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The Oxford History of Greece & the Hellenistic World
from Oxford University Press, USA

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• The value of this book is high
  Whether you're a newcomer to Greek history or someone who has already studied diverse segments of it looking to organize your knowledge, this book will be an aid. It is essentially an overview of the main studies - aka, philosophy, literature, politics, military, eras, etc. That said, as it is a compilation of all these diverse things, it tends to become less specialist and more general (big picture). That is why people who are intensely interested in Greek history would be better off buying books... more info

• The Oxford History of Greece & the Hellenistic World
  Very detailed and interesting information.
  It helped a lot prepraring for our trip to Rhodes and AThens

• Please correct the review below!
  I own the "Oxford Companion of Classical Civilization", where all the contributors appearing in this volume have contributed there as well. Judging from the quality of the Companion even this volume must be a wonderful reading. The reason I write this is not to praise the book, but to draw the attention to the concluding remarks of the review below written by BCA Bortignon.
  He claims that Greek culture is a "culture alive only in museums". And that it was created by "a people extinct or bred out of... more info

• The perfect volume for any lover of history.
  The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenisic World is a perfect primer for ancient Greek studies on history, literature, philosophy and art, but it is also a great read for the casual history and literature buff (which is the reason I read it!) Spanning from the Archaic Period, with Homer and Hesiod, through the Classical period with Aeschylus and Euripides, to the curious Hellenistic world: a world of three empires (The Antigonids of Macedon, the Seleucids of Western Turkey through to Afghanistan, and... more info

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