Introducing the ancient Greeks
Hall, Edith, 1959-2016
Book
Who were the ancient Greeks? They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. But what was it about them that enabled them to achieve such titanic leaps forwards in civilization? The ancient Greeks were a geographically disparate people whose civilization lasted over 20 centuries - this is the ancient civilization made us who we are today. Renowned classicist Edith Hall offers a revelatory and entirely new way of viewing this scattered people, identifying ten unique personality traits that she shows to be unique and central to the widespread ancient Greeks.
Main title:
Introducing the ancient Greeks / Edith Hall.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2016.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099583646 (pbk)009958364X (pbk)
Dewey class:
938 HAL938
LC class:
DF77
Language:
English
BRN:
292837