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History of Greece. I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History in the Reign of Peisistratus of Athens (Volume I)

History of Greece. I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History in the Reign of Peisistratus of Athens (Volume I)

Grote, George

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Religion General Ancient GreeceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 9353701244
ISBN13: 9789353701246
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2000
Pages: 518
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before marble temples and democrats, Greece is a tangle of song, legend, and hard political change. George Grote brings the haze into focus. Myth becomes history, then argument. Volume I of his renowned multi-volume history set moves from legendary Greece myths and the contested world of Greek myth and legend into the documented archaic Greece period, closing with the reign of Peisistratus and the pressures that shaped peisistratid Athens politics. Grote writes as a Victorian statesman and rigorous reader of sources, weighing tradition against evidence and showing how ideas of gods, heroes, kinship, and law fed the rise of ancient Athens society. The result is a classical history book that reads with narrative drive while remaining classic historical nonfiction: careful, candid, and bold in its judgements. For ancient history students it offers a disciplined path into method as well as material; for general readers it is an absorbing journey from mythic origins to the first clear contours of Greek statecraft. Use it as a Greek history reference for essays, lectures, or armchair voyages, and as a steady companion when names and dates begin to blur. Long valued in classical antiquity studies, Grote helped set the terms of modern Greek historical writing, engaging the developing Herodotus Thucydides scholarship rather than repeating it. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For shelves, study, and rereading.

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