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The Greek City: From Homer to Alexander
Author(s): Oswyn Murray
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Publication Date: 9 Jan. 2003
- Edition: Revised ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 396 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198147910
- ISBN-13: 9780198147916
Book 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The book is both provocative and rich in information."--Classical World
"Provide a variety of stimulating models and starting points for the ancient historian interested in pursuing Greek urban history as a fusion of ecological and cultural history."--Ancient History Bulletin
Review
"The book is both provocative and rich in information."--Classical World
"Provide a variety of stimulating models and starting points for the ancient historian interested in pursuing Greek urban history as a fusion of ecological and cultural history."--Ancient History Bulletin
