The life of Greece
Subtitle: 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: by Will Durant.
Series: The story of civilization / Will Durant -- 2
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1939
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 754
Subjects: Historia Geral.; Griekse oudheid.; Greece -- History.; Greece -- Civilization.
Description: "A history of Greek government, industry, manners, morals, religion, philosophy, science, literature and art from the earliest times to the Roman conquest"--Jacket subtitle.
Table of contents: title: Aegean prelude: 3500-1000 BC: Chronological table; title: Crete; title: Before Agamemnon; title: Heroic age; title: Rise of Greece: 1000-480 BC: Chronological table - -Sparta; title: Athens; title: Great migration; title: Greeks in the West; title: Gods of Greece; title: Common culture of early Greece; title: Struggle for freedom; title: Golden age: 480-399 BC: Chronological table; title: Pericles and the democratic experiment; title: Work and wealth in Athens; title: Morals and manners of the Athenians; title: Art of Periclean Greece; title: Advancement of learning; title: Conflict of philosophy and religion; title: Literature of the golden age; title: Suicide of Greece; title: Decline and fall of Greek freedom: 399-322 BC: Chronological table; title: Philip; title: Letters and arts in the fourth century; title: Zenith of philosophy; title: Alexander; title: Hellenistic Dispersion: 322-146 BC: Chronological table; title: Greece and Macedon; title: Hellenism and the Orient; title: Egypt and the West; title: Books; title: Art of the dispersion; title: Climax of Greek science; title: Surrender of philosophy; title: Coming of Rome; title: Epilogue: Our Greek heritage; title: Glossary of foreign words; title: Index.