Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert.

The ancient Greek world / Jennifer T. Roberts, Tracy Barrett. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004, - 190 p : col. ill. ; 24cm - The World in Ancient Times .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cast of characters.- Map of Greek settlement at the death of Alexander the Great.- Introduction: The Glory that was Greece.- 1. What's A Greek? Greece and Greeks.- 2. Gods, Priests, and Oracles: Greek Religion.- 3. Mysterious Minoans: The Earliest Greeks.- 4. A Great Civilization is Born: Mighty Mycenaeans.- 5. Always look a gift horse in the belly: The Trojan War.- 6. Sing, Muse: Early Poets.- 7. Greece spreads its wings: Colonies and City-States.- 8. Who's in charge here ? The Rise of Athens.- Chapter 9. "A living possession": Slavery.- 10. Growing up Greek: Greek Childhood.- 11. "A Shadow Existence": The Women of Ancient Greece.- 12. The Spartan Experiment: Daily Life in Ancient Sparta.- 13.- "Woe to the Land of Persia!". The Persian Empire and Its War with Greece.- 14. "The hands of the many": Democracy in Athens.- 15. Hoplites and Triremes: Warfare.- 16. The Greek World War: The Peloponnesian War.- 17. Take Two vulture's eggs and call me in the morning: Science and Medicine.- 18. "Free from the clash of arms". The Olympic Games.- 19. Striving for perfection: The Visual Arts.- 20. "All the world's a stage" : Greek Drama.- 21. Going to school: Greek Education.- 22. How do we know what we know? Greek Philisophy.- 23. Two Philosophers: Plato and Aristotle.- 24. "A Pestilent Man": Philip of Macedon.- 25. Worlds to Conquer: Alexander the Great.- 26. But is it still Greek? The Hellenistic World.- Epilogue: The Greek Legacy.- Timeline.-Further reading.- Websites.- Index.

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Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Juvenile literature.
Greece--History--Sources--To 146 B.C.--Juvenile literature.

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