The Greek World

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About the series \ V ; ' ' ! ' The Making of the Past The Makiiig of the Past is a new series designcd to providc a complcte survey of the early history of the world as revealcd by archaeology and rclated disciplines. Its subject is a new history, the making of a new past, freshly uncovered and reeonstructed in recent years by skilled speeialists. Bcautifully illustrated with photographs, many in full colour, and with maps, diagrams and Íme drawings including rcconstructions, the series will be completely authoritative and up-to-date, while losing nothing of tbc exeitement of reeent diseoveries about the ancient past. About this volume The Greek World Roger Ling 180 illustrations, 140 in colour The Greek H'orld is a survey of the greatcst period of Greek civilization from the 5th to the ist century bc, with special emphasis on the material remains and on archaeological research. In an introductory chapter the anthor deseribes the achievement of the Greeks in literature, philosophy,... Tovább

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About the series \ V ; ' ' ! ' The Making of the Past The Makiiig of the Past is a new series designcd to providc a complcte survey of the early history of the world as revealcd by archaeology and rclated disciplines. Its subject is a new history, the making of a new past, freshly uncovered and reeonstructed in recent years by skilled speeialists. Bcautifully illustrated with photographs, many in full colour, and with maps, diagrams and Íme drawings including rcconstructions, the series will be completely authoritative and up-to-date, while losing nothing of tbc exeitement of reeent diseoveries about the ancient past. About this volume The Greek World Roger Ling 180 illustrations, 140 in colour The Greek H'orld is a survey of the greatcst period of Greek civilization from the 5th to the ist century bc, with special emphasis on the material remains and on archaeological research. In an introductory chapter the anthor deseribes the achievement of the Greeks in literature, philosophy, science, government and the arts, and the role and features of the Greek city-state. Two chapters then trace the history of archaeological research on Classical and Hellenistic Greece from Pausanias and the Renaissance humanist Cyriac of Ancona through the age of art collectors to the modern excavators using techniques such as air photography, geophysical prospecting and underwater research. The last three chapters revicw military and political history, economics and society, and art and architecture. Four visual stories portray in pictures three major archaeological sites (Delos, Olympia and the Acropolis at Athens) and everyday life in Classical Athens. The book is illustrated throughout with numerous photographs (most of tliem in colour), niaps and diagrams. (conliiiueit on the hack fiap) Vissza