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The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World
Edith Hall
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Description for The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World
Paperback. They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? This title offers a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? Here, Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, visiting different communities at various key moments during twenty centuries of ancient history. Identifying ... Read more
They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? Here, Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, visiting different communities at various key moments during twenty centuries of ancient history. Identifying ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099583646
SKU
9780099583646
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About Edith Hall
Edith Hall is one of Britain's foremost classicists, having held posts at the universities of Royal Holloway, Cambridge, Durham, Reading, and Oxford. In 2015 she was awarded the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy, given to a scholar whose works represent a significant contribution to European culture and scientific achievement. She is the first woman to win this award. ... Read more
Reviews for The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World
Terrifically good
Natalie Haynes
Observer
Hall examines in scholarly but very readable detail.
Simon Shaw
Mail on Sunday
Hall's superb history achieves her aim with a happy marrying of literature and archaeology.
Lesley McDowell
Independent
[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this ... Read more
Natalie Haynes
Observer
Hall examines in scholarly but very readable detail.
Simon Shaw
Mail on Sunday
Hall's superb history achieves her aim with a happy marrying of literature and archaeology.
Lesley McDowell
Independent
[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this ... Read more