Grant blows the dust off our time-worn images of the classical Greeks. He comments on the playwright Euripides: ``His characters have become all too familiar to modern psychologists.'' And on Herodotu. In this book, the astute historical mind of Michael Grant focuses on 37 of the most pivotal and influential Greeks of the classical age. The book starts with the heroes of the Persian War (Miltiades, Themosticles, Pausanias, etc) and ends at the very border of the rise of Macedon and the beginning of the Hellenic age (Aristotle, Demosthenes)/5(9). The world Grant introduces goes beyond the boundaries of modern Greece to. The greatest name in popular classical scholarship sheds light on one of history's most creative eras and civilizations: the ancient Greeks between and B.C. During this time, among other landmarks the introduction of the Phoenician alphabet enabled the recording of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey/5.
› Find all books by 'Michael Grant' and compare prices More editions of The Classical Greeks: The Classical Greeks: ISBN () Softcover, Quality Paperback Book Club, ; Educational Provision and Choice for 14 to 19 Year Olds. by Michael Grant. The Classical Greeks by Michael Grant - Vintage Hardcover NatesBookNook 5 out of 5 stars (38) $ Add to Favorites Myths of the Greeks and Romans book by Michael Grant, Vintage 60s paperback book, RecentEra 5 out of 5 stars () $ FREE shipping Add to Favorites. In this comprehensive and fast-paced account of pre-fifth-century Greece, Grant, prolific author of popular histories of antiquity (History of Rome, ; History of Ancient Israel, ) again proves that erudition need not be pedantic or dull. Ancient Greece, like Renaissance Italy, presents a tough narrative problem to the historian who has to tell a single story about a culture spread.
Michael Grant's summary of the Classical Greeks uses an excellent and inventive organizational structure by dividing chapters according to important and influential figures. It should be the perfect introductory book for a humanities course at the freshman or sophomore level, but unfortunately the dense academic tone will provide many readers. The Golden Age of ancient Greek city-state civilization lasted from to BC, the period between the first wars against Persia and Carthage and the accession of Alexander the Great. Never has there been such a multiplication of talents and genius within so limited a period and Michael Grant captures this astonishing civilization at the. Grant blows the dust off our time-worn images of the classical Greeks. He comments on the playwright Euripides: ``His characters have become all too familiar to modern psychologists.'' And on Herodotu.
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