The Greeks
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few civilisations have shaped the course of human history as profoundly as ancient Greece, and H.D.F. Kitto's landmark work The Greeks presents a vivid and authoritative portrait of the people, culture, and ideas that laid the foundation of the Western world. Kitto chronicles the rise of the Greek city-states, the nature of Greek society, and the intellectual and artistic achievements of a civilisation that gave birth to democracy, philosophy, drama, and rational enquiry — all rendered accessible without sacrificing scholarly rigour. Writing with elegant clarity and a warm, conversational authority, Kitto argues that to understand the Greeks is to understand something essential about ourselves, tracing the threads of their thought and values through politics, religion, art, and daily life. His analysis of the Greek character — its restless curiosity, its civic pride, its tension between reason and passion — remains as compelling today as when first published. A cornerstone of classical scholarship written for the general reader, The Greeks leaves one wondering just how much of the ancient world still quietly governs the modern one.
Author: H.D.F. Kitto
Format: Paperback
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few civilisations have shaped the course of human history as profoundly as ancient Greece, and H.D.F. Kitto's landmark work The Greeks presents a vivid and authoritative portrait of the people, culture, and ideas that laid the foundation of the Western world. Kitto chronicles the rise of the Greek city-states, the nature of Greek society, and the intellectual and artistic achievements of a civilisation that gave birth to democracy, philosophy, drama, and rational enquiry — all rendered accessible without sacrificing scholarly rigour. Writing with elegant clarity and a warm, conversational authority, Kitto argues that to understand the Greeks is to understand something essential about ourselves, tracing the threads of their thought and values through politics, religion, art, and daily life. His analysis of the Greek character — its restless curiosity, its civic pride, its tension between reason and passion — remains as compelling today as when first published. A cornerstone of classical scholarship written for the general reader, The Greeks leaves one wondering just how much of the ancient world still quietly governs the modern one.