Ancient Greece : an illustrated history /
Peter Green ; with 208 illustrations and 6 maps.
- London : Penguin, 1979.
- 192 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 173-186.
A study of Greece during the centuries which preceded the Hellenistic age. Describes Minoan Crete; the Mycenaean civilization; and the flowering in culture and political thought which began in the mid-eighth century B.C.; the growth of Athenian democracy; Hellenism; and the Persian Wars; and the end of the age in 323 B.C. with the death of Alexander. Makes liberal use of illustrations, photographs, and maps.
Young Adult.
0500271615 (pbk.)
79083760
Greece--Civilization. Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D. Greece--Civilization. Greece--History. Greece--History--0-323.