A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, ISBN:9780195156812
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Binding: Paperback Release Date: January 2004 List Price:$44.95
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ISBN-13: 9780195156812 ISBN-10: 0195156811 Author: Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations. Comprehensive and balanced, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture is a new and shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (OUP, 1998). Four leading authorities on the classical world offer a lively and up-to-date account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, and integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history. They show how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors but eventually developed a distinctive culture all their own, one that was marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience. The authors go on to trace the complex and surprising evolution of Greek civilization to its eventual dissolution as it merged with a variety of other cultures. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, this compact volume provides an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students and general readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.
Ideal for courses in Greek Civilization and Ancient Greece, A Brief History of Ancient Greece offers: A more streamlined treatment of political and military history than Ancient Greece Emphasis on social and domestic life, art and architecture, literature, and philosophy Expanded coverage of women and family life, religion, and athletics A new section on male homosexuality in ancient Greece A revised art program featuring more than 100 illustrations and 17 original maps Numerous "document boxes" that include primary source material
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Presents history in an easy to read way
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I bought this book for History of Ancient Greece. Unlike some boring history texts, it is quick reading and easy to understand.
As Far as Greek Texts go this one is greart!
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Ok I love this text. I used this and its sister text on Romans for my ancient history classes. I find that the only down fall of this particular text is that Pomeroy tends to push her agenda in the beginning. However as far as texts on Greek History go, this is the best.
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