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23+ oeuvres 800 utilisateurs 11 critiques

Œuvres de Robert Garland

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The Greek Way of Death (1778) 102 exemplaires
Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks (1998) 67 exemplaires
How to Survive in Ancient Greece (2020) 31 exemplaires
The Piraeus (1987) 14 exemplaires

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Disability in Antiquity (Rewriting Antiquity) (2016) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires

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Autres noms
Garland, Robert S.J.
Date de naissance
1947-09-25
Sexe
male
Nationalité
England
Professions
university professor

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How to Survive in Ancient Greece is an excellent and painless introduction to Greek culture and everyday life. I've read many books on the subject, yet I still found numerous fascinating new bits of information as well as an interesting perspective on the differences between Classical Greece and the modern world.

The focus of this imaginary travelogue is Athens in 420 BCE. This is simply because it's a time and place we know the most about and find the most interesting. We grow up learning that Greece was the birthplace of Western Democracy, but what will strike most readers is how alien a place it really was. We are accustomed to equating democracy with a belief in egalitarianism, human rights, and social mobility. Yet, as the author frequently points out, the Athenians saw no disconnect between their democratic ideals on the one hand, and brutal slavery and abject poverty on the other. And the treatment of women in classical Athens was not unlike that found in modern fundamentalist Islamic states.

The book is brief, entertaining, and written in simple, straightforward prose. I would recommend it as an introductory work on Ancient Greece, not only for adults, but for teenage readers as well, with the caveat that there is some discussion of prostitution and other sexual topics.
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VenRandle | Mar 27, 2024 |
One of the least focused courses I've stumbled across. It takes the historical tack for about half the course, going from ancient greece to modern greece, and then tries to mix it up with generalized segments on everything from culture to food and art appreciation. This tack doesn't elevate the material at all and feels like 5 bad courses crammed into one.
 
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A.Godhelm | Oct 20, 2023 |
`This book comes blurbed and reviewed as an attempt to update and popularize Greece's familiar myths in such a way that it will appeal to the common man of today. In this it succeeds to a considerable extent. The gods, nymphs, and heroes narrate their own episodes, which usually are connected to form a cohesive narrative, and the language is indeed colloquial, sometimes salty.
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Big_Bang_Gorilla | Jul 25, 2023 |
Plenty of good information. I found the writing a bit uneven and watch out here come some cliches!
 
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Je9 | Aug 10, 2021 |

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Œuvres
23
Aussi par
5
Membres
800
Popularité
#31,872
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
11
ISBN
81
Langues
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