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Greece in the ancient world

Title: Greece in the ancient world / Jeremy McInerney (University of Pennsylvania).
Author: McInerney, Jeremy, 1958-
Publication: London : Thames & Hudson, 2018.

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Description

368 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps; 26 cm

Summary

Spanning the Minoan and Mycenaean origins of Greece to its eventual conquest by Rome, this new single-author survey combines an authoritative and engaging retelling of the history of ancient Greece with an assessment of the relevance of the Greeks today. Illustrated with examples of art, archaeology and architecture ? from the frescoes of Akrotiri to the spectacular discovery of the Tomb of the Griffin Warrior in 2015 ? this account foregrounds the variety and diversity of what it meant to be Greek. Dedicated chapters on Athens and Sparta highlight the differences of culture and civic structure within the Greek world, as well as the political tensions that would precipitate the Peloponnesian War and the subsequent Macedonian Hellenistic Age. Numerous maps and timelines support the clear chronological narrative, while ?Spotlight? features at the end of each chapter offer a visual commentary on specific concepts, places and institutions, such as the oracle of Delphi and the image of Alexander the Great. 00'Greece in the Ancient World' is the story of a culture that transformed the Western world. The Greeks? achievements and failures, their ideals and their faults, established a legacy that remains at the heart of our modern life.

Uniform Title

Ancient Greece

Alternative Title

Ancient Greece

Subjects

Genre/Form

Textbooks.
History.
Military history.

Note

Published 2018 in the US by Thames & Hudson with title: Ancient Greece : A New History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-363) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Why study the Greeks? -- Spotlight: The afterlife of monsters -- Early Greece and the Minoans: the labyrinth and the minotaur -- Spotlight: The Theran frescoes: art and life in a Minoan settlement -- Mycenae: rich in gold -- Spotlight: New discoveries around Mycenaean Pylos -- The Iron Age -- Spotlight: Epic, vases, and the Symposium -- The Archaic Age: Sparta -- Spotlight: The Vix Krater -- The Archaic age: Athens -- Spotlight: The political reforms of Kleisthenes -- Persia -- Spotlight: David's Leonidas at Thermopylae -- Democracy and empire -- Spotlight: The Lapis Primus and recovering the Athenian empire -- Inclusion and exclusion: life in Periklean Athens -- Spotlight: Liturgy and symposium -- Religion and philosophy: belief and knowledge in the Classical Age -- Spotlight: The Oracle of Delphi -- The Pelopnnesian War -- Spotlight: Hoplites and rowers -- Panhellenism and the rise of Philip -- Spotlight: Vergina: the debate over Philip's tomb -- Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age -- Spotlight: the image of Alexander.

Call Number

JFF 18-840

ISBN

9780500252260
0500252262

OCLC

1022215474

Author

McInerney, Jeremy, 1958- author.

Title

Greece in the ancient world / Jeremy McInerney (University of Pennsylvania).

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-363) and index.

Chronological Term

To 146 B.C.

Research Call Number

JFF 18-840

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