The Greek World (Repost)
Anton Powell - The Greek World
Routledge | 1997 | ISBN: 0415170427 | English | 637 pages | PDF | 9.8 MB
Routledge | 1997 | ISBN: 0415170427 | English | 637 pages | PDF | 9.8 MB
While there is no shortage of books on the history of Greek civilization and its contributions to Western art, politics, literature, and science, one can hardly object to another so well turned out as this. Each chapter deals with a specific aspect of the history and culture of Greece from Mycenaean through Classical times. Powell uses specific topics to elucidate the larger subject. For example, instead of an entire chapter on Greek architecture, he writes about the construction of the Parthenon. No book of this length can be more than a survey. However, this one can stand alone or as an introduction to guide readers to other works on the politics, religion, art, and economics that made up ancient Greece. In place of a traditional bibliography citing other secondary sources, Powell recommends Homer, Hesoid, Herodotus, Sophocles, and Plato. He has provided a stunning introduction to these timeless works.