The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece by Cartledge, Paul ; editor: - (1998)

Minor rubbing. VG. Classical Antiquity Cambridge University Press Cambridge (1998) orig.boards 26x18cm, xix,380 pp. Contents : Introduction. Glory that was Greece? / Paul Cartledge; World of Greece; History and tradition / Paul Cartledge; Environment / Sue Alcock; Peoples: who were the Greeks? / Paul Cartledge; Intermezzo: historical outline / Paul Cartledge; Life of Greece; Rich and poor / Nick Fisher; Women, children and men / Marilyn Katz; Power and the state / Paul Cartledge; Work and leisure / Nick Fisher; Performance / Edith Hall; Visual arts / Karim Arafat & Catherine Morgan; Philosophy and science / Lesley Dean-Jones; Religion and myth / Richard Buxton ["Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with fascinating information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in a revised paperback edition. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic, sexual and intellectual aspects as to politics and war. Paul Cartledge and his team ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in 'the glory that was Greece'. They examine the influences of the environment and economy; the effect of interstate tensions; the implications of sexuality; the experience of workers, soldiers, slaves, peasants and women; and the roles of myth and religion, art and culture, and science and education. This is a cultural history which reveals the far-reaching linguistic, literary, artistic and political legacy of ancient Greece, and seeks justification for Shelley's claim that 'we are all Greeks'." - Publisher's description].