Published 1893
by Cassell in London .
Written in
Edition Notes
| Contributions | Zimmern, Alice. |
| ID Numbers | |
|---|---|
| Open Library | OL20253979M |
Full text of "The home life of the ancient Greeks" See other formats. THE MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS Translated from the Greek by Jeremy Collier. Revised, with Introduction and Notes, by Alice Zimmern [Marcus with Jeremy Collier, Alice Zimmern Aurelius] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Robert Garland's 2nd edition Dailey Life of the Ancient Greeks is a great book. It brings to light how the Greeks thought about life. This book opened my eyes to the huge differences that existed between the Greeks and the Romans. I highly recommend this book. I will now have to purchase a copy for my own library/5. Ancient Greece comes alive in this recreation of the daily lives of ordinary people--men and women, children and the elderly, slaves and foreigners, rich and poor. Taking account of the most up-to-date discoveries, the author provides a wealth of information on such varied facets of Greek life as food and drink, dress, housing, literacy, juvenile delinquency, the plight of the elderly, the.
A scholarly, comprehensive work that engages the reader and makes history a pleasure, this book covers the whole of Ancient Greece - 3, years of art, culture, literature, politics, war, and empire. Until now, histories of Ancient Greece were either accessible to the general reader but out-of-date /5(4). The Greeks, Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto The Greeks is a non-fiction book on classical Greece by University of Bristol professor and translator H. D. F. Kitto. The Greeks serves as an introduction to the whole range of life in ancient Greece and established Kitto as one of the foremost Grecian 4/5. The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction. This accessible introduction surveys the land and peoples who gave us the Labyrinth, the Acropolis, the Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sappho and Sophocles, Aphrodite and Aristotle, and so much more.5/5(1). Editorial team. General Editors: David Bourget (Western Ontario) David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) Area Editors: David Bourget Gwen BradfordAuthor: Joseph Novak.
Porphyry's Letter to His Wife Marcella Concerning the Life of Philosophy and the Ascent to the Gods, translated by Alice Zimmern, Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, Porphyry, the Philosopher, to Marcella, text and translation with introduction and notes by . The Greeks is a non-fiction book on classical Greece by University of Bristol professor and translator H. D. F. Kitto. The book was first published as a hardback copy by Penguin Books, but has been republished in several formats since its initial publication. The Greeks serves as an introduction to the whole range of life in ancient Greece and established Kitto as one of the foremost Author: H. D. F. Kitto. INTRODUCING THE ANCIENT GREEKS: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind User Review - Kirkus British classicist Hall (Greek Tragedy, , etc.) defines 10 characteristics that unified ancient Greek author focuses on an individual characteristic during a particular historical Reviews: 1. Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the nine lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and 5/5(1).
