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Greek History for Schools
Originally published in 1914, Edmonds' book is a succinct introduction to the history, art, literature and geography of ancient Greece from the prehistoric Aegean civilizations to the sack of Corinth by the Romans in 146 BC. Edmonds includes questions at the end of each chapter to stimulate discussion, and the text is augmented by fourteen maps, thirty-seven photographs and five illustrations. This book is still useful as a general introduction to ancient Greece, and will be of additional value to those with an interest in the history of Classical education in England.
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Greek History for Schools
Originally published in 1914, Edmonds' book is a succinct introduction to the history, art, literature and geography of ancient Greece from the prehistoric Aegean civilizations to the sack of Corinth by the Romans in 146 BC. Edmonds includes questions at the end of each chapter to stimulate discussion, and the text is augmented by fourteen maps, thirty-seven photographs and five illustrations. This book is still useful as a general introduction to ancient Greece, and will be of additional value to those with an interest in the history of Classical education in England.
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Greek History for Schools

Greek History for Schools

by C. D. Edmonds
Greek History for Schools

Greek History for Schools

by C. D. Edmonds

Overview

Originally published in 1914, Edmonds' book is a succinct introduction to the history, art, literature and geography of ancient Greece from the prehistoric Aegean civilizations to the sack of Corinth by the Romans in 146 BC. Edmonds includes questions at the end of each chapter to stimulate discussion, and the text is augmented by fourteen maps, thirty-seven photographs and five illustrations. This book is still useful as a general introduction to ancient Greece, and will be of additional value to those with an interest in the history of Classical education in England.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107624092
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/04/2013
Pages: 424
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The geography of Greece; 2. Aegean civilisation; 3. The heroic and Homeric age; 4. The age of colonisation; 5. The rise of Sparta; 6. Tyranny; 7. The early history of Athens; 8. The rise of Athens; 9. Ionia and Persia; 10. Marathon; 11. Thermopylae and Salamis; 12. Plataea; 13. The growth of Athenian power; 14. The Athenian empire under Pericles; 15. Athenian life; 16. The outbreak of the Peloponnesian war; 17. The first part of the Peloponnesian war; 18. The Athenian expedition to Siciliy; 19. The fall of Athens; 20. The Spartan supremacy; 21. The fall of Spartan supremacy; 22. The Theban supremacy; 23. Dionysius of Syracuse; 24. Philip of Macedon; 25. Alexander the Great; 26. The successors of Alexander; 27. The culture of the Hellenistic age; 28. Greece and Rome; Index.
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