3 Volumes 1,030 Pages 150+ Illustrations Glossary Time Line Websites Personages Index Category Index Subject Index Maps of Ancient Greece Complete List of Contents List of Literary Works List of Historic Sites Articles The Peloponnesian Wars Alexander the Great Delphic Oracle Olympic Games The Parthenon Pythagoras Troy Other Elements Publisher's Note Table of Contents    Click here to view an    Adobe Acrobat version    of a few sample articles    from this set.    Click here to view an    Acrobat descriptive flier    about this title and    closely-related titles.

Editor: Thos. J. Sienkewicz, Monmouth College, IL ISBN: 978-1-58765-281-3 List Price: $217 August 2006 · 3 volumes · 1,030 pages · 6"x9" Ancient Greece A-Z coverage of 315 major personages, wars, political, and cultural subjects from Greece, from Homeric times through 31 B.C.E. An A-Z survey of Greek history, culture, and civilization from its earliest archaeological remains until the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.E.), when Greek civilization merged with Roman to become Greco-Roman civilization. Scope & Coverage The 315 essays in this set include general overviews of art and architecture, daily life and customs, death and burial, education and training, government and law, language and literature, medicine and health, navigation and transportation, the performing arts, religion and ritual, science, settlements and social structure, sorts and entertainment, technology, trade and commerce, war and weapons, women's life and writing systems. Biographical entries cover statesmen, military leaders, writers, and philosophers. Descriptive entries examine literature, battles, and philosophical movements. Organization & Format Each entry includes a short list of additional resources for further study and a summation of the historical significance of the person, event, or topic. All three volumes contain a "Complete List of Contents." Appendixes include a time line, glossary, list of websites, list of literary works, and list of historic sites. Three indexes provide multiple access to the text: Category Index, Personages Index, and Subject Index. Fully illustrated. Essays were previously published in such sets as Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E., and Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E. All essays have standard top matter. New essays have been added to fill gaps in coverage, and have been updated. Detailed maps of ancient Greece in each volume's front matter, and more than 150 illustrations round out the set.

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