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Andrew Robert Burn

    The Living Past of Greece
    The World of Hesiod
    Agricola and Roman Britain
    The Penguin History of Greece
    • The World of Hesiod

      A Study of the Greek Middle Ages, C. 900-700 B.C.

      • 278 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení

      Set in the transitional period between the Heroic Age and the Lyric Age, this work explores the cultural landscape of Ancient Greece prior to Ionian rationalism and Athenian civilization. It highlights the contributions of Hesiod, along with Geometric potters and painters, in shaping the economic, political, and social transformations that would emerge in subsequent eras. The book offers insights into the foundational elements of Greek society and its artistic expressions during this pivotal time.

      The World of Hesiod2024
    • The Penguin History of Greece

      • 416 stránek
      • 15 hodin čtení

      Chronicles the history of Greece from the neolithic pioneers to the closing of Athen's philosophic schools

      The Penguin History of Greece1990
      3,5
    • The Living Past of Greece

      A Time-traveller's Tour of Historic & Prehistoric Places

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      The Living Past of Greece offers an ingenious combination of chronology and topography which the reader will find he can use as a field guide, when actually visiting sites, or for more simple and solitary enjoyment from the comfort of an armchair. From Thermopylae and Olympia to the de-bunking of the Atlantis myth and the story of Thera, this book is a fresh and intimate glimpse into prehistoric Hellenic and Byzantine Greece.

      The Living Past of Greece1980