- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (Mar 1 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0822005662
- ISBN-13: 978-0822005667
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #514,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This sweeping survey of ancient Greek culture covers the greatest works of Greek poets, dramatists, philosophers, writers, and historians. These writings are the foundation of the way we think and act and are important to the student of the human condition.
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Cliffs Notes on Greek Classics is the only reference book you need to understand the ideological and literary influence of the Greek civilization. A fully-indexed guide designed for students of: English Literature World Literature Classical Literature and Languages Philosophy History Theater and Drama Women's Studies Music and Art Religion
- Use for concise overviews of Greek playwrights, poets, prose writers, historians and philosophers.
- Find term paper ideas and essay topics.
- Check facts, dates, spelling and pronunciation.
- Identify major Greek literary movements.
- Understand the origins of Western drama.
- Discover the genesis of such ideas as the Oedipus Complex, the Golden Mean, the Golden Fleece, the Trojan Horse, the Socratic Method and Platonic Love.
- Recognize literary allusions to people and events such as the Olympic Games, the Bronze Age, the Fates, Medea, Electra and the Muses.
- Comprehend, through example, such literary terms as medias res, hubris and nemesis.
- Place Greek authors in historical context and chronological relationship to one another.
- Review major events of Greek civil wars as discussed by such writers as Herodotus, Xenophon and Thucydides.
- Recognize the roots of Western thought and philosophy in such writers as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates.
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There is no question that the writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey was one of the greatest poets in the history of Western Europe, but little else can be said with certainty about Homer, particularly concerning his personal life. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
There is no question that the writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey was one of the greatest poets in the history of Western Europe, but little else can be said with certainty about Homer, particularly concerning his personal life. Read the first page
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