A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives by David Stuttard

A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives by David Stuttard

The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a small group of city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization, whose legacy can be found everywhere today. But who were these people, what do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? In this original new approach to telling the Greek story, David Stuttard weaves together the lives of fifty movers and shakers of the Greek world into a continuous, chronologically organized narrative, from the early tyrant rulers Peisistratus and Polycrates, through the stirrings of democracy under Cleisthenes to the rise of Macedon under Philip II and Alexander the Great and the eventual decline of the Greek world as Rome rose. With 29 illustrations, 25 in colour

'A few great men operating in isolation – too often this is the way ancient Greece is described to usStuttard puts the very greatest into their historical, political and cultural contexts and coaxes some of the lesser known centre stage' - Bettany Hughes, author and historian
'David Stuttard's career represents an admirable commitment to popularizing classical culture and making it accessible to new non-specialist audiences' - Current World Archaeology

David Stuttard is the author of several books on the classical world, including The Romans Who Shaped Britain, also published by Thames & Hudson.

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ISBN 13	9780500295519
ISBN 10	0500295514
Title	A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives
Author	David Stuttard
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2021-03-25
Number of pages	304
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