Citadel to City-State: The Transformation of Greece, 1200-700 B.C.E. 0253334969

The Dark Age of Greece is one of the least understood periods of Greek history. A terra incognita between the Mycenaean

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Citadel to City-State: The Transformation of Greece, 1200-700 B.C.E.
0253334969

A reflective volume of essays on literature and literary study from a storied professor. In The Pensive Citadel, Victor

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Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over s

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How remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek culture Why did soldiers

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1. Hesiod and the poetics of lyric -- 2. Hesiodic narratives in lyric -- 3. Lyric reception of Hesiod's didactic po

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Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greec

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This is a study of sea power and maritime strategy in the Classical Greek world. More than just a study of navies and ba

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Written by a Greek traveller in the second century ad for a principally Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece

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The Seleucid Empire presided over one of the most pivotal and creative periods of Iranian history, a fact that has often

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This is a study of sea power and maritime strategy in the Classical Greek world. More than just a study of navies and ba

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Examines the history of constitutional development in modern Greece from its sources through the Greek War of Independen

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