The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity

by James Heneage

Book Overview

Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers--the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great's fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. "Byzantine" conjures decadence and deadly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1615199489
• ISBN13: 9781615199488
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Experiment
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"