The Greeks : from the BBC television series by Christopher Burstall and Kenneth Dover / Kenneth Dover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dover, K. J. (Kenneth James), 1920-2010.

Contributor:

Burstall, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Civilization.

Greece.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xiv, 146 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First University of Texas Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1981, c1980.

Summary:

"Of dozens of books on Greece, this enthusiastic, tolerant, and eminently readable volume is the one I recommend as an introduction." --New Leader (London) "My Greeks were neither sophisticated layabouts nor pious fatalists, and least of all were they portentous gurus brooding over the lost Secrets of the Ancients. They were a resilient, sceptical, cheeky people, whose distinctive contribution to our history was to combine a readiness to ask 'Why?' and 'Why not?' with a conviction that only sane, reasoned and clearly expounded answers to those questions were worth listening to." In this book, Kenneth Dover introduces the people and culture of ancient Greece.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 138-139.

ISBN:

0292727232

OCLC:

7981640