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"Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilizaed world, a strange new power was at work. ... Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which so molded the world of mind and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different. ... What was then produced of art and of thought has never been surpasses and very rarely equalled, and the stamp of it is upon all the...
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In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife...
In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife...
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"Who were the ancient Greeks? How did they become brilliant philosophers and mathematicians? What happened at the first Olympic Games? And what was daily life like in ancient Greece? Find out in this fact-filled book, with a map and timeline that make 3,000 years of history visible at a glance"--Back cover.
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Presents a guide to visiting ancient Greece, just in case readers should happen to time-travel there, covering time tourist questions like where to find a decent tunic, where to get theater tickets in Athens, and what to do if they find themselves attacked by five million Persians.
18) The Greeks
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This book focuses in depth on Greek civilization, from the Minoans to Alexander the Great, looking at everyday life in ancient Greece.
20) Ancient Greece
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Maps, charts, illustrations, and text trace the history and culture of ancient Greece.