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The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world
- Title
- The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world / Charles Freeman.
- Author
- Freeman, Charles.
- Publication
- London : Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1999.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 00-8675 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 494 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index.
- Contents
- Recreating the world of Ancient Greece -- The formation of the Greek world -- Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state -- An expanding world: 800-500 B.C. -- New identities: the consolidation of the city-state -- Underlying patterns: land and slavery -- Underlying patterns: spiritual life -- Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age -- Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars -- The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C. -- The Athenian democracy -- Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals -- Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C. --Relationships -- Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C. -- Alexander -- The Hellenistic world -- Mathematics, science, and medicine -- The Greeks and Rome -- The Greeks in the Roman Empire -- Conclusion the Greek achievement.
- Call Number
- JFE 00-8675
- ISBN
- 0713992247
- OCLC
- 41503400
- Author
- Freeman, Charles.
- Title
- The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world / Charles Freeman.
- Imprint
- London : Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1999.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 00-8675