The Greek achievement : the foundation of the Western world / Charles Freeman
Imprint
New York : Viking, c1999
Descript
xvii, 494 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Recreating the world of ancient Greece -- Formation of the Greek World -- Homer's world -- Expanding world -- New identities -- Underlying patterns -- Revolutions in wisdom -- Creating the Barbarian -- Fifth century -- Athenian dmocracy -- Homage to Dionysus -- Man is the measure -- Relationships -- Alexander -- Hellenistic world -- Mathematics, science, and medicine -- Greeks and Rome -- Greeks in the Roman Empire
SUBJECT
Civilization
Modern -- Greek influences
Greece -- Civilizations -- To 146 B.C. -- Influence
Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. -- Historiography