Ancient Greece: A Political, Social
and Cultural History by Jennifer
Tolbert Roberts
This One Deserves Six Stars!!!
Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, Ancient Greece,
Second Edition, introduces students to the history and civilization of
ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. A comprehensive history,
this captivating study covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through
the Hellenistic Era, integrating the most recent research in archaeology,
comparative anthropology, and social history with a traditional yet lively
narrative of political, military, cultural, economic, and diplomatic history.
Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary
texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative
studies, Ancient Greece, Second Edition, offers an account of the Greek
world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students with
little or no knowledge of Greece. The book is enhanced by text boxes
featuring excerpts from ancient documents, an extensive glossary, and a

timeline and general introduction that provide a birds-eye view of Greek
history.
Revised and updated throughout, the second edition features:
* More in-depth coverage of such social and cultural topics as women
and family life, material culture, religion, law, homosexuality, slavery,
athletics, and life in the countryside
* A revised art program that includes a new 8-page full-color photo insert,
125 black-and-white photographs (55 of them new), 15 line drawings, and
17 new and improved custom-drawn maps
* Key terms--in boldface type when they first appear in the text and listed
at the end of each chapter
* Selective, up-to-date recommendations for further reading
Personal Review: Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and
Cultural History by Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
Wow, what a masterpiece! I started my self-conducted study of ancient
Greek history with a different textbook. A good one but it did not impress
me quite as much as this one. Written in a clear and fluent language,
covering the whole range of Greece's ancient histoy and enriched with
excellent pictures and diagrams, it makes the reading not only highly
informative but also pleasant and entertaining, giving both beginners and
students in the area a solid foundation for further and more specialised
reading. It was sad to read some of the shallow and one-sided comments
on here from people who certainly don't have the capability to realize the
authors' didactic skill to reach out to a broad spectrum of readers of such a
complex, broad and magnificent subject. This text rekindled my passion for
the ancient world and gave me a great deal of motivation to pursue further
reading on other aspects of ancient Hellas such as Religion, Politics,
Mythology and so forth. If you're looking for a solid foundation and
inspiration, I strongly recommend this book. Hail Pallas Athena!
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