| Description |
254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford profiles |
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Oxford profiles.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Homer -- Solon -- Lycurgus -- Sappho -- Aesop -- Pythagoras -- Anacreon -- Aeschylus -- Pindar -- Phidippides -- Leonidas -- Sophocles -- Herodotus -- Euripides -- Themistocles -- Pericles -- Phidias -- Socrates -- Hippocrates -- Aristiphanes -- Thucydides -- Alciviades -- Plato -- Xenophon -- Aristotle -- Demosthenes -- Philip II -- Alexander the Great -- Pytheas -- Antigonus I -- Ptolemy -- Epicurus -- Demetrius -- Zeno -- Pyrrhus -- Apollonius Rhodius -- Archimedes. |
| Summary |
This biographical source introduces 37 philosophers, poets, dramatists, political figures and scientists, Entries are arranged by period and each contains from three to eight pages of text, illustration and a summary sidebar. Introductions to each period include background and maps. Less well known individuals are summarized in a chapter at the end of each period. Concluding the volume is a timeline, a glossary, and both general and occupational indexes. Recommended for secondary collections. |
| Subject |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.
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Intellectuals -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Charles F., III.
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| ISBN |
0195099400 |
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9780195099409 |
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