Ancient Greece: Everyday Life In The Birthplace Of Western Civilization

Author: Robert Garland

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Price : $29.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781454909088
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Imprint : Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Weight (g) : 0.78
Publication date : 01 January 2013
Dimensions : 203mm X 152mm
Produced in : United States
RRP : 29.99
Availability date : 01 October 2013
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Author : Robert Garland
Series : Everyday Life Ser.
Bind : Hardback
Edition : 1
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Language : en
Dewey classification : 938
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Pages : 365
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Ancient Greece comes alive in this vibrant portrait of the daily lives of ordinary people—men and women, children and the elderly, slaves and foreigners, rich and poor. Robert Garland presents a wealth of fascinating, sometimes surprising information about our spiritual, cultural, and intellectual ancestors during this influential period. Did Greeks share our notion of romantic love? How stable was the family? How did they relax? What did they eat? Why was it more desirable to be a slave than a day laborer? Were they really more cultivated than we are? Unique and descriptive, the attractive volume include includes images throughout, as well as maps.

Author description

Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University. He is the author of many books, including The Greek Way of Death (Cornell University Press), The Greek Way of Life (University of Michigan Press) and Julius Caesar (Liverpool University Press).