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The Complete idiot's guide to ancient Greece / by Eric D. Nelson, Susan K. Allard-Nelson.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Indianapolis, Ind. : Alpha Books, 2004.Description: xxiv, 388 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1592572731 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 938 NEL
Contents:
Part 1: All Greek to you? - 1. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts-you might like them - 2. Classical gas: Ancient Greek literature and Art at a glace - 3. Classical analysis: Greek history, philosophy, science and architecture at a glace - 4. Greek FAQs: Hot topics in brief - 5. BY Zeus! Ancient Greek religion and mythology -- Part 2: The bronze age through the archaic period - 6. Where in the hellas? Ancient Greece and its neighbors - 7. Bullish on the Broze age : The Minoans and Mycenaeans - 8. The Mysterious "Dorian Invasion" and the obscurities of the "Dark age" - 9. The Archaic-and aristocratic-big bang - 10. A cultural explosion: Archaic literature, art and architecture - 11. Go for the gold! The games of ancient Greece - 12. Two to Tango: Athens and Sparta -- Part 3: The height of the classical period and the polis: 13. The Persian wars - 14. Democracy is coming: Athens at the helm - 15.The Peloponnesian War - 16. Classical culture - 17. Methods form the madness? Intellectual, artistic, and literary developments of the fifth century -- Part 4: The breakdown of the polish to the death of Alexander the Great: 18. Political cutthroat: Shifting dominance - 19. The man with the silver spear: Philip II of Macedon and the conquest of Greece - 20. Life, literature and culture in the twilight of the Polis - 21. Boy wonder: Alexander the great and his conquests -- Part 5: The legacy of Hellas: 22. Citizens of the world: The cosmopolis and Hellenistic culture - 23. You will be assimilated: Hellenism and the coming of Rome - 24. Trojan horse? The Greek Legacy from Rome to the Renaissance - 25. Radical, romantic and revolutionary: Ancient Greece from the Rennaisance to today - Index.
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Part 1: All Greek to you? - 1. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts-you might like them - 2. Classical gas: Ancient Greek literature and Art at a glace - 3. Classical analysis: Greek history, philosophy, science and architecture at a glace - 4. Greek FAQs: Hot topics in brief - 5. BY Zeus! Ancient Greek religion and mythology -- Part 2: The bronze age through the archaic period - 6. Where in the hellas? Ancient Greece and its neighbors - 7. Bullish on the Broze age : The Minoans and Mycenaeans - 8. The Mysterious "Dorian Invasion" and the obscurities of the "Dark age" - 9. The Archaic-and aristocratic-big bang - 10. A cultural explosion: Archaic literature, art and architecture - 11. Go for the gold! The games of ancient Greece - 12. Two to Tango: Athens and Sparta -- Part 3: The height of the classical period and the polis: 13. The Persian wars - 14. Democracy is coming: Athens at the helm - 15.The Peloponnesian War - 16. Classical culture - 17. Methods form the madness? Intellectual, artistic, and literary developments of the fifth century -- Part 4: The breakdown of the polish to the death of Alexander the Great: 18. Political cutthroat: Shifting dominance - 19. The man with the silver spear: Philip II of Macedon and the conquest of Greece - 20. Life, literature and culture in the twilight of the Polis - 21. Boy wonder: Alexander the great and his conquests -- Part 5: The legacy of Hellas: 22. Citizens of the world: The cosmopolis and Hellenistic culture - 23. You will be assimilated: Hellenism and the coming of Rome - 24. Trojan horse? The Greek Legacy from Rome to the Renaissance - 25. Radical, romantic and revolutionary: Ancient Greece from the Rennaisance to today - Index.