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Explore ancient Greek civilization: politics, daily life, and enduring legacy.

The Greeks, 4th Edition

An Introduction to Their Culture

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    280 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2024

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Summary

This fully revised, new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greece, providing a comprehensive survey that covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilisation from the age of Homer to the Hellenistic period.

It opens with an overview of ancient historical sources and their authors and perspectives before delving into early history, legends and excavations, and the famed age of classical Greece. Chapters follow on pol…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032489858
ISBN-10:1032489855
Author:Robin Sowerby, Brad Cook
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Edition:4th
Release Date:30 September 2024
Weight:700g
Dimensions:156mm x 234mm
Series:Peoples of the Ancient World
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The Greeks, 4th Edition by Robin Sowerby - ISBN: 9781032489858
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About The Author

Robin Sowerby

Robin Sowerby was Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Trained as a classicist, his research interests centre upon the classical tradition. He has written introductory studies of the major classical epics and is author of Early Augustan Virgil (2010), The Augustan Art of Poetry (2006), and The Classical Legacy in Renaissance Poetry (1994).

Brad Cook is a professor of Classics at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, and has written on the lives and legends of the Athenian orator Demosthenes, the Roman orator Cicero, Philip II of Macedon, and Alexander the Great, and on ancient inscriptions and medieval manuscripts.

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