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Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
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Pages: 336
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-16 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, Independent The ancient Greeks i
Introducing the Ancient Greeks
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Edith Hall
Categories: Greece
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Who were the ancient Greeks? They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. But what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? The a
Introducing the Ancient Greeks
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Edith Hall
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-02 - Publisher: Random House

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They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of
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Every four years, the world celebrates one of the most exciting contributions of the Ancient Greeks: the Olympic Games. That, of course, is not all this great c
Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals
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Authors: Daniel A. Dombrowski
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics