Archaic and Classical Greece: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation

Michael H. Crawford,David Whitehead

Archaic and Classical Greece: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
14 March 1983
Pages
660
ISBN
9780521227759

Archaic and Classical Greece: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation

Michael H. Crawford,David Whitehead

The aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 B.C. - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution of the polis, a form of political community which combined the aspects of city and state in a physical and psychological unity unparalleled either before or since. For us, the inheritors of much that the Greeks created, there is an inherent interest in the way in which they organised their society during these centuries, in addition to what individual members of that society can still communicate to us, as individuals, through their writings. Although this book assumes no knowledge of Greek, the reader is introduced to a range of key Greek words and concepts which offer a direct insight into the mentality, both collective and individual, of the times. The sources themselves (all of which have been freshly translated by the authors) are supported by introductory commentary, notes, bibliographies, chronological tables and maps. All students and teachers of the history of ancient Greece or of classical civilisation generally will find this book an invaluable tool.

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