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- 9780521481960
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- 1997-11-20
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521481961
ISBN-13
9780521481960
eBay Product ID (ePID)
817589
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece)
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
Cambridge Illustrated Histories Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
57.6 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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96-051545
Reviews
"...no one reading this book will fail to appreciate the complexity of ancient Greece as a society, a competitive, high achieving, innovative world....We have grown up in our understanding of Greeks since the nineteenth century and this book shows how much. A fine achievement." Charles Freeman, History Today, "This is an original and insightful work. Its authors have lucidly synthesized the results of a generation of creative scholarship, and restored the voices of many groups that were often left out of more traditional Greek histories." Stanley Burstein, The International History Review, 'We can throw our hats in the air in welcoming this excellent addition to an already excellent series ... Sumptuously illustrated and superbly informative illustrations and pictures surround the text on every page ... As an introduction for the sophisticated adult reader and a powerful stimulus for the classicist, it is hard to see how this book could be bettered. At the price, it is a terrific bargain.' Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, A beautiful addition to the Cambridge Illustrated History series. Peter Krentz, Religious Studies Review, 'This is an original and insightful work. Its authors have lucidly synthesized the results of a generation of creative scolarship, and restored the voices of many groups that were often left out of more traditional Greek histories.' Stanley Burnstein, The International History Review, 'This well illustrated glossy reference book will not only answer your questions as to what happened when and where and who the main players were in Ancient Greece, but also give an insight to the lives of the ordinary people ...' Greek-o-File, 'This well illustrated glossy reference book will not only answer your questions as to what happened when and where and who the main players were in Ancient Greece, but also give an insight to the lives of the ordinary people …' Greek-o-File, 'A fine achievement … no one reading this book will fail to appreciate the complexity of ancient Greece as a society, a competitive, high-achieving, innovative world, based on exploitation and cruelty.' History Today, ‘… an unconventional, multifaceted, post-modern … contemporary and clear-sighted history of Classical Greece …’.Kathimerini, 'Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to medievalism.' Oscar Wilde, 'A fine achievement ... no one reading this book will fail to appreciate the complexity of ancient Greece as a society, a competitive, high-achieving, innovative world, based on exploitation and cruelty.' History Today, '… an unconventional, multifaceted, post-modern … contemporary and clear-sighted history of Classical Greece …'. Kathimerini, 'This is a beautifully produced book, well worth its price. It succeeds in giving a well-rounded - indeed a holistic (in the tradition of Moses Finley) - introduction to ancient Greece and its culture.' Philip Warnock, The Times Higher Education Supplement, ‘We can throw our hats in the air in welcoming this excellent addition to an already excellent series … Sumptuously illustrated and superbly informative illustrations and pictures surround the text on every page … As an introduction for the sophisticated adult reader and a powerful stimulus for the classicist, it is hard to see how this book could be bettered. At the price, it is a terrific bargain.’Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘This is an original and insightful work. Its authors have lucidly synthesized the results of a generation of creative scolarship, and restored the voices of many groups that were often left out of more traditional Greek histories.’Stanley Burnstein, The International History Review, 'Paul Cartledge has signed up a world-class team, who all appreciate that the visual material, both ancient and modern, must be integral to their subject, like the fruit in a cake, and not mere decoration.' Oliver Taplin, ‘The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece edited by Paul Cartledge, written by Paul and eight other world-class experts, considers ancient Greece in its widest context. It deals not only with politics and war, but with the environment, with people (men, women, children, slaves), with work and play, with performance and the visual arts, with philosophy and religion. The plentiful and relevant illustrations, fully and informatively captioned, bring each subject to vivid life, richly enhancing the reader’s understanding of life in ancient Greece.’Classical Association News, 'We can throw our hats in the air in welcoming this excellent addition to an already excellent series … Sumptuously illustrated and superbly informative illustrations and pictures surround the text on every page … As an introduction for the sophisticated adult reader and a powerful stimulus for the classicist, it is hard to see how this book could be bettered. At the price, it is a terrific bargain.' Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, 'The book is a first-rate lesson in how to illustrate a publication well … This is a superb and enormously useful volume. At every turn, you find clarity about the whole picture mixed with fascinating detail, and the thematic approach works.' JACT, 'The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece edited by Paul Cartledge, written by Paul and eight other world-class experts, considers ancient Greece in its widest context. It deals not only with politics and war, but with the environment, with people (men, women, children, slaves), with work and play, with performance and the visual arts, with philosophy and religion. The plentiful and relevant illustrations, fully and informatively captioned, bring each subject to vivid life, richly enhancing the reader's understanding of life in ancient Greece.' Classical Association News, ‘This is a beautifully produced book, well worth its price. It succeeds in giving a well-rounded - indeed a holistic (in the tradition of Moses Finley) - introduction to ancient Greece and its culture.’Philip Warnock, The Times Higher Education Supplement, "The focus on achievements at all class and cultural levels provides an unusually well-rounded, in-depth focus on Greek culture." The Midwest Book Review, ‘Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to medievalism.’Oscar Wilde, "...a thoughtful portrait of the cultural history of ancient Greece for the general reader...this is an interesting and handsome book that might bring new students to the field with its updated approach to an ancient culture." John M. Lawless, New England Classical Journal, ‘The book is a first-rate lesson in how to illustrate a publication well … This is a superb and enormously useful volume. At every turn, you find clarity about the whole picture mixed with fascinating detail, and the thematic approach works.’JACT, ‘Paul Cartledge has signed up a world-class team, who all appreciate that the visual material, both ancient and modern, must be integral to their subject, like the fruit in a cake, and not mere decoration.’Oliver Taplin, ‘A fine achievement … no one reading this book will fail to appreciate the complexity of ancient Greece as a society, a competitive, high-achieving, innovative world, based on exploitation and cruelty.’History Today, 'The book is a first-rate lesson in how to illustrate a publication well ... This is a superb and enormously useful volume. At every turn, you find clarity about the whole picture mixed with fascinating detail, and the thematic approach works.' JACT, '... an unconventional, multifaceted, post-modern ... contemporary and clear-sighted history of Classical Greece ...'. Kathimerini
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
938
Table Of Content
Introduction: The glory that was Greece? Paul Cartledge; Part I. The World of Greece: 1. History and tradition Paul Cartledge; 2. Environment Sue Alcock; 3. Peoples: who were the Greeks? Paul Cartledge, Intermezzo: historical outline Paul Cartledge; Part II. The Life of Greece: 4. Rich and poor Nick Fisher; 5. Women, children and men Marilyn Katz; 6. Power and the state Paul Cartledge; 7. War and peace Paul Cartledge; 8. Work and leisure Nick Fisher; 9. Performance Edith Hall; 10. Visual Arts Karim Arafat and Catherine Morgan; 11. Philosophy and science Lesley Dean-Jones; 12. Religion and myth Richard Buxton; Epilogue Paul Cartledge.
Synopsis
Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with fascinating information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in a revised paperback edition. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic, sexual and intellectual aspects as to politics and war. Paul Cartledge and his team ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in 'the glory that was Greece'. They examine the influences of the environment and economy; the effect of interstate tensions; the implications of sexuality; the experience of workers, soldiers, slaves, peasants and women; and the roles of myth and religion, art and culture, and science and education. This is a cultural history which reveals the far-reaching linguistic, literary, artistic and political legacy of ancient Greece, and seeks justification for Shelley's claim that 'we are all Greeks'., Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic and intellectual aspects as to politics and war. Paul Cartledge and his team of contributors ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in "the glory that was Greece." They examine the influences of the environment and economy; the experience of workers, soldiers, slaves, peasants and women; and the roles of myth and religion, art and culture, and science and education. This is a cultural history from the bottom up, which lays bare the far-reaching linguistic, literary, artistic and political legacy of ancient Greece, and seeks justification for Shelley's claim that "we are all Greeks." Paul Cartledge is Professor in Greek History in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge and is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Clare College, Cambridge. He is the author of several books about ancient Greece, including Spartan Reflections (California, 2001), Hellenistic and Roman Sparta (Routledge, 2001) and Sparta and Lakonia (Routledge, 2002)., Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to the social, economic, sexual and intellectual aspects as to politics and war.
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DF77 .C32 1998
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