The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World - Brossura

Hall, Edith

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ISBN 10: 009958364X ISBN 13: 9780099583646

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2016

Riassunto

They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas’s three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great.

But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much?

Here, Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, visiting different communities at various key moments during twenty centuries of ancient history.

Identifying ten unique traits central to the widespread ancient Greeks, Hall unveils a civilization of incomparable richness and a people of astounding complexity – and explains how they made us who we are today.

‘A thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people... This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally’
Independent

‘A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world’
Sunday Times

‘Throughout, Hall exemplifies her subjects’ spirit of inquiry, their originality and their open-mindedness’
Daily Telegraph

‘A book that is both erudite and splendidly entertaining’
Financial Times

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Recensione:

"Terrifically good" (Natalie Haynes Observer)

"Hall examines in scholarly but very readable detail." (Simon Shaw Mail on Sunday)

"Hall’s superb history achieves her aim with a happy marrying of literature and archaeology." (Lesley McDowell Independent)

"[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people... This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally" (John Davie Independent)

"If you’re interested in their history then it is worth reading, and I think even those with some knowledge of the Greeks would learn something from this book." (Judith Griffith Nudge)

"A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world" (Christopher Hart Sunday Times)

"This new tome serves as a fantastic general introduction" (Big Issue)

"Edith Hall has a brilliant ability to intellectually analyse the Greeks... because of deep, searching curiosity, and her sense of how this culture reflects upon our moment now. Her writing is so clear and accessible... full of complex reflections and revelations" (Ian Rickson)

"Wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating... It is a fitting tribute to history that ought to be preserved... because it would, at the very least, enrich our conversation and range of comparison with events today" (Daisy Dunn Standpoint)

"This crisp little book is also worth reading for Hall’s elegant prose" (Suzi Feay Financial Times)

Descrizione del libro:

Edith Hall unpacks the mysterious and successful ancient Greek people through ten uniquely ancient Greek personality traits.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 009958364X
• ISBN 13: 9780099583646
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336