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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... sixth century that prose literature beganto develop. The aoidosor singerof epic wasaprofessional oral poet, composing and reciting from a stock of traditional material.His themewas theexploits oftheheroesof a distant past,the end ofthe ...
... sixth century that prose literature beganto develop. The aoidosor singerof epic wasaprofessional oral poet, composing and reciting from a stock of traditional material.His themewas theexploits oftheheroesof a distant past,the end ofthe ...
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... sixth centuries, but it was influenced in various ways by literacy: these ways are all related to the function of writing in preserving accurately the work of particular poets. References inHomer show that othertypes of poetry, songs of ...
... sixth centuries, but it was influenced in various ways by literacy: these ways are all related to the function of writing in preserving accurately the work of particular poets. References inHomer show that othertypes of poetry, songs of ...
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... sixth century, led to thefirst known Greek workin prose,Anaximandros' book on nature ofabout 550. Anaximandros attempted to explain both the underlying structure of the physicalworld and itsdevelopment downto the creation of man–it was ...
... sixth century, led to thefirst known Greek workin prose,Anaximandros' book on nature ofabout 550. Anaximandros attempted to explain both the underlying structure of the physicalworld and itsdevelopment downto the creation of man–it was ...
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... sixth century couldbe transformedintoa folktale,and the account ofthe Ionian revoltin theearlyfifth century contains many popular elements. At first sight this is surprising, for Herodotuswas closer toeventsinthe Greek east thanonthe ...
... sixth century couldbe transformedintoa folktale,and the account ofthe Ionian revoltin theearlyfifth century contains many popular elements. At first sight this is surprising, for Herodotuswas closer toeventsinthe Greek east thanonthe ...
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... sixth century it was superseded by Athenian. AtticBlack Figure beganunder the influence of Corinth (610–550), but quicklywon preeminence,and in its maturephase (c. 570–25)reached an artistic perfectionwhich has made it famous eversince ...
... sixth century it was superseded by Athenian. AtticBlack Figure beganunder the influence of Corinth (610–550), but quicklywon preeminence,and in its maturephase (c. 570–25)reached an artistic perfectionwhich has made it famous eversince ...
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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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