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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454989603321

Autore

Hazel John

Titolo

Who's who in the Greek world / John Hazel [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-280-33696-X

9786610336968

0-203-02771-X

0-203-15971-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Who's who series

Disciplina

920.038

Soggetti

Classical biography

Electronic books.

Greece Biography Dictionaries

Middle East Biography Dictionaries

Mediterranean Region History To 476

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Who's Who in the Greek World; Glossary; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

Was there such a person as Homer? Who were the key figures in the first democracy of the Western World? Who is the father of tragedy? Who is the father of history?Of all the world's ancient civilisations, it is perhaps the Ancient Greece that has the strongest hold over the modern imagination. The history, philosophy and literature continue to intrigue and enthral. Now John Hazel has compiled the definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire.The lives of Alexander the Great, Socrates and Plato are opened up, but so too are t