Bibliograph

Ancient Greece, Anton Powell

Type

Label

Ancient Greece, Anton Powell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ancient Greece

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

144991012

Responsibility statement

Anton Powell

Series statement

Cultural atlas for young people

Summary

Maps, charts, illustrations, and text trace the history and culture of ancient Greece

Table Of Contents

Minoans and Mycenaeans -- Dark age: Homer's Greece -- Seige of Troy -- Aristocrats and Poets -- Colonization -- Magna Graecia and the tyrants -- Warlike Spartans -- Athens and democracy -- War against Persia -- Trireme - Greek warship -- Hoplites - Greek fighters -- Wars of the Athenian Empire -- Siege of Plataia -- Greek coinage -- Trade, seafaring, and slaves -- Spartan empire -- Philip and the rise of Macedon -- Royal tombs of Macedon -- Alexander's campaigns -- Successor kingdoms -- Northwest Greece -- Southwest Greece -- Northeast Greece -- Southeast Greece -- Knossos and Santorini -- Palaces at Myceane and Pylos -- Myths of blood -- Gods and goddesses of Olympos -- Oracle at Delphi -- Olympia, site of the games -- Ancient olympic games -- City of Athens -- Akropolis at Athens -- Sculputres of the Parthenon -- Painting on pottery -- Everyday life in Athens -- Spartan life -- Secluded world of women -- entertainment the theaterheater -- Houses of Olynthos -- Glossary -- Further reading/web sites -- Gazetteer -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator