The Greek World

by Anton Powell (Editor)

Overview

This ground-breaking, work is both a reference collection of 27 new essays by leading specialists in their own fields, and also a collective demonstration of major new directions in the study of ancient Greece.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415060318
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/1995
Series:	Routledge Worlds
Pages:	636
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Robin Osborne, University of Oxford; Alan Griffiths, University College, London; Rosalind Thomas, Royal Holloway College; J.R.Morgan, University College, Swansea; Philip de Souza, Strawberry Hill College; Helen King, University of Reading; Anton Powell, University of Cardiff; Kathryn Lomas, University of Newcastle; Andrew Erskine, University College, Dublin; Nigel Spivey, University of Cambridge; A.M.Bowie, University of Oxford; Robert Parker, University of Oxford, Edward Hussey, University of Oxford, T.H.Irwin, Cornell University, NY, T.J.Saunders, University of Newcastle

Editorial Reviews

This work presents a smorgasbord of previously unpublished articles designed to stimulate interest in areas of classical studies that are usually ignored. The 27 contributors touch on subjects ranging from ancient Greek engineering and diet to the acceptance of animal sacrifice and piracy in daily life. While most of the scholars rely on traditional sources to formulate their theories, their focus is on the common people, especially women, rather than the elite of society. As with any collection there are writers (Rosalind Thomas, Nigel Spivey, and Sian Lewis) who can reach a general audience and those (J.T. Hooker, Alan Griffiths, and Edward Hussey) with esoteric appeal. It is this variety that makes the work worth considering. The price tag, however, places it in the reference category and may limit its selection to academic libraries specializing in classical studies.-Rose Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Library Journal

Gr 6-10 A beautifully crafted book, brimming with black-and-white and color illustrations as well as color photographs, which serve to illuminate the brief but lucid text. While there is no shortage of books on the history of Greek civilization and its contributions to Western art, politics, literature, and science, one can hardly object to another so well turned out as this. Each chapter deals with a specific aspect of the history and culture of Greece from Mycenaean through Classical times. Powell uses specific topics to elucidate the larger subject. For example, instead of an entire chapter on Greek architecture, he writes about the construction of the Parthenon. No book of this length can be more than a survey. However, this one can stand alone or as an introduction to guide readers to other works on the politics, religion, art, and economics that made up ancient Greece. In place of a traditional bibliography citing other secondary sources, Powell recommends Homer, Hesoid, Herodotus, Sophocles, and Plato. He has provided a stunning introduction to these timeless works. David N. Pauli, Northern Waters Library Service, Ashland, Wis.

School Library Journal

Paper edition reprint of the 1995 reference containing 27 articles on selected topics in the history of ancient Greece. Contributors focus on subject areas in which recent scholarship is distinctive; these include the lives and culture of marginal or poor elements in Greek society. Topics include the use of the environment by ordinary inhabitants, blood sacrifices, Orphic beliefs in an afterlife, Thucydides' views of criminal behavior and the law, and the role of women in Plato's . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

‘Anton Powell's innovative and ambitious collection of 27 articles.' - Times Higher Eduction


‘Anton Powell's innovative and ambitious collection of 27 articles.' - Times Higher Eduction

'The scope of the ideas in this impressive collection (originally published in hardback in 1995) is impossible to cover in a brief summary. Suffice to say that The Greek World will make an interesting addition to the classicist's bookshelf.' - Anglo-Hellenic Review

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