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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... Kimon , son of Miltiades , who in the darkest hour of 480 had set an example of imperturbability and loyalty to the democ- racy . He marched through the market - place and up to the Acropolis with a band of other young ' knights ...
... Kimon , son of Miltiades , who in the darkest hour of 480 had set an example of imperturbability and loyalty to the democ- racy . He marched through the market - place and up to the Acropolis with a band of other young ' knights ...
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... Kimon , perhaps at Ithome ( the exact sequence of these events cannot be estab- lished ) , Ephialtes and Pericles carried through the Assembly an act formally depriving the Areopagus of all powers for which there was not formal ...
... Kimon , perhaps at Ithome ( the exact sequence of these events cannot be estab- lished ) , Ephialtes and Pericles carried through the Assembly an act formally depriving the Areopagus of all powers for which there was not formal ...
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... Kimon himself fell sick ; Megabyxos , the conqueror of Egypt , was building up forces in Cilicia for a counter- stroke . Then he succeeded in running troops across to the is- land ; and at this point , Kimon died . His death was kept ...
... Kimon himself fell sick ; Megabyxos , the conqueror of Egypt , was building up forces in Cilicia for a counter- stroke . Then he succeeded in running troops across to the is- land ; and at this point , Kimon died . His death was kept ...
Table des matières
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