The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

TRAMA

In this vividly illustrated volume, readers can embrace the spirit of the classical world, from the eighth to the first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. Numerous b&w illustrations. of color plates.

NOTE EDITORE

The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast — it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science. This beautifully illustrated study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later. Chapters dealing with political and social history are interspersed with chapters on philosophy and the arts, including Homer, Greek myth, Aristotle and Plato, Greek dramatists such as Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the flourishing of the visual and plastic arts.

SOMMARIO

1 - Greece: The History of the Archaic Period 2 - Homer 3 - Greek Myth and Hesiod 4 - Lyric and Elegaic Poetry 5 - Early Greek Philosophy 6 - Greece: The History of the Classical Period 7 - Greek Drama 8 - Greek Historians 9 - Life and Society in Classical Greece 10 - Classical Greek Philosophy 11 - Greek Religion 12 - Greek Art and Architecture 13 - The History of the Hellenistic Period 14 - Hellenistic Culture and Literature 15 - Hellenistic Philosophy and Science 16 - Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Art

AUTORE

Sir John Boardman is Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, University of Oxford, and has been based at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, since 1955. Jasper Griffin is Professor of Classical Literature, University of Oxford, and Dyson Fellow in Greek Culture, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Classics, Balliol College, Oxford. Oswyn Murray is MacGregor Fellow, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer, and Tutor in Ancient History, Balliol College, Oxford.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780192854384
• Collana: Oxford Illustrated History
• Dimensioni: 246 x 25.0 x 189 mm Ø 1031 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 8 pp colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 456