{"product_id":"the-ancient-greeks-stephanie-l-budin-9781576078143","title":"The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization--our societies, institutions, art, and culture--and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise, decline, resurgence, and ultimate collapse of the Greek empire from its earliest stirrings in the Bronze Age, through the Dark Ages and Classical period, to the death of Cleopatra and the conquests by Macedon and Rome (roughly 3000 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the latest interpretations of artifacts, texts, and other evidence, this handbook takes both newcomers and long-time Hellenophiles inside the process of discovery, revealing not only what we know about ancient Greece but how we know it and how these cultures continue to influence us. There is no more authoritative or accessible introduction to the culture that gave us the Acropolis, \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, Plato and Aristotle, and so much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie L. Budin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576078140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576078143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.42h x 7.30w x 1.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 114","brand":"Stephanie L. Budin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088583635199,"sku":"9781576078143","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33fce0ba-222e-418f-b828-c349e71623d4.jpg?v=1769105577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ancient-greeks-stephanie-l-budin-9781576078143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}