Ancient Greece (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Schumacker, Anna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440091811 ISBN 13 : 9781440091810

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how ancient Greece shaped what we call freedom, justice, and creativity today.

This accessible study surveys the Greek world from city and sea to everyday citizens, showing how their ideas still guide us. It emphasizes humanity as a unifying measure, the role of maritime life, and the enduring influence of culture on politics, art, and thinking. Through clear narration, the book traces how Greek achievements came to be loved—and how later ages learned from both their successes and their missteps.

Engaging and readable, this edition connects grand moments of Pericles, philosophy, sculpture, and architecture to the everyday choices of people today. It considers why Greek culture remains a living legacy, not merely an antiquarian record.

• How sea and city life shaped Greek politics, trade, and culture.
• Why humanity, not divine decree, is framed as the guiding standard in Greek thought.
• Connections between poetry, philosophy, and monumental art that define the era.
• Audience-appropriate context for understanding Greece’s rise, decline, and enduring influence.

Ideal for readers of history and culture who want a clear, integrative view of ancient Greece and its lasting impact.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Ancient Greece

The study of the language, art, and culture of a dead civilization must always be an unprofitable and unproductive study except to antiquarians and lexicographers. To call the language, art, and culture of Ancient Greece dead is to beg the very question at issue. Different views may be held to-day as to the vitality of the Greek culture that has come down to us, but much that the ancient Greeks themselves achieved was destined, consciously or unconsciously, for posterity. Thucydides rightly or wrongly said that his history was 'an everlasting possession, not a prize composition that is heard and forgotten'. Plutarch, speaking of the great public buildings of Athens, says:

'The works of Pericles were the more marvelled at seeing that they were achieved in but a little time though they were designed for the ages. Each building at the moment of its completion had the stability of age, while in fullness of growth it was as though modern and newly created; thus a freshness still blooms upon it, keeping it in appearance unsullied by time, as if some ever-fresh breeze and unaging spirit were in its very substance.'

The truth that Plutarch wrote five centuries after these buildings were erected is not rendered less true to-day by the ravages of time.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440091811
• ISBN 13: 9781440091810
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 99
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