The Greco-Roman East
Subtitle: Politics, Culture, Society (Yale Classical Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780521035583
Subjects: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient World; Europe; Ancient - General; History / Ancient / General
First sentence: In late fifth-century Athens, the sophist Kritias, Plato's uncle and leader of the Thirty, presented in his satyr play Stsyphus the following scenario of how belief in gods came about: in the earliest times mortals used to live like animals, subject to the power of the mightiest among them.