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Out of one, many : ancient Greek ways of thought and culture / Jennifer T. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--Intellectual life--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 439 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively introduction to the Greeks and their ways of living and thinking. In this fresh and witty exploration of the thought, culture, society, and history of the Greeks, Jennifer Roberts traces not only the common values that united them across the seas and the centuries, but also the enormous diversity in their ideas and beliefs." -- publisher.
- Contents:
- They contain multitiudes
- A world of the imagination
- The heroic past
- Meeting the Greeks
- The Polis-city and state
- Foreigners, slaves, and sex(ism)
- Giving the Gods their due
- The thrill of victory
- The search for meaning
- Life after life
- The Greeks among us.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691181479
- 0691181470
- OCLC:
- 1396143674
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