The Greek achievement
Subtitle: the foundation of the Western world
By: Charles Freeman
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
Subjects: Civilization, Modern -- Greek influences; Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. -- Influence; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. -- Historiography
Notes: Originally published: [New York] : Viking, 1999

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-478) and index
Table of contents: title: Recreating the world of Ancient Greece; title: The formation of the Greek world; title: Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state; title: An expanding world: 800-500 B.C.; title: New identities: the consolidation of the city-state; title: Underlying patterns: land and slavery; title: Underlying patterns: spiritual life; title: Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age; title: Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars; title: The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C.; title: The Athenian democracy; title: Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals; title: Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C.; title: Relationships; title: Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C.; title: Alexander; title: The Hellenistic world; title: Mathematics, science, and medicine; title: The Greeks and Rome; title: The Greeks in the Roman Empire; title: Conclusion the Greek achievement