Ancient Greek Civilization

Höfundur: David Sansone (Útgáfa: 3)
Ancient Greek Civilization

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The third edition of Ancient Greek Civilization is a concise, engaging introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece from the Minoan civilization to the age of the Roman Empire. Explores the evolution and development of Greek art, literature, politics, and thought across history, as well as the ways in which these were affected by Greek interaction with other cultures Now includes additional illustrations and maps, updated notes and references throughout, and an expanded discussion of the Hellenistic period Weaves the latest scholarship and archeological excavations into the narrative at an appropriate level for undergraduates.

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Útgefandi
Wiley Global Research (STMS)
ISBN
9781119098126
Print ISBN
9781119098157
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
3
Höfundar
David Sansone
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2016-09-12
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • FOREWORD LOOKING BACKWARD
  • Reinventing Ancient Greek Civilization
  • Ancient Greece in Perspective: Time
  • Ancient Greece in Perspective: Space
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 1 THE GREEKS AND THE BRONZE AGE
  •    Cycladic Civilization
  • Minoan Civilization   
  •    The Greeks Speak Up
  • The Emergence of Mycenaean Civilization   
  •    The Character of Mycenaean Civilization
  • The End of Mycenaean Civilization   
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources   
  • 2 IRON AGE GREECE
  • Dark Age Ceramic Ware
  • The Invention of the Alphabet
  • The Age of Expansion
  • The Polis
  • The Olympic Games
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 3 THE POEMS OF HESIOD AND HOMER
  • The Poems of Hesiod
  • The Development of Hero Cult
  • The Poems of Homer
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 4 POETRY AND SCULPTURE OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD
  • The Human Figure in Archaic Art
  • Lyric Poetry of Archaic Greece
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion   
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 5 SYMPOSIA, SEALS, AND CERAMICS IN THE ARCHAIC PERIOD
  • The Symposium
  • Seals
  • Tyranny
  • Ceramics
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 6 THE BIRTH OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE PERSIAN WARS
  • Miletus and the Beginnings of Philosophy
  • The Agora
  • The Ionian Revolt (499–494 BC)
  • The Persian Wars: Marathon
  • The Persian Wars: Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 7 SETTING THE STAGE FOR DEMOCRACY
  • The Development of Spartan Oligarchy
  • The Development of Democracy in Athens: Solon
  • Other Persons: Slavery and Democracy
  • The Development of Democracy in Athens: Cleisthenes
  • Ostracism
  • The Delian League
  • The Dionysia and the Drama of Aeschylus
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 8 HISTORY AND TRAGEDY IN THE FIFTH CENTURY
  • Herodotus and the Invention of History
  • Books and Readers
  • Sophocles
  • Other Persons: Women and Athenian Democracy
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 9 THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: A TALE OF THUCYDIDES
  • Thucydides and the Writing of the Peloponnesian War
  • Diagnosis and Prognosis
  • The Invention of “the Classical”
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 10 STAGE AND LAW COURT IN LATE FIFTH-CENTURY ATHENS
  • Euripides
  • Aristophanes
  • Socrates
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 11 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREEK WORLD IN THE FOURTH CENTURY
  • Plato’s Bright Ideas
  • Attic Oratory in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries
  • Philip II of Macedon and the Subjugation of Greece
  • Alexander the Great and the Conquest of Asia
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • 12 GREEK CULTURE IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
  • Political Life and the Polis
  • Hellenistic Literature
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • Hellenistic Art
  • Zetemata: Questions for Discussion
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Suggested Internet Resources
  • AFTERWORD LOOKING FORWARD
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX
  • EULA