curiously old fashioned. Aristophanesin his comedy the Acharnions(lines 509–39)produced a brilliant and ...
... Athenian contemporaries scarcely understood the Ionian tradition within whichheworked: they found his methods andhis attitudes curiously old fashioned. Aristophanesin his comedy the Acharnions(lines 509–39)produced a brilliant and ...
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Myth Historyand Archaeology II Sources | |
the Economy XIV The Comingof the Persians XV The Leadership of Greece Sparta and Athens | |
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