Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Paul Cartledge

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Price : $11.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780199601349
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Imprint : Oxford University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.162
Publication date : 30 September 2011
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Paul Cartledge
Series : Very Short Introductions
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 938
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Pages : 216
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A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.

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Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the Faculty of classics, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College.

1. Introduction; 2. Knossos; 3. Mycenae; 4. Argos; 5. Sparta; 6. Massalia; 7. Miletos; 8. Athens; 9. Thebes; 10. Alexandria; 11. Byzantium; 12. Conclusion; Preface; Glossary; Timeline