| Description |
1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1. THE TROJAN WAR: HOMER; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; MINOAN ART; MYCENAEAN ART; THE HOMERIC QUESTION; THE STRUCTURE OF THE Iliad; THE STRUCTURE OF THE Odyssey; HOMER'S PORTRAYAL OF CHARACTER; THE ART AND PERSONALITY OF HOMER; THE FATE OF THE HOMERIC POEMS; 2. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; ART; HESIOD; THE Homeric Hymns; THE FIRST LYRIC POETS; ARCHILOCHUS; 3. TOWARDS DEMOCRACY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; ART; SOLON; SAPPHO; OTHER LYRIC POETS; THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY; THE BEGINNINGS OF PROSE; 4. THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY |
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDART; BACCHYLIDES; PINDAR; AESCHYLUS; HERODOTUS; THE PHILOSOPHERS; THE BIRTH OF COMEDY; 5. IMPERIALISM AND THE DECLINE OF ATHENS; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; ART; SOPHOCLES; THE PHILOSOPHERS; THE SOPHISTS; SOCRATES; EURIPIDES; THUCYDIDES; ARISTOPHANES; 6. LAST STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; ART; THE SOCRATICS; XENOPHON; PLATO; ISOCRATES; THE ORATORS; DEMOSTHENES; ARISTOTLE; POETRY: MENANDER; 7. THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIOD; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; HELLENISTIC ART; PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE; POETRY; GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY; PLUTARCH; THE NOVELS; LUCíAN; PLOTINUS |
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8. CONCLUSIONCHRONOLOGICAL TABLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; INDEX |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-390) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Greek literature -- History and criticism
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Greek literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351534994 |
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1351534998 |
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1351535005 |
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9781351535007 |
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