Echoes from the Greek bronze age : an anthology of Greek thought in the classical age / by Robert D. Morritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morritt, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Greece.

Bronze age.

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Greece--Civilization.

Greece--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Echoes from the Greek Bronze Age"" is the result of much I have read over several years.It is basically a study of the thoughts and works of early thinkers. From the Hecataeus the early cartographer, Heredotus survey of the then 'known world', the thoughts of Anaxagorus., Xenophon's descriptions and the sayings of Xenophanes.. Simones work on the art of memory,'The Loci' and its influence so many years later on Giordano Bruno declared as a heretic. The book will interest readers who enjoy h...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; HECATEUS OF MILETUS; ERASTOSTHENES OF CYRENE; THE HISTORIES - HERODOTUS (ERATO); XENOPHANES; EUDOXUS OF CNIDUS; ANAXAGORAS; DIOGENES OF SINOPE; ARATUS OF SOLI; DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS; PINDAR; XENOPHON; SIMONIDES OF CEAS; GIORDANO BRUNO

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-14160-4

1-4438-2524-7

9786613141606

OCLC:

827209185