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A History of Greece: To the Death of Alexander the Great
Preface to the 4th Edition--Meiggs
Extracts from the Preface to 1st Edition
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Beginnings of Greece & the Heroic Age
Expansion of Greece
Growth of Sparta, Fall of the Aristocracies
Union of Attica & the Foundation of the Athenian Democracy
Growth of Athens in the 6th Century
Advance of Persia to the Aegean
Perils of Greece, The Persian & P...more
Extracts from the Preface to 1st Edition
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Beginnings of Greece & the Heroic Age
Expansion of Greece
Growth of Sparta, Fall of the Aristocracies
Union of Attica & the Foundation of the Athenian Democracy
Growth of Athens in the 6th Century
Advance of Persia to the Aegean
Perils of Greece, The Persian & P...more
Hardcover, 3rd, 925 pages
Published
1951
by Macmillan
(first published 1900)
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Apr 11, 2013
Eddy Allen
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...a thoroughly reliable and a highly attractive volume. Meiggs is to be congratulated on his success in combining preservation and adaptation so successfully.'--Hermathena
'...a major overhaul by Russell Meiggs in the light of modern research...The future of Bury's History as a major reference work seems assured.'--Ancient History
'Bury resurgens: seventy-five years old and still going strong!...Bury-Meiggs is now once again indisputably the standard history of Greece for the sixthformer and unde...more
'...a major overhaul by Russell Meiggs in the light of modern research...The future of Bury's History as a major reference work seems assured.'--Ancient History
'Bury resurgens: seventy-five years old and still going strong!...Bury-Meiggs is now once again indisputably the standard history of Greece for the sixthformer and unde...more
This is the definitive historical text on ancient Greece, from what my studies have uncovered. I'm reading it slowly, sort of in conjunction with some of the Greek histories and other texts, trying to place things as much as I can. There's a lot to cover and a lot to remember. Though this book is dated, it's still excellent for it's breadth and depth.
Jan 06, 2011
Erik Graff
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Recommends it for:
everyone
Recommended to Erik by:
James DeVoto
Shelves:
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This is the standard introduction to ancient Greek history (prehistory to the Hellenistic kingdoms) which has been used by English-speaking college students in various updated editions since its first publication by Bury in 1900. Dry and scholarly, but thorough, well written and very clear, with useful maps and columnar sidenotes.
Read Modern Library version. Good History.
Apr 11, 2009
Don Voorhees
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teachers
Quite an enjoyable history of Greece.
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Alex Williams
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John Bagnell Bury was a historian and expert on the Greeks, Romans, the Byzantine Empire, and the Medieval period. He was also an editor of the Cambridge Ancient History series.
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