History Of Greece - Softcover

Ltd Chambers W. And R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371674476 ISBN 13: 9780371674475

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

History Of Greece. History Of Greece is a comprehensive educational survey of ancient Greece from its mythic origins through the rise of city-states, the classical era, and the Hellenistic world, to the Roman conquest. The work covers the early civilizations around the Mediterranean, the emergence of the Greek polis, the Olympic Games, and the diffusion of Greek culture through literature, philosophy, art, and architecture. It recounts the deeds of poets and dramatists such as Homer, Hesiod, Archilochus, Sappho, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes; philosophers including Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; historians like Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Arrian, and Plutarch; and the political evolution from monarchies to republics in Athens and Sparta, the conquests of Philip and Alexander, and the later Hellenistic kingdoms. The preface and contents emphasize liberal education and a synthesis of myth and history as a guide to understanding Greek civilization and its enduring influence.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371674476
• ISBN 13: 9780371674475
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336