Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Editorial Reviews
Review
More than 100 subject specialists have contributed to the book, and their depth and breadth of knowledge helps to make this an impressive tome...Extremely well-written... Will fill the need of academic libraries.
-Library Journal, February 2006
The list of contributors and advisors is impressive, featuring many well-known researchers in the field... Recommended. Academic librarues serving lower-level undergraduates thtough faculty/researchers; public libraries serving general readers.
-Choice, April 2006
Written by an international group of academics and independent scholars, the entries of this reference provide detailed discussion of an impressive selection of people, places, events, issues, and monuments..
-Reference & Research Book News, February 2006
This single volume provides an excellent introduction to the world of ancient Greece. For academic libraries that serve students in classics and ancient history, this will be a welcome addition to the reference collection.
-American Reference Books Annual, March, 2006
Book Description
Ancient Greek civilization has stamped an enduring legacy on the modern world. Culturally, early Greek philosophies, scientific discoveries, religious practices, complex mythologies, and creative achievements continue to inspire the generations. Politically, the city-states of Ancient Greece represent much of what nations today seek to emulate and avoid. The peaceful alliances and violent conflicts, democracies and tyrannies, systems of law and regimes of force, social freedoms and slave labor, trade and economic power, as well as colonial ambition and empire, still offer lessons to the student of history.
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. The A-to-Z Encyclopedia covers themes in social history, cultural history, political and military history, science, medicine, philosophy, economic history, and explains the importance of geography in the life of the ancient Greeks. Overview articles also discuss regions, ethnic groups, and religious history. Detailing the lives and contributions of hundreds of significant persons, entries on individuals cover orators, poets, scholars, prose writers, rulers, politicians, warriors, lawgivers, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, historians, biographers, and artists.
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 and is accessible to both the student and general reader.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece,Nigel Wilson,Routledge,0415973341,146 B.C.-323 A.D.,Ancient - General,Ancient - Greece,Encyclopedias,Greece,History,History - General History,History: World,Reference,To 146 B.C.,Ancient Greece,Archaeology,Reference / Encyclopedias
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