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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
- Title
- 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 / by Will Durant.
- Author
- Durant, Will, 1885-1981
- Publication
- New York : Simon and Schuster, [1966]
- ©1966
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DF77 .D87 1966 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 754 pages, plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- A history of Greek civilization and culture from Crete's Aegean empire to the Roman conquest of Greece.
- Series Statement
- The story of civilization ; book 2
- Durant, Will, 1885-1981. Story of civilization ; bk. 2.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Maps on lining papers.
- Originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1939, copyright renewed 1966 by Will Durant.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Aegean prelude: 3500-1000 BC: Chronological table -- Crete -- Before Agamemnon -- The heroic age -- The rise of Greece: 1000-480 BC: Chronological table -- Sparta -- Athens -- The great migration -- The Greeks in the West -- The gods of Greece -- The common culture of early Greece -- The struggle for freedom -- The golden age: 480-399 BC: Chronological table -- Pericles and the democratic experiment -- Work and wealth in Athens -- The morals and manners of the Athenians -- The art of Periclean Greece -- The advancement of learning -- The conflict of philosophy and religion -- The literature of the golden age -- The suicide of Greece -- The decline and fall of Greek freedom: 399-322 BC: Chronological table -- Philip -- Letters and arts in the fourth century -- The zenith of philosophy -- Alexander -- The Hellenistic Dispersion: 322-146 BC: Chronological table -- Greece and Macedon -- Hellenism and the Orient -- Egypt and the West -- Books -- The art of the dispersion -- The climax of Greek science -- The surrender of philosophy -- The coming of Rome.
- ISBN
- 9780671418007
- 0671418009
- OCLC
- 2150567
- ocm02150567
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library