Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Cambridge University Press (1989)
Description
This volume ranges in time over a very long period and covers the Greeks' most original contributions to intellectual history. It begins and ends with philosophy, but it also includes major sections on historiography and oratory. Although each of these areas had functions which in the modern world would not be considered 'Literary', the ancients made a less sharp distinction between intellectual and artistic production, and the authors included in this volume are some of Europe's most powerful stylists: Plato, Herodotus, Thucydides and Demosthenes.
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LibraryThing member elahrairah
Way too complicated for me, I need more of a beginner's guide!
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989
Physical description
218 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
052135983X / 9780521359832