Publication |
New York, Facts On File, 2004.
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Description |
96pWhite Spine
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Series |
Cultural atlas for young people
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Summary/Abstract |
Maps, charts, illustrations, and text trace the history and culture of ancient Greece.
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Contents |
Introduction
Table of dates
Part one:
A History of Greece -
Minoans and Mycenaeans
The Dark Age: Homer's Greece
The siege of Troy
Aristocrats and poets
Colonization
Magna Graecia and the tyrants
The warlike spartans
Athens and democracy
War against Persia
The Trirema, Greek warship
Hoplites - Greek fighters
Wars of the Athenian Empire
The siege of Plataia
Greek coinage
Trade, seadaring, and slaves
The Spartan Empire
Philip and the Rise of Macedon
Royal Tombs of Macedon
Alexander's campaigns
The successor kingdoms
Part two:
Culture and Society -
Northwest Greece
Southwest Greece
Northeast Greece
Southeast Greece
Knossos and Santorini
Palaces at Mycenae and Pylos
Myths of blood
Gods and goddesses of Olympos
The oracle at Delphi
Olympia, site of the games
The ancient Olympic games
City of Athens
The Akropolis at Athens
Sculptures of the Parthenon
Painting on pottery
Everyday life in Athens
Spartan life
The secluded world of women
Entertainment at the theater
Houses at Olynthos
Glossary
Further reading
Gazetteer
Index
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Standard Number |
0816051461 Hb.
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