The life of Greece :
Durant, Will, 1885-1981
The life of Greece : being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest ; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete / by Will Durant. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1939. - xviii, 754 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 26 cm. - The Story of civilization 2 .
Bibliography pp. 673-707; notes: pp. 680-707; index pp. 708-754
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.
"A history of Greek government, industry, manners, morals, religion, philosophy, science, literature and art from the earliest times to the Roman conquest"--Jacket subtitle.
Greece--History
Greece--Civilization
The life of Greece : being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest ; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete / by Will Durant. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1939. - xviii, 754 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 26 cm. - The Story of civilization 2 .
Bibliography pp. 673-707; notes: pp. 680-707; index pp. 708-754
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.
"A history of Greek government, industry, manners, morals, religion, philosophy, science, literature and art from the earliest times to the Roman conquest"--Jacket subtitle.
Greece--History
Greece--Civilization