Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC

by Robin Osborne

Book Overview

Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415469929
• ISBN13: 9780415469920
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"