The Classical World: The Foundations of the West and the Enduring Legacy

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1681771519
ISBN-13
9781681771519
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219235675

Product Key Features

Book Title
Classical World : the Foundations of the West and the Enduring Legacy of Antiquity
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Ancient / Greece, General
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Nigel Spivey
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2017-303705
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The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A delightful tour through ancient Greece with plenty for the sports-minded, historian, Greek scholar, and linguist., A grand 'traverse of classical civilization.'  Just one of the delightful aspects of this book is the author's penchant to throw in Greek and/or Latin sources for many of our words. He also provides countless telling details about each period in a way that makes ancient history feel fresh and invigorating. Anyone with the slightest curiosity about ancient classics will love this book. Shelve next to the work of Mary Beard., Well informed and concise. As for the origin of the games, in his view, that is simple: it is war., Spivey's descriptions of historical facts and personages read smoothly. A serviceable overall look at Graeco-Roman history and its ideals., A fascinating book, with much to teach. He brings alive the place, the time, and the brutal men who came together to fiercely compete for honor and glory., A grand 'traverse of classical civilization.' Just one of the delightful aspects of this book is the author's penchant to throw in Greek and/or Latin sources for many of our words. He also provides countless telling details about each period in a way that makes ancient history feel fresh and invigorating. Anyone with the slightest curiosity about ancient classics will love this book. Shelve next to the work of Mary Beard.
Dewey Decimal
938
Synopsis
A masterly investigation into the Classical roots of Western civilization, taking the reader on an illuminating journey from Troy, Athens, and Sparta to Utopia, Alexandria, and Rome., A masterly investigation into the Classical roots of Western civilization, taking the reader on an illuminating journey from Troy, Athens, and Sparta to Utopia, Alexandria, and Rome. An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilization. Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilization, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens and Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science and philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power and spread of the Roman imperium, and the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity., An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilization. Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilization, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens and Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science and philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power and spread of the Roman imperium, and the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity.
LC Classification Number
DE59.S66 2016

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