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List of Figures. <p>List of Maps.</p> <p>List of Timelines.</p> <p>Foreword: Looking Backward.</p> <p>1. Greece in the Bronze Age.</p> <p>2. Iron Age Greece.</p> <p>3. The Poems of Hesiod and Homer.</p> <p>4. Poetry and Sculpture of the Archaic Period.</p> <p>5. Symposia, Seals, and Ceramics in the Archaic Period.</p> <p>6. The Birth of Philosophy and the Persian Wars.</p> <p>7. Setting the Stage for Democracy.</p> <p>8. History and Tragedy in the Fifth Century BC.</p> <p>9. The Peloponnesian War: A Tale of Thucydides.</p> <p>10. Stage and Lawcourt in Late Fifth-Century BC Athens.</p> <p>11. The Transformation of the Greek World in the Fourth Century BC.</p> <p>12. Greek Culture in the Hellenistic Period.</p> <p>Afterword: Looking Forward.</p> <p>Glossary.</p> <p>Index</p>

"Sansone’s book admirably fills the need for a succinct, readable, and reliable survey of ancient Greek civilization. The first edition was perfect for my Classical Civilization course - the second edition offers even more while maintaining the accessibility of the original." <br /> <i>Kathryn Gutzwiller, University of Cincinnati</i><br /> <p>"In this book David Sansone brilliantly analyzes the strands of history, literature, art, and culture which combine to form the tapestry of Ancient Greece."<br /> <i>David Sider, New York University</i><br /> </p> <p>Praise for the first edition:<br /> </p> <p>"Sansone's coverage and approach are fresh and distinctive, and his book richly informative, well-balanced, and engagingly written." <i>Professor Stephen White, University of Texas at Austin</i></p> <p><i>'Ancient Greek Civilisation</i> is a deeply thought-out and personal survey of ancient Greek culture." <i>Times Higher Education Supplement</i><br /> </p> <p>"The classicist approach to the topic is evident in his focus on artistic and literary developments and their relationship to history, politics, and everyday social practices." <i>Art Book News Annual</i></p>

<b>David Sansone</b> is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has published extensively on Greek language and literature, including literary and textual criticism of Greek tragedy and Plutarch’s Lives and a theoretical study of the origin of sport. He has been on the Board of Directors of the American Philological Association and held a number of editorial positions, among them the editorship of <i>Illinois Classical Studies</i> and membership of the editorial boards of <i>Classical Philology</i> and <i>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</i>.

Greek civilization has been continually reinvented, both in antiquity and in our own time. This fully-updated edition provides a concise narrative of Greek history and an analysis of representative works of Greek literature, from Homer to Plutarch, highlighting the burst of intellectual creativity in classical Athens.<br /> <p><i>Ancient Greek Civilization</i> provides a survey of the history, literature, art, and thought of the ancient Greeks. It places special emphasis on the key themes of Greek civilization: the public nature of Greek society, the relationship between the individual and the community, and the tension between myth and reason.<br /> </p> <p>This student-friendly second edition is the perfect introduction to the world of the ancient Greeks and includes additional illustrations, maps, and timelines, a glossary, and updated suggestions for further reading.</p>

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