Joint Association Of Classical Teachers - The World Of Athens An Introduction To Classical Athenian Culture - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Classical Athens boasted some of the most original and influential achievements in literature art philosophy medicine and politics. This best - selling book now issued in a second edition provides a comprehensive and highly illustrated introduction to its history society culture and values aimed at the student and the general reader. The text has been extensively revised from the first edition and the bibliography updated. A wide range of topics is discussed but the book refuses to divide up the Athenian world neatly into separate compartments insisting that sense can only be made of the society by making connections between its history institutions values and environment. The book can be used either on its own or as an accompaniment to students learning Greek with the Reading Greek course.
Title: The World Of Athens An Introduction To Classical Athenian Culture
Author(s): Joint Association Of Classical Teachers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521698535
Pages: 446 Pages, 5 Maps; 153 Halftones, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/24/2008
Series: Reading Greek
Category: Ancient History: To C 500 Ce