The Greeks
a portrait of self and others
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Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1740217M
- ISBN-100192192663
- OCLC Control Number213772409
- OCLC Control Numbergreeksportraito00cart
- Library of Congress Control Number92045898
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- Goodreads1013500
- LibraryThing153574
Classifications
- DDC938
- LCCDF78 .C28 1993
Description
"The Greeks were the inventors of history as we understand it. Yet their historiography remained rooted in myth, and the social context of the inventions for which we rightly treasure their achievements - democracy, philosophy, theatre - was often deeply alien to our own way of thinking and acting. The aim of this book is to explore that achievement. Paul Cartledge does so by presenting a fascinating portrait of the Greeks in terms of their own self-image, and explores how the dominant Greeks - adult, male, citizens - sought, with limited success, to define themselves in polar opposition to non-Greeks, women, non-citizens, slaves, and gods."--BOOK JACKET.
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