Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
Author: Graham Speake
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 1861
ISBN-13: 9781579581411
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Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
Author: Graham Speake
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-01-31
Total Pages: 1941
ISBN-13: 1135942064
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years. The Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition contains approximately 900 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day. The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition. Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others--law, taxation, gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture. Today, Greek arts have blossomed again; Greece has taken its place in the European Union; Greeks control a substantial proportion of the world's merchant marine; and Greek communities in the United States, Australia, and South Africa have carried the Hellenic tradition throughout the world. This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of that tradition in every period of its existence.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Author: Nigel Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 1136787992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists
Author: Paul T. Keyser
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-11-19
Total Pages: 1468
ISBN-13: 1134298021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world’s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work – resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science. Additional features include a Glossary, Gazetteer, and Time-Line. The Glossary explains many Greek (or Latin) terms difficult to translate, whilst the Gazetteer describes the many locales from which scientists came. The Time-Line shows the rapid rise in the practice of science in the 5th century BCE and rapid decline after Hadrian, due to the centralization of Roman power, with consequent loss of a context within which science could flourish.
A Source Book in Greek Science
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The Ancient Greeks
Author: Stephanie L. Budin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-11-23
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 1576078159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume. Ancient Greece chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). Drawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.
A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths
Author: Stephen P. Kershaw
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2013-02-07
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1472107543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book leads the reader through these vibrant stories, from the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes. All the familiar narratives are here, along with some less familiar characters and motifs. In addition to the tales, the book explains key issues arising from the narratives, and discusses the myths and their wider relevance. This long-overdue book crystallises three key areas of interest: the nature of the tales; the stories themselves; and how they have and might be interpreted. For the first time, it brings together aspects of Greek mythology only usually available in disparate forms - namely children's books and academic works. There will be much here that is interesting, surprising, and strange as well as familiar. Experts and non-experts, adults, students and schoolchildren alike will gain entertainment and insight from this fascinating and important volume.
The Ancient Greeks
Author: Stephanie Lynn Budin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 485
ISBN-13: 0195379845
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ancient Greeks chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome.
Tradition in Greek Religion
Author: Bernard C. Dietrich
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-07-08
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 3110868652
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