The World of the Greeks

by Victor Duruy

English, French (translation)

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Jean Victor Duruy est un homme politique et historien français. Il a été ministre de l'Instruction publique sous le Second Empire, de 1863 à 1869. Père de Louis Victor Duruy.

Jean Victor Duruy was a French historian and statesman. He was Minister of Public Education under the Second Empire, from 1863 to 1869. Father of Louis Victor Duruy.

Reviews

[Erika Schoeps · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up at a library event where they were throwing out a bunch of old books. It looked really romantic, but I'm unsure if the romantic appearance was intentional or created by very light water damage?

The information within seemed trashy and weird... It unironically claimed that the Greeks gained their perfect bodies from the Gods and the fertile plains... ooookay. This book has too much nudity, serious art, and obscure history tidbits to be for children or teens, yet it isn't well-cited or literal enough to be for any academic purpose. I just scanned through the pictures. The book is separated by topic. Some pictures had these really intense neon filters over them that made them looked like a really groovy throwback Internet blog page.

Inspiring.