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Ancient Greece, A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Cartledge
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- 2011
- PAPER
- 152 PAGES
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Cartledge highlights the role of such renowned cities as Athens (birthplace of democracy) and Sparta, but he also examines Argos, Thebes, Syracuse in Sicily, and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as lesser known locales such as Miletus (home of the West's first intellectual, Thales) and Massalia (Marseilles today), where the Greeks introduced the wine grape to the French. In this innovative introduction to ancient Greece.
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