Robert Garland (1) (1947–)
Auteur de The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
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Robert Garland (1) a été combiné avec Robert S. Garland.
Œuvres de Robert Garland
Les œuvres ont été combinées en Robert S. Garland.
Athens Burning: The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica (Witness to Ancient History) (2017) 24 exemplaires
Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great (1743) 20 exemplaires
Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens (Classical Inter/Faces) (2006) 15 exemplaires
Greece and Rome: an Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean (The Great Courses Part 3 of 3) (2008) 6 exemplaires
The Great Courses: Being a Rich Roman 1 exemplaire
Daily Life in the Medieval World 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Les œuvres ont été combinées en Robert S. Garland.
The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World (2014) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
Poetry, Theory, Praxis. The Social Life of Myth, Word and Image in Ancient Greece: Essays in Honour of William J.… (2003) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Garland, Robert S.J.
- Date de naissance
- 1947-09-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
- Professions
- university professor
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 23
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 800
- Popularité
- #31,872
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 81
- Langues
- 1
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.… (plus d'informations)