Ancient Greece

Author: Paul Cartledge

Title: Ancient Greece

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 184

Release Date: 2011-11-10

Details: This highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. Cartledge highlights 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.

EAN: 9780199601349

Package Dimensions: Height: 0.5 Inches, Length: 6.8 Inches, Weight: 0.4188782978 Pounds, Width: 4.3 Inches