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The Greek City: From Homer to Alexander

By Oswyn Murray , Simon Price

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0198147910, 9780198147916
Open Library ID
OL16730724M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11491198 bytes)
Pages
388\388
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

These fourteen critical essays examine the autonomous Greek polis from its origins in the "Dark Age" until the point at which it was transformed into a basis for world civilization by the conquests of Alexander the Great and the subsequent expansion of polis institutions. Contributors such as B. D'Agostino, N. Purcell, O. Rackham, A. Snodgrass, L. Nixon, S. Price, M. Jameson, P. Schmitt-Pantel, M.H. Hansen, O. Murray, and W.G. Runciman, among others, discuss a wide range of topics, including the relationship between landscape and city, the relationship between public and private spheres, the phenomenon of the polis, the urbanization of the Italian peninsula, and the eventual decline of the polis.

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