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29%OFFRobert Garland - Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great - 9780691161051 - V9780691161051
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Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great

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Description for Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great Hardback. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, this book focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement was essential to the survival, success, and sheer sustainability of their society, and that this wandering became a defining characteristic of their culture. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, Wandering Greeks focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
652 g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691161051
SKU
V9780691161051
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About Robert Garland
Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University. His many books include The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World and The Greek Way of Death.

Reviews for Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great
"Garland has found a unique niche in classical scholarship: writing lucid, well-researched, accessible books on important but little-studied aspects of Greek cultural and social life... His accounts of the risks colonists faced, the brutal reality behind the sources' common but terse references to population relocations, and the insecurity of the lives of exiles stand out."
Choice "Garland has succeeded very well ... Read more

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