Stephanie Lynn Budin

The Ancient Greeks

New Perspectives
Herausgeber: Weeks, John M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization-our societies, institutions, art, and culture-and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume. Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.

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Produktdetails

• Understanding Ancient Civilizations
• Verlag: ABC-Clio
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1024g
• ISBN-13: 9781576078143
• ISBN-10: 1576078140
• Artikelnr.: 13910228

Autorenporträt

Stephanie L. Budin

Inhaltsangabe

* Series Editor's Preface
* Preface and Acknowledgments
* Part 1: Introduction
* 1: Introduction
* What Did the Greeks Contribute to Modern Society?
* Part 2: Greek Civilization
* 2: Location of Greek Civilization and Environmental Setting
* The Greek Mainland
* Crete
* Cyclades
* Asia Minor's West Coast
* Cyprus
* 3: Historical and Chronological Setting
* The History of Greek Studies
* Sources for the Study of Greek History
* Chronology
* 4: Origins, Growth, and Decline of Greek Civilization
* Crete
* The Mainland
* The Dark Age
* The Eighth-Century Renaissance and the Archaic Age
* The Classical Period--From the Persian Invasions to the Death of
Alexander
* The Rise and Fall of the
* 5: Hellenistic Kingdoms: 323-30 B.C.E.Economics
* Palace Economics of the Aegean Bronze Age
* Trade in the Late Bronze Age
* The Dark Age
* The Early Emporia
* Archaic and Classical Greece
* 6: Social Organization and Social Structure
* Divisions
* Unions
* Groups
* 7: Politics
* Minoan Crete: Kings? Queens? Priestesses? Priests?
* The Dark Age and "Epic" Kingship
* The Archaic Age: Synoecism, Aristocracy, and Tyranny
* Forms of Rule in the Classical Period: Oligarchy and Democracy
* Politics beyond the Polis
* Alexander and the Hellenistic
* Monarchies
* Ancient Greek Law
* 8: Religion and Ideology
* Minoan Religion
* Mycenaean Religion
* Greek Religion in the Historical Periods
* 9: Material Culture
* Architecture
* Sculpture
* Pottery
* Clothing
* Arms and Armor
* The Art of Death
* 10: Intellectual Accomplishments
* Literature
* Science
* Philosophy
* Part 3: Current Assessments
* 11: Major Controversies and Future Directions in the Study of Greek
Civilization
* Excavation
* Linear A
* Minoan Deities
* The Dark Age
* Non-Athenian Culture
* Foreign Relations
* Women in Ancient Greece
* Glossary
* Chronology
* Resources for Further Study
* Index
* About the Author