num_pages: 3
description: A-Z coverage of 315 major personages, wars, political, and cultural subjects from Greece, from Homeric times through 31 B.C.E. Scope &amp; Coverage The 315 essays in this set General Overviews of Art &amp; Architecture Daily Life &amp; Customs Death &amp; Burial Education &amp; Training Government &amp; Law Language &amp; Literature Medicine &amp; Health Navigation &amp; Transportation The Performing Arts Religion &amp; Ritual Science Settlements &amp; Social Structure Sports &amp; Entertainment Technology Trade &amp; Commerce War &amp; Weapons Women's Life Writing Systems Biographical entries cover statesmen, military leaders, writers, and philosophers. Descriptive entries examine literature, battles, and philosophical movements. Organization &amp; Format Each entry includes a short list of additional resources for further study and a summation of the historical significance of the person, event, or topic. All three volumes contain a "Complete List of Contents." Appendixes include a time line, glossary, list of websites, list of literary works, and list of historic sites. Three indexes provide multiple access points to the Category Index, Personages Index, and Subject Index. Fully illustrated. Essays were previously published in such sets as Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Great Events from The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E., and Great Lives from The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E. All essays have standard top matter. New essays have been added to fill gaps in coverage, and have been updated. Detailed maps of ancient Greece in each volume's front matter, and more than 150 illustrations round out the set.
language: English
title: Magill's Choice Ancient Greece
titlecomplete: Magill's Choice Ancient Greece (3 volume set)
publisher: Salem Press