"An Equinox book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index. "An Equinox book." Includes index.
Contents:
The land in context. The geography of ancient Greece ; The study of ancient Greece -- The age of bronze. The palace civilizations of Crete and Mycenae ; Mycenaean survivals ; The Homeric world -- The age of tyranny. The 8th-century renaissance ; Archaic religious practice ; The birth of city-states ; The growth of literature -- The age of Perikles. Athenian society in the 5th century ; The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars ; The classical revolution -- The age of Alexander. New patterns in literature and religion ; The rise of Macedon ; The Alexandrian expansion ; The Roman conquest -- The fate of Hellenism. The classical impact of Hellenism ; Post-classical revivals ; Language : the principal inheritance.
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