| Description |
xviii, 755 p. : ill., maps. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Story of civilization [v. 2]
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| Note |
"This book while forming the second part of ... The story of civilization, has been written as an independent unit complete in itself..." |
| Contents |
Aegean prelude: 3500-1000 BC: Chronological table -- Crete -- Before Agamemnon -- Heroic age -- Rise of Greece: 1000-480 BC: Chronological table -- -Sparta -- Athens -- Great migration -- Greeks in the West -- Gods of Greece -- Common culture of early Greece -- Struggle for freedom -- Golden age: 480-399 BC: Chronological table -- Pericles and the democratic experiment -- Work and wealth in Athens -- Morals and manners of the Athenians -- Art of Periclean Greece -- Advancement of learning -- Conflict of philosophy and religion -- Literature of the golden age -- Suicide of Greece -- Decline and fall of Greek freedom: 399-322 BC: Chronological table -- Philip -- Letters and arts in the fourth century -- Zenith of philosophy -- Alexander -- Hellenistic Dispersion: 322-146 BC: Chronological table -- Greece and Macedon -- Hellenism and the Orient -- Egypt and the West -- Books -- Art of the dispersion -- Climax of Greek science -- Surrender of philosophy -- Coming of Rome -- Epilogue: Our Greek heritage -- Glossary of foreign words -- Index. |
| Summary |
"A history of Greek government, industry, manners, morals, religion, philosophy, science, literature and art from the earliest times to the Roman conquest"--Jacket subtitle. |
| Subject |
Greece -- Civilization
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Middle East -- Civilization
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