Record details

• ISBN: 0816051461
• ISBN: 9780816051465
• Physical Description: 96 pages; 28 cm.
• Edition: revised edition / updated by Sean Sheehan.
• Publisher: New York : Facts On File, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Facts on File, c1989.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1 A History of Greece -- Minoans and Mycenaeans 10 -- Dark Age: Homer's Greece 12 -- Siege of Troy 14 -- Aristocrats and Poets 16 -- Colonization 18 -- Magna Graecia and the Tyrants 20 -- Warlike Spartans 22 -- Athens and Democracy 24 -- War against Persia 26 -- Trireme, Greek Warship 28 -- Hoplites--Greek Fighters 30 -- Wars of the Athenian Empire 32 -- Siege of Plataia 34 -- Greek Coinage 36 -- Trade, Seafaring, and Slaves 38 -- Spartan Empire 40 -- Philip and the Rise of Macedon 42 -- Royal Tombs of Macedon 44 -- Alexander's Campaigns 46 -- Successor Kingdoms 48 -- Part 2 Culture and Society -- Northwest Greece 52 -- Southwest Greece 54 -- Northeast Greece 56 -- Southeast Greece 58 -- Knossos and Santorini 60 -- Palaces at Mycenae and Pylos 62 -- Myths of Blood 64 -- Gods and Goddesses of Olympos 66 -- Oracle at Delphi 68 -- Olympia, Site of the Games 70 -- Ancient Olympic Games 72 -- City of Athens 74 -- Akropolis at Athens 76 -- Sculptures of the Parthenon 78 -- Painting on Pottery 80 -- Everyday Life in Athens 82 -- Spartan Life 84 -- Secluded World of Women 86 -- Entertainment at the Theater 88 -- Houses at Olynthos 90.

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