Synopsis
The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved 'a totally new conception of what human life was for'. Elaborating on that claim, H. D. F. Kitto explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.
Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION2 THE FORMATION OF THE GREEK PEOPLE
3 THE COUNTRY
4 HOMER
5 THE POLIS
6 CLASSICAL GREECE: THE EARLY PERIOD
7 CLASSICAL GREECE: THE FIFTH CENTURY
8 THE GREEKS AT WAR
9 THE DECLINE OF THE POLIS
10 THE GREEK MIND
11 MYTH AND RELIGION
12 LIFE AND CHARACTER
INDEX
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780140135213
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 256
Published : 28 Feb 1991
Publisher : Penguin
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