Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and
passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later
ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and
the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any
other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world.
P J Rhodes is among the most distinguished historians of antiquity.
In this elegant, zesty new survey he explores the archaic (8th -
early 5th centuries BCE), classical (5th and 4th centuries BCE) and
Hellenistic (late 4th - mid-2nd centuries BCE) periods up to the
beginning of Roman hegemony. His scope is that of the people who
originated on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands who later
migrated to the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and
then (following the conquests of Alexander) to the Near East and
beyond. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the
bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion
and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this
authoritative book will attract students and non-specialists in
equal measure.
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