Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
by Cartledge, PaulFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-11-10
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative aspects of Greek culture. Cartledge highlights the role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines Argos, Thebes, Syracuse in Sicily, and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as lesser known locales such as Miletus (home of the West's first intellectual, Thales) and Massalia (Marseilles today), where the Greeks introduced the wine grape to the French. The author uses these cities to illuminate major themes, from economics, religion, and social relations, to gender and sexuality, slavery and freedom, and politics.
Author Biography
Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge.
Table of Contents
| Note on spelling of Greek names/words | p. xvii |
| Greek measures of money and distance | p. xix |
| List of illustrations | p. xxi |
| List of maps | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Cnossos | p. 6 |
| Mycenae | p. 15 |
| Argos | p. 23 |
| Miletus | p. 30 |
| Massalia | p. 42 |
| Sparta | p. 50 |
| Athens | p. 62 |
| Syracuse | p. 80 |
| Thebes | p. 93 |
| Alexandria | p. 102 |
| Byzantion | p. 117 |
| Epilogue | p. 124 |
| Appendix: The Panhellenic Sanctuaries | p. 134 |
| Further Reading | p. 145 |
| Chronology | p. 155 |
| Who's Who | p. 160 |
| Glossary | p. 169 |
| Index | p. 175 |
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