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Ancient Greece : a very short introduction /Paul Cartledge

By: Paul CartledgeContributor(s): Paul CartledgeMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: SARAS Books | ;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002Series: Very short introductions, 286Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , ©2011Description: xx, 184 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cmISBN: 9780199601349Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.DDC classification: 938 CAR

Contents:

Cnossos -- Mycenae -- Argos -- Miletus -- Massalia -- Sparta -- Athens -- Syracuse -- Thebes -- Alexandria -- Byzantion -- Appendix. The Panhellenic sanctuaries.

Summary: Uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. The role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines Argos, Thebes, Syracuse in Sicily, and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as lesser known locales such as Miletus (home of the West's first intellectual, Thales) and Massalia (Marseilles today), where the Greeks introduced the wine grape to the French. The author uses these cities to illuminate major themes, from economics, religion, and social relations, to gender and sexuality, slavery and freedom, and politics.

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Cnossos --
Mycenae --
Argos --
Miletus --
Massalia --
Sparta --
Athens --
Syracuse --
Thebes --
Alexandria --
Byzantion --
Appendix. The Panhellenic sanctuaries.

Uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. The role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines Argos, Thebes, Syracuse in Sicily, and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as lesser known locales such as Miletus (home of the West's first intellectual, Thales) and Massalia (Marseilles today), where the Greeks introduced the wine grape to the French. The author uses these cities to illuminate major themes, from economics, religion, and social relations, to gender and sexuality, slavery and freedom, and politics.

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