Ancient Greek Civilization by David Sansone
This book is a survey of the history, literature, art, and philosophy of the ancient Greeks from the Bronze Age to the transformation of Greek culture during the Roman Empire. It tells the story of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the transformation of Greek culture during the Roman Empire. It surveys the impressive history, literature, art, and philosophy of the ancient Greeks. It shows how the ancient Greeks used these forms of cultural expression to reinvent themselves and how Greek civilization has been continually reinvented to the present day. The features include maps, illustrations, timelines, a glossary, and a guide to ancient Greek writers and a bibliography.
Sansone's coverage and approach are fresh and distinctive, and his book richly informative, well-balanced, and engagingly writtenProfessor Stephen White, University of Texas at Austin Ancient Greek Civilisation is a deeply thought-out and personal survey of ancient Greek culture. Times Higher Education Supplement The classicist approach to the topic is evident in his focus on artistic and literary developments and thier relationship to history, politics, and everyday social practices. Art Book News Annual
David Sansone is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Aeschylean Metaphors for Intellectual Activity (1975), and Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport (1988), and the editor of Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris (1981) and Plutarch - The Lives of Aristeides and Cato. He is on the Editorial Board of Illinois Classical Studies, of which he was the editor from 1993 to 2000, and on the Editorial Board of the journals Classical Philology and the Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631232360 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631232362 |
| Title | Ancient Greek Civilization |
| Author | David Sansone |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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