The life of Greece

being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest ; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete

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The life of Greece

being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest ; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete

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Simon and Schuster
Pages
754

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Table of Contents

Aegean prelude: 3500-1000 BC: Chronological table
Crete
Before Agamemnon
Heroic age
Rise of Greece: 1000-480 BC: Chronological table - -Sparta
Athens
Great migration
Greeks in the West
Gods of Greece
Common culture of early Greece
Struggle for freedom
Golden age: 480-399 BC: Chronological table
Pericles and the democratic experiment
Work and wealth in Athens
Morals and manners of the Athenians
Art of Periclean Greece
Advancement of learning
Conflict of philosophy and religion
Literature of the golden age
Suicide of Greece
Decline and fall of Greek freedom: 399-322 BC: Chronological table
Philip
Letters and arts in the fourth century
Zenith of philosophy
Alexander
Hellenistic Dispersion: 322-146 BC: Chronological table
Greece and Macedon
Hellenism and the Orient
Egypt and the West
Books
Art of the dispersion
Climax of Greek science
Surrender of philosophy
Coming of Rome
Epilogue: Our Greek heritage
Glossary of foreign words
Index.

Edition Notes

Series
The story of civilization / Will Durant -- 2

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
938
Library of Congress
DF77 .D8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 754 p., [24] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
754

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24212467M
Internet Archive
lifeofgreecebein00durarich
OCLC/WorldCat
16110686

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