The Classical world : the foundations of the West and the enduring legacy of antiquity / Nigel Spivey.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: xiii, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781681771519
- 1681771519
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult Book
|
Main Library | NonFiction | 938 S761 | Available | 33111008446201 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A masterly investigation into the Classical roots of Western civilization, taking the reader on an illuminating journey from Troy, Athens, and Sparta to Utopia, Alexandria, and Rome.
An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilization.
Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilization, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens and Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science and philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power and spread of the Roman imperium, and the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.
Troy -- Athens -- Sparta -- Syracuse -- Utopia -- Alexandria -- Pergamon -- Rome -- Ephesus -- Constantinople -- Epilogue.
"An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome centers on 10 locations of seminal importance to the development of Classical civilization, including Troy, Athens and Sparta. By the author of The Ancient Olympics."--NoveList.