Culture of Freedom: Ancient Greece and the Origins of Europe

by Christian Meier and Kurt Raaflaub

Book Overview

Christian Meier is one of Europe's preeminent authorities on the classical world. A Culture of Freedom marks the apex of his lifelong research on ancient Greek culture. Beginning with a section on medieval and modern Europe's enormous inheritance of Greek institutions and ideas, the book moves on to chronicle the rise of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the Greco-Persian wars. Throughout, the author provides fresh insight into the "Greek...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199747407
• ISBN13: 9780199747405
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.4"