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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 / by Will Durant.

By: Durant, Will, 1885-1981 [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: The story of civilization / Will Durant ; 2Publisher: New York : MJF Books, [1992]Copyright date: ©1966Description: xviii, 754 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 26 cmISBN: 9781567310139Subject(s): Greece -- History | Greece -- CivilizationDDC classification: 938
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-707) and index.

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.

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