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Ancient Greeks : Creating the Classical Tradition.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Profiles SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198025986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient GreeksDDC classification:
  • 938
LOC classification:
  • DF77 .B354 1997
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. Forging Greek Unity (700-500 B.C.) -- Homer -- Solon -- Lycurgus -- Sappho -- Aesop -- Pythagoras -- Anacreon -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 2. The Ascent of Athens (500-410 B.C.) -- Aeschylus -- Pindar -- Phidippides -- Leonidas -- Sophocles -- Herodotus -- Euripides -- Themistocles -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 3. Defending the Tradition (460-400 B.C.) -- Pericles -- Phidias -- Socrates -- Hippocrates -- Aristophanes -- Thucydides -- Alcibiades -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 4. Expanding the Greek World (400-300 B.C.) -- Plato -- Xenophon -- Aristotle -- Demosthenes -- Philip II -- Alexander the Great -- Pytheas -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 5. A Lasting Influence (325-200 B.C.) -- Antigonus I -- Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) -- Epicurus -- Demetrius -- Zeno -- Pyrrhus -- Apollonius Rhodius -- Archimedes -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Appendix 1. Timeline of Events in Ancient Greece -- Appendix 2. People and Places in This Book: A Guide to Spelling and Pronunciation -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Further Reading -- Index of Ancient Greeks by Profession -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- List of Maps.
Summary: Ancient Greeks, the newest entry in the Oxford Profiles series, chronicles the lives and accomplishments of 42 historically important Greek figures. Personal anecdotes and stories, together with a timeline, a glossary of Greek terms, and more than 100 photographs and maps help to bring each individual vividly to life. With figures from fields as diverse as literature, mathematics, politics, the military, philosophy, and science, Ancient Greeks provides a comprehensive examination of the origins of modern civilization.
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Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. Forging Greek Unity (700-500 B.C.) -- Homer -- Solon -- Lycurgus -- Sappho -- Aesop -- Pythagoras -- Anacreon -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 2. The Ascent of Athens (500-410 B.C.) -- Aeschylus -- Pindar -- Phidippides -- Leonidas -- Sophocles -- Herodotus -- Euripides -- Themistocles -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 3. Defending the Tradition (460-400 B.C.) -- Pericles -- Phidias -- Socrates -- Hippocrates -- Aristophanes -- Thucydides -- Alcibiades -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 4. Expanding the Greek World (400-300 B.C.) -- Plato -- Xenophon -- Aristotle -- Demosthenes -- Philip II -- Alexander the Great -- Pytheas -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Part 5. A Lasting Influence (325-200 B.C.) -- Antigonus I -- Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) -- Epicurus -- Demetrius -- Zeno -- Pyrrhus -- Apollonius Rhodius -- Archimedes -- More Ancient Greeks to Remember -- Appendix 1. Timeline of Events in Ancient Greece -- Appendix 2. People and Places in This Book: A Guide to Spelling and Pronunciation -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Further Reading -- Index of Ancient Greeks by Profession -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- List of Maps.

Ancient Greeks, the newest entry in the Oxford Profiles series, chronicles the lives and accomplishments of 42 historically important Greek figures. Personal anecdotes and stories, together with a timeline, a glossary of Greek terms, and more than 100 photographs and maps help to bring each individual vividly to life. With figures from fields as diverse as literature, mathematics, politics, the military, philosophy, and science, Ancient Greeks provides a comprehensive examination of the origins of modern civilization.

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