The Greeks: An Introduction to Their Culture (Peoples of the Ancient World)
Brand: Routledge
Categories: Books, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Humanities



Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.69 x 9.21 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415727294
Publisher: Routledge
Print length: 294 pages
Publication date: November 24, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0415727297
Edition: 3rd
Part of series: Peoples of the Ancient World
subtitle: 3rd Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Robin Sowerby Page search results Robin Sowerby
review: Editorial Reviews Review "The abundant riches of ancient Greek texts and artifacts make finding a good introductory text a constant challenge. In this new edition, Sowerby has blended together his substantive, rich, and insightful readings of ancient texts with greatly expanded and revised presentations on the political, social, intellectual, and artistic developments, figures, and accomplishments of the Greeks from the Mycenaeans to the Hellenistic age. Loaded with ancient texts and a most useful array of images, plans, and charts, the old core and the new enhancements make this new edition the first choice for an intro course on the ancient Greeks." - Brad L. Cook, University of Mississippi, USA. "A constant problem for students studying the ancient world for the first time, whether at school or university, is one of context. Who were the important figures discussed in ancient literature and depicted in ancient art? What were the important places and events that shaped this ancient discourse? This volume, with its clear, well informed discussion and well chosen maps and illustrations provides an excellent introduction that will help new students quickly find their way in this ever expanding field of knowledge, while providing lively and thought-provoking reading for the rest of us. It is a useful reference that readers will want to return to again and again." – Adam Bartley, University of Kent, UK. About the Author Robin Sowerby was Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Trained as a classicist, his research interests centre upon the Classical tradition. He has written introductory studies of the major Classical epics and is author of Early Augustan Virgil (2010), The Augustan Art of Poetry (2006) and The Classical Legacy in Renaissance Poetry (1994).