Daily life of the ancient Greeks
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- ISBN: 9780313358142 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0313358141 (alk. paper)
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xxi, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface to the second edition -- Author's note -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1: Historical Outline -- Mycenaeans -- Dark age -- Greek renaissance -- Rise of the city-state -- Colonization -- Archaic Greece -- Sparta -- Classical Greece -- Age of Perikles -- Rise of Macedon -- Empire of Alexander the Great -- Hellenistic world -- Roman conquest -- 2: Space And Time -- Landscape and climate -- City of Athens -- Time and the seasons -- 3: Language, Alphabet, And Literacy -- Origins of the Greek language and linear B -- Literacy -- Papyri -- Ostraka -- Libraries -- 4: People -- Social organization -- Women -- Men -- Parents and children -- Elderly -- Disabled -- Slaves -- Foreigners and barbarians -- Spartan alternative -- 5: Private Life -- Housing -- Household religion -- Dress -- Food and drink -- Drinking parties -- Education -- Health and sickness -- Sexual mores -- Death -- Afterlife -- Magic -- 6: Public Sphere -- Religion -- Economy and trade -- Law and order -- Work -- Travel and transportation -- Warfare -- 7: Pleasure And Leisure -- Athletics and the cult of physical fitness -- Festivals -- Theatrical performances -- Music -- Visual arts -- Mythology -- 8: Impact Of Ancient Greece On Modern Culture -- Continuing classical tradition -- Cradle of democracy -- Our so-called classical roots: the controversy over Black Athena -- Glossary of Greek terms -- For further reading -- Index. |
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