The Greek achievement: the foundation of the Western world/

Main Author: Freeman, Charles, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London]: Allen Lane, [1999]
Subjects:
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.