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100 1 _aNagle, D. Brendan,
_d1936-
245 1 0 _aReadings In Greek History: Sources and Interpretations
_cD. Brendan Nagle, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Southern California ; Stanley M. Burstein, Professor Emeritus of History, California State University, Los Angeles.
250 _aSecond Edition.
260 _aNew York
_bOxford University Press
_c2014
300 _axxviii, 340 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: -- *=New to this Edition -- List of Maps and Figures -- * Time Line -- Preface -- 1. EARLY GREECE: FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF THE POLIS SYSTEM -- A. Greece in the Second Millennium B.C. -- 1. The Mycenaean Kingdoms (ca. 1650-1150 BC) -- 2. Mycenaean Relations with the Hittites: the Tawagalawas Letter (Selections) -- * 3. The Sea Peoples and the End of the Bronze Age -- B. Greek Definitions of the Polis -- 1. The Natural Origins of the Polis: "Man Is by Nature a Political Animal" -- 2. The Nature of Citizenship: "He Who Has the Right to Take Part in Deliberative or Judicial Administration Is a Citizen" -- C. Greek Life in the Eighth Century B.C. -- 1. Homer: The Shield of Achilles -- 2. Hesiod's Works and Days -- D. Colonization and the Expansion of the Polis System: The Case of Cyrene -- 1. Herodotus' Account -- 2. The Oath of the Colonists -- E. Greeks and Non-Greeks in the Greek Colonies: The Foundation of Lampsacus -- F. Greeks and Scythians in the Black Sea: Coexistence and Interaction -- G. The Aristocratic Warrior -- 1. The Warrior Ideal -- 2. The Warrior and Society: The Drinking Song of Hybrias -- H. The Hoplite Revolution and the Citizen Soldier -- 1. The Reality of Battle -- 2. A Good Citizen: Tellus of Athens -- 3. Only Farmers Can Be Good Citizens -- I. The Hoplite Polis: Sparta -- J. The Role of Athletics -- 1. An Athletic Dynasty: The Diagorids of Rhodes -- 2. Athletics and the Polis: A Philosophical Critique -- 2. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREEK ARISTOCRACY IN THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- * A. Religion in Aristocratic Greece -- * 1. Relations between Man and Gods -- * 2. Animal Sacrifice -- B. Aristocratic Privilege -- 1. The Gortyn Code -- 2. How a Boy Becomes a Man in Crete -- C. Aspects of Aristocratic Life at Its Peak -- 1. A Fine Symposium: Xenophanes -- 2. The Life of an Aristocrat: Alcaeus -- 3. When You Are "Repulsive to Boys and a Laughing Stock to Women": Mimnermus on Old Age -- 4. A Woman's View of Aristocratic Life: Sappho's "To Anactoria" -- D. Heroic Athletics: The Chariot Race at Patroclus' Funeral Games --
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient / Greece).
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651 0 _aGreece
_xHistory
_yTo 146 B.C.
651 0 _aGreece
_xHistory
_yTo 146 B.C.
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700 1 _aBurstein, Stanley Mayer.
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