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Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History

Book by Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts; Oxford University Press, 1999

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Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C, Hellenism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...chariots charging across the broken terrain of Greece. Yet, while it is true that Greece was not like the vast plains countries of...semibarbarous warrior-chiefs of Late Bronze Age Greece were the cultural equals of the great kings of Asia and Egypt...
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Hellas and Hellenism: A Social and Cultural History of Ancient Greece

Book by Nicholas P. Vlachos; Ginn and Company, 1936

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Greece--Civilization, Greece--Politics And Government, Greek Literature--History And Criticism, Hellenism

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

HELLAS AND HELLENISM A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE BY NICHOLAS P. VLACHOS, PH. D. PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAN IS THE MEASURE OF THINGS.-- PROTAGORAS GINN AND COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON ATLANTA DALLAS COLUMBUS SAN FRANCISCO
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The Birth of Literary Fiction in Ancient Greece

Book by Margalit Finkelberg; Clarendon Press, 1998

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Civilization, Homeric, Greece--Civilization, Greek Fiction--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Greek Literature--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Homer--Criticism And Interpretation, Literary Form, Narration (Rhetoric), Narrative Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Rhetoric, Ancient

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Greek attitude to poetry, prepared by new developments in poetic practice itself, was made possible by the cultural transformation that Greece underwent in the fifth century BC. This enables us to set the Greek attitude to poetry within a concrete...
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Money, Labour, and Land: Approaches to the Economies of Ancient Greece

Book by Paul Cartledge, Edward E. Cohen, Lin Foxhall; Routledge, 2002

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Greece--Economic Conditions--To 146 B.C

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...9. --(1993) Farming and fighting in ancient Greece, in Rich and Shipley 1993, 134-45...Economic Thought and Economic Reality in Ancient Greece, European Cultural Centre, Delphi, Greece. --(1996a) Feeling the earth move...
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Citizen Bacchae: Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece

Book by Barbara Goff; University of California Press, 2004

Subjects:

Greek Literature--History And Criticism, Religion And Literature--Greece, Religion In Literature, Rites And Ceremonies In Literature, Rites And Ceremonies--Greece, Women And Literature--Greece, Women In Literature, Women--Greece, Women--Religious Life--Greece

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...move is certainly legible in ancient Greek texts, like Xenophons...slaves, for instance. In ancient Greece, ritual practice often makes...rituals women of ancient Greece exercise unusual agency and cultural pres...

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Journal Articles on: ancient greece cultural

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Toward a National Heterotopia: Ancient Theaters and the Cultural Politics of Performing Ancient Drama in Modern Greece

Journal article by Eleftheria Ioannidou; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

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Classical theater--Criticism and interpretation, Drama festivals, Hall, Peter--Works, The Oresteia (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Heterotopia: Ancient Theaters and the Cultural Politics...in Modern Greece. by Eleftheria...continuous cultural tradition from ancient to modern Greece. The interval...engagements with ancient drama see...National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation...
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The Science of Man in Ancient Greece

Journal article by Charles Stewart; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 8, 2002

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The Science of Man in Ancient Greece (Book)

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...The science of man in ancient Greece by Charles Stewart SASSI...science of man in ancient Greece. xxx, 224 PP., plates...Anthropology in Ancient Greece. Granted that there...precisely, the Ancient Greek cultural reading of human physical...
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Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome

Journal article by Anthony Corbeill; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome. by Anthony...Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome. Edited by...particularly interest social and cultural historians, who must...minds to the formation of cultural identities, thereby...
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Ancient Greece and Rome

Journal article by Jacqueline Simpson; Folklore, Vol. 112, 2001

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Books--Reviews, Vol. 2: Ancient Greece and Rome (Book)--Reviews

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Ancient Greece and Rome by Jacqueline Simpson Vol. 2: Ancient Greece and Rome, 394 pp. ISBN...opens the volume on Ancient Greece and Rome with an analysis...Roy Porter, turns to the cultural elite. Opinion among both...
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Politics and Society in Ancient Greece

Journal article by Vincent Farenga; The Historian, Vol. 72, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Politics and Society in Ancient Greece (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Politics and Society in Ancient Greece. by Vincent Farenga Politics and Society in Ancient Greece. By Nicholas E Jones. (Westport...that citizen women enjoyed social and cultural privileges, possessed "latent political...

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Magazine Articles on: ancient greece cultural

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Freedom in Sparta and Athens: The Stark Contrast between Ancient Sparta and Athens Makes Abundantly Clear That Cultural Achievement Occurs Only Where Men Are Free

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, May 29, 2006

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Atheism--Social aspects, Athens, Greece--Cultural policy, Freedom--Social aspects, Greek history--Social aspects, Greeks--Social aspects, Liberty--Social aspects, Sparta, Greece--Cultural policy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Stark Contrast between Ancient Sparta and Athens Makes Abundantly Clear That Cultural Achievement Occurs Only...king Xerxes marched on Greece. According to the Greek...wonders of the world. One ancient witness to the event...the Spartans perished. Ancient Greek sources say that...
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A Tory History of Ancient Greece

Magazine article by Brendan A. Rapple; Contemporary Review, Vol. 266, February 1995

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Democracy--History, Greece--History, Mitford, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

A Tory history of ancient Greece. by Brendan A. Rapple...English rather than Ancient Greece. However, as the century progressed a focus on Greece became more and more intense...artistic, historical, and cultural criticism of Wolf, Lessing...
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Nursing Times: Whether or Not Mothers Should Nurse Their Own Children Has Been a Subject of Debate from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through All of Modern European History to the Present Day. Paul Doolan Reviews the Arguments That Have Been Presented over the Centuries and the Way in Which Fashions Have Changed

Magazine article by Paul Doolan; History Today, Vol. 58, December 2008

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Breast feeding--Social aspects, Child rearing--Social aspects, Infants--Food and nutrition, Motherhood--Social aspects, Mothers--Health aspects, Mothers--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Subject of Debate from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through All...themselves very lucky. The ancient Egyptians recognized...the infant to imbibe cultural as well as physical sustenance...years of life. As in ancient Egypt, a wet nurse and...
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Greece: a Done Deal

Magazine article by Ernest S. McCrary; Global Finance, Vol. 13, September 1999

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Banking industry, Competition, Economic conditions, Economic indicators, Europe, European Monetary Union, Greece, Memberships, Securities markets

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...Balkans. The ability of Greece to provide economic leadership...than it has enjoyed since ancient times when Greece was the known worlds cultural and economic epicenter...faded, the business mood in Greece is upbeatand the outlook...
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Greece, an Odyssey Worth the Wait

Magazine article by Helen Mondloch; World and I, Vol. 22, January 2007

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Countries--Description and travel, Greece--Description and travel

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...staple sites of this ancient capital. We arrived...photographed. Maybe Greece was home to law and order...always nag us to come to Greece) own contiguous properties...connection to Cretes cultural past is clearly personal...fabulous journey to an ancient civilization, a must...

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Newspaper Articles on: ancient greece cultural

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GREECE LIGHTNING; Troy Special Issue: Why Do Men Want Six-Packs and Women Hate Body Hair? in This Exclusive Feature, Based on His New Book, Cambridge Professor Simon Goldhill Examines the Influence That the Great Ancient Civilisation of Greece Has Had on Modern Life

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 25, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...were constant worries in ancient democracy about the professional...deeply influenced by the ancient Greek past. It is the...This lasting heritage of Greece is all around us in almost every aspect of our cultural life. Theatre was first...more crucial reason why Greece of all the ancient civilisations...
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Life in a Changing City; Michael O'Flaherty Discovers an Ancient World in Greece LIFE FRIENDLY

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 28, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...OFlaherty Discovers an Ancient World in Greece LIFE FRIENDLY. Byline...compromise and, this being Greece, left a selection...I try to make it a cultural and artistic experience...ready, they scoffed. Greece, as usual, confounded...
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Reasons to Visit Halkidiki; TEN GREAT...: Greece Is a Holiday Favourite for Travellers of All Ages. Halkidiki, Located in the North Has Fishing Villages, Boutique Hotels, Honey Farms and Ancient Settlements, Says Alison Young

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), August 7, 2010

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Fishing, Fishing (Recreation), Hotels and motels, Travelers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Halkidiki; TEN GREAT...: Greece Is a Holiday Favourite...Hotels, Honey Farms and Ancient Settlements, Says Alison...area of the whole of Greece. Although land-linked...keeping capital of Greece with more than 6,500...as well as a 10-day cultural event in Arnaia which...
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Ancient Land a Modern Set for 'Hercules'; Handel Opera Outdoors in Greece

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 7, 2002

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Handel, George Frideric

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ancient land a modern set for...Handel opera outdoors in Greece Byline: T.L. Ponick...of its summer heat. Greece in August is hotter...European and American cultural exchange, opened last...international mission to modern Greece, Mr. Sisk reasoned...
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A Tragedy Fuelled by Greed; Danger: Greece Is Facing Forest Fires, Thought to Have Been Started Deliberately

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 28, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...pollution began to destroy ancient monumentssuch as the...there isnot a soul in Greece who believes it is merely...think we know a bit about Greece, butits the islands...called the glory that was Greece. And you seeit everywhere...Epidaurus, one of the great cultural wondersof the ancient...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ancient greece cultural

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Athens , City, Greece

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...922), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica...administrative, economic, and cultural center. Greater Athens...chief landmarks of the ancient city the Pnyx, where...Dionysius (the oldest in Greece); and the Odeum of...
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Greek Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...GREEK MUSIC the music of the ancient and modern inhabitants of Greece. Ancient Greek Music The music of ancient Greece was inseparable from poetry...prominent position of music in the cultural life of ancient Greece, only 15 musical fragments...
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Archaeology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...when growing interest in ancient Greece inspired the excavation...the discovery of human cultural remains associated with...chronology of events and cultural traditions) and the explanation of cultural processes. A variety of...
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Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovich

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Russian Revolution, taught ancient history at the Univ...Sterling professor of ancient history and archaeology...distinguished modern scholars of ancient history, Rostovtzeff...I, The Orient and Greece, 1926; Vol. II, Rome...condensations and place the cultural, economic, and social...
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Dorians

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DORIANS people of ancient Greece. Their name was mythologically...migrated through central Greece and into the Peloponnesus...decline. Although the cultural level of the Dorians was...contribute to the culture of Greece, e.g., in drama...

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