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Introducing the Ancient Greeks - From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
Edith Hall
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Description for Introducing the Ancient Greeks - From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
Paperback. Wonderful . . . a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours. Natalie Haynes, Independent" Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps; 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient Greeks, acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall offers a bold synthesis of the full 2,000 years of Hellenic history to show how the ancient Greeks were the right people, at the right time, to take up the baton of human progress. Hall portrays a uniquely rebellious, inquisitive, individualistic people whose ideas and creations continue to enthrall thinkers centuries after the Greek world was conquered by ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393351163
SKU
V9780393351163
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99-15
About Edith Hall
Edith Hall is one of Britain’s foremost classicists, having held posts at the universities of Cambridge, Durham, Reading, and Oxford. She is the author and editor of more than a dozen works and now teaches at King’s College London.
Reviews for Introducing the Ancient Greeks - From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
"Penetrating…Ms. Hall is an engaging writer and an acute scholar."
James Romm - Wall Street Journal "[Hall’s] book is a hearty, delightful voyage through 2,000 years of Greek history, written with wit and verve and deep insight."
Mark Gamin - Cleveland Plain Dealer "In Edith Hall’s new and groundbreaking study of ancient Greek culture, society, and mentality over ... Read more
James Romm - Wall Street Journal "[Hall’s] book is a hearty, delightful voyage through 2,000 years of Greek history, written with wit and verve and deep insight."
Mark Gamin - Cleveland Plain Dealer "In Edith Hall’s new and groundbreaking study of ancient Greek culture, society, and mentality over ... Read more