Explore la fascinante vida de los antiguos griegos hace 2,000 anos: desde sus hogares hasta sus dioses y mitos, y desde sus extraordinarios cientificos hasta sus primeros juegos olimpicos.
Chronicles the history and development of the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, exploring each group's art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and politics and explaining the role they played in the creating the foundations of Western civilization.
"This study begins with the eighth century BS, witnessing the emergence of the Greek city-states, and extends to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later."--Back cover.
"What was ancient democracy like? Why did it spread in ancient Greece? An astonishing number of volumes have been devoted to the well-attested Athenian case, while non-Athenian democracy - for which evidence is harder to come by - has received only fleeting attention. Neverthele…
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
"The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique, paired essay format, as well as key contributions from leading archaeologists and…
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
"Classical archaeology has undergone profound change in recent years; new theoretical approaches and the development of cutting-edge methodologies have prompted classical archaeologists to pose more challenging questions of the extraordinarily rich data we possess from the ancie…
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Classical archaeology has undergone profound change in recent years; new theoretical approaches and the development of cutting-edge methodologies have prompted classical archaeologists to pose more challenging questions of the extraordinarily rich data we possess from the ancien…
"Classical archaeology has undergone profound change in recent years; new theoretical approaches and the development of cutting-edge methodologies have prompted classical archaeologists to pose more challenging questions of the extraordinarily rich data we possess from the ancie…
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
"The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique, paired essay format, as well as key contributions from leading archaeologists and…
Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
"Classical archaeology has undergone profound change in recent years; new theoretical approaches and the development of cutting-edge methodologies have prompted classical archaeologists to pose more challenging questions of the extraordinarily rich data we possess from the ancie…