The Penguin History of GreecePenguin Books, 1990 - 414 pages The Penguin History of Greece offers a one-volume history of Hellas, and is principally written for the reader who is not a student or expert in classical literature. Readable, erudite, enthusiastic and balanced, it sweeps the reader along from the days of Mycenae to the splendors of Athens and to the conquests of Alexander and the last dark ages, ably pin-pointing the culture, society and politics of an astonishing people. |
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... Alexander brushed them aside . He seems to have been abnor- mally uninterested in sex ; we may guess , through being caught in childhood by his adored mother's comments on his father's infidelity . It looks like a case of ' mother ...
... Alexander brushed them aside . He seems to have been abnor- mally uninterested in sex ; we may guess , through being caught in childhood by his adored mother's comments on his father's infidelity . It looks like a case of ' mother ...
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... Alexander ; when the news reached the Aegean , their fleets deserted and went home ; and with their help Alexander took Tyre by storm after seven months and destroyed it . Gaza , on its high tell , with a Persian garrison , held out for ...
... Alexander ; when the news reached the Aegean , their fleets deserted and went home ; and with their help Alexander took Tyre by storm after seven months and destroyed it . Gaza , on its high tell , with a Persian garrison , held out for ...
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... Alexander the Great , who died aged 13 , probably murdered , in 310. This raises the possibility that the former was that of Philip Arrhidaios , Alexander's feeble - minded half - brother , titular co - king with his nephew until ...
... Alexander the Great , who died aged 13 , probably murdered , in 310. This raises the possibility that the former was that of Philip Arrhidaios , Alexander's feeble - minded half - brother , titular co - king with his nephew until ...
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PREHISTORY | 12 |
Beginnings | 21 |
Peoples and Languages and the Coming | 30 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Achaians Acropolis Aegean Aeschylus Aigina Alexander Alkibiades alliance allies ancient Antigonos Archon Argos armoured army Asia Assembly Athenian Athens attack Attica battle Boiotia bronze called campaign cavalry century citizens civilisation classical coast colonies Corinth Cretan Crete Cyprus death defeated Delphoi democracy democratic Dorian east Egypt Egyptian empire enemy Euboia Euripides exiles famous father fighting fleet force gods Greece Greek Herodotos Hittite Homer Ionia island Kerkyra killed Kimon king Kleomenes Knosós land later League lived Macedonia mainland Megara Miletos Minoan mountains Mycenae Mycenaean Nikias palace peace Peloponnese Peloponnesians perhaps Pericles Persian Pheidias Philip Phoenician Phokis Piraeus Plato poems poet political pottery probably Pylos Roman Salamis says sent ships Sicily slaves Socrates Sparta story Syracuse temple Thebes Themistokles Thermopylai Thessaly things thought Thucydides tion took trade tradition troops Troy tyrant victory walls Xerxes young Zeus