Author : John Boardman
Release : 2001
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 384/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World by : John Boardman
Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World written by John Boardman. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast -- it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science.This beautifully illustrated study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later.Chapters dealing with political and social history are interspersed with chapters on philosophy and the arts, including Homer, Greek myth, Aristotle and Plato, Greek dramatists such as Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the flourishing of the visual and plastic arts.
