In Search of the Greeks (Second Edition)
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In Search of the Greeks (Second Edition)

James Renshaw

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In Search of the Greeks (Second Edition)

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In Search of the Greeks offers an engaging introduction to the societies of Classical Greece. Making extensive use of ancient sources and illustrated with some hundred and fifty photographs, drawings, maps and plans, many now for the first time in colour, the book introduces key topics of ancient Greece. The new edition opens with a new chapter that provides an historical overview of the key events, figures and eras, and continues with updated chapters on key topics in Greek history: religion and thought, Athenian democracy, Athenian society, Athenian drama, the Olympic Games and Sparta. Activity boxes and further reading lists throughout each chapter aid students' understanding of the subject. Appendices provide further information on Greek currency values, Greek musical instruments and the Greek calendar. Review questions throughout this book challenge students to read further and reflect on some of the most important social, political and cultural issues of classical Greece. Many topics raise issues of contemporary relevance, such as the rights of citizens in a democracy, forced marriage and approaches to education.
The book is supported by a website which, contains comprehensive resources on the social, political and cultural issues of classical Greece.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
ISBN
9781472526236
Edition
2
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History
Chapter 
1 
A 
History 
of 
the 
Ancient 
Greek 
World 
9
Fig. 
1.3 
These 
remains 
of 
the 
walls 
of 
a 
city 
at 
Troy 
date 
to 
about 
1200, 
when 
a 
Trojan 
War 
is 
most 
likely 
to 
have 
taken 
place.
Fig. 
1.4 
left: 
The 
grand 
entrance 
to 
the 
palace 
at 
Mycenae 
is 
known 
as 
the 
‘Lion 
Gate’; 
above: 
one 
of 
the 
beehive 
tombs 
discovered 
by 
Schliemann 
at 
Mycenae.
Troy. 
When 
he 
dug 
at 
Mycenae 
in 
1876, 
the 
excavation 
caused 
a 
sensation 
– 
Schliemann 
uncovered 
elaborate 
royal 
tombs, 
beehive 
in 
shape, 
with 
vast 
amounts 
of 
treasure, 
including
great
quantities
of
gold
(Mycenae
is
described
in
Homer
as
‘rich
in
gold’).
One 
buried 
body 
had 
a 
gold 
funeral 
mask 
over 
its 
face; 
when 
Schliemann 
discovered 
it, 
he 
believed 
that 
it 
may 
have 
belonged 
to 
Agamemnon, 
and 
he 
sent 
a 
telegram 
to 
the 
King 
of 
Greece 
in 
excitement. 
Once 
again, 
however, 
Schliemann 
had 
got 
his 
dating 
wrong, 
since 
the 
tombs 
belonged 
to 
a 
period 
in 
the 
16th 
and 
early 
15th 
centuries, 
some 
three 
centuries 
before 
any 
historical 
Trojan 
War 
is 
likely 
to 
have 
happened.

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