This accessible introduction surveys the land and peoples who gave
us the Labyrinth, the Acropolis, the Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus
and Thucydides, Sappho and Sophocles, Aphrodite and Aristotle, and
so much more. Using the full range of resources of art history,
archaeology, and philology, this book details the familiar--mythic
heroes and heroines, famous philosophers and poets, as well as
classical art and architecture--and introduces the less-well-known
aspects of ancient Greece, notably the civilizations of the Bronze
and Dark Ages and even the earliest form of written Greek--Linear
B. In addition, Stephanie Lynn Budin offers a full history of how
the study of classical Greece has evolved from ancient times
through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present day. She
covers ongoing questions and new directions in Greek studies,
including Minoan religion, the role of women in early Greek
cultures, the historical accuracy of Homer and Herodotus, and the
role of Greece amongst its non-Greek neighbors. The Ancient Greeks
includes a rich collection of illustrations, drawings, maps, and
photographs, including detailed renderings of Knossos, the
evolution of Greek sculpture and pottery, and even a section on
ancient weaponry. The result is a superb companion for both
newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles, revealing not only what we
know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures
continue to influence us.
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