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A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives

by David Stuttard
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The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a few city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization. But who were these people, what do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? This highly readable, original new approach to telling the history of Greece weaves together the lives of the movers and shakers of the Greek world into a continuous narrative up until the rise of Rome.
From mathematics to politics, from painting and sculpture to sport, the reader will meet both the famous and less well-known figures such as Milo, the Olympic wrestler; Aspasia, the brilliant female intellectual; Zeuxis, the painter who invented trompe l'oeil; and Epaminondas, who taught tactics to Philip of Macedon.
David Stuttard has written numerous books on the Classical world including 'The Parthenon: Power and Politics on the Acropolis'.
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Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd

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  • ISBN: 9780500772201
  • Release date: September 8, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780500772201
  • File size: 22029 KB
  • Release date: September 8, 2014

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Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction

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English

The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a few city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization. But who were these people, what do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? This highly readable, original new approach to telling the history of Greece weaves together the lives of the movers and shakers of the Greek world into a continuous narrative up until the rise of Rome.
From mathematics to politics, from painting and sculpture to sport, the reader will meet both the famous and less well-known figures such as Milo, the Olympic wrestler; Aspasia, the brilliant female intellectual; Zeuxis, the painter who invented trompe l'oeil; and Epaminondas, who taught tactics to Philip of Macedon.
David Stuttard has written numerous books on the Classical world including 'The Parthenon: Power and Politics on the Acropolis'.
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Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction