The Greeks : lost civilizations / Philip Matyszak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matyszak, Philip, author.

Series:

Lost civilizations (Reaktion Books (Firm))

Lost civilizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Civilization.

Greece.

Greece--Colonies.

Greece--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2018.

Summary:

This book is a portrait of Ancient Greece-but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilization was spread across the Middle East, or that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. Philip Matyszak tells the lost stories of the Greeks outside Greece, compatriots of luminaries like Sappho, the poet from Lesbos; Archimedes, a native of Syracuse; and Herodotus, who was born in Asia Minor as a subject of the Persian Empire. Stretching from the earliest prehistoric Greek colonies around the Black Sea to Greek settlements in Spain and Italy, through the conquests of Alexander and the glories of the Hellenistic era, to the fall of Byzantium, The Greeks illuminates the lives of the Greek soldiers, statesmen, scientists, and philosophers who laid the foundations of what we call "Greek culture" today-though they seldom, if ever, set foot on the Greek mainland. Instead of following the well-worn path of examining the rise of Athenian democracy and Spartan militarism, this book offers a fresh look at what it meant to be Greek by instead telling the story of the Greeks abroad, from modern-day India to Spain.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Imprint Page

Contents

Chronology

Prologue

1. The Greeks Before Alexander

2. Alexander and the East

3. The Greek Empire

4. The Hellenistic World from East to West

5. Macedon and Egypt

6. Rome and the Hellenistic Kingdoms

7. Greece in Rome

8. Byzantium and the End of the Greek East

Epilogue: The Greek Legacy

Bibliography

Photo Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780239439

1780239432