Edith Hall

Broschiertes Buch

The Ancient Greeks

Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World

Beschreibung

They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? This title offers a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, and more.

Autor

Edith Hall is one of Britain's foremost classicists, having held posts at the universities of Royal Holloway, Cambridge, Durham, Reading, and Oxford. In 2015 she was awarded the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy, given to a scholar whose works represent a significant contribution to European culture and scientific achievement. She is the first woman to win this award. Hall regularly writes in the Times Literary Supplement, reviews theatre productions on radio, and has written and edited more than a dozen works on the ancient world. She teaches at King's College London and lives in Gloucestershire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 687850
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9780099583646
• ISBN-10: 009958364X
• Artikelnr.: 44346077

Rezensionen

Hall examines in scholarly but very readable detail. Simon Shaw Mail on Sunday