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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
494

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Subjects
Greek influences, Historiography, Influence, Modern Civilization, Civilization, History, Geschichte 1500 v. Chr.-146 v. Chr, Geschichte, Kultur, Civilization, modern, Civilization, ancient, World history, outlines, syllabi, etc., Greece, civilization, Greece, history
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Greece
Times
To 146 B.C.

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September 5, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The Greek achievement: the foundation of the Western world
2000, Penguin Books
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The Greek achievement: the foundation of the Western world
1999, Viking
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Table of Contents

Recreating the world of Ancient Greece
The formation of the Greek world
Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state
An expanding world: 800-500 B.C.
New identities: the consolidation of the city-state
Underlying patterns: land and slavery
Underlying patterns: spiritual life
Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age
Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars
The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C.
The Athenian democracy
Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals
Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C.
Relationships
Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C.
Alexander
The Hellenistic world
Mathematics, science, and medicine
The Greeks and Rome
The Greeks in the Roman Empire
Conclusion the Greek achievement

Edition Notes

Originally published: [New York] : Viking, 1999

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index

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New York

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Library of Congress
DF77 .F73 2000

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Pagination
xvii, 494 p., [24] p. of plates ;
Number of pages
494

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OL18134650M
Internet Archive
greekachievement0000free
ISBN 10
014029323X
OCLC/WorldCat
45062664
Library Thing
12086
Goodreads
232711

First Sentence

""If there is one icon (Greek eikon, an image or likeness) that stands for ancient Greece and its leading city-state of the fifth century B.C., Athens, it is the Parthenon.""

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