The Ancient Greeks (Elite)

The Ancient Greeks (Elite)
Nicholas Sekunda (Author), Angus McBride (Illustrator)
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The cradle of western civilisation, the ancient Greek world, consisted of a series of independent city states some of which, such as Athens and Sparta, became major world powers. This authoritative volume by Nicholas Sekunda covers Greek warfare in the Classical Period, which stretches from the Greek victories over the Persian Empire to the death of Alexander the Great at the end of the 4th century. The book includes such famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis and offers a detailed account of Greek military dress during this period, supported by 12 full colour plates by Angus McBride.

• Rank: #167123 in Books
• Published on: 1986-05-22
• Released on: 1986-05-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.84" h x .20" w x 7.48" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Description #1 by Overstock.com:

In Writing Authority , Hawke argues that the rapidly changing political and economic landscape of early Greece prompted elites to begin committing laws to written form. The emergence of the polis and its institutions, the demographic growth of Greece, the development of market forces and the commoditization of wealth, all presented new challenges and difficulties for the Greeks of the eighth and seventh centuries BCE Hawke contends that no one felt the attendant anxieties of these changes more acutely than the leading members of early Greek communities they confronted regulating their intense competition for status and power in an environment where traditional sources of authority, such as Homeric epic, offered no ready solutions for problems arising from the transformation of Greek society. Greek elites enshrined in writing rules aimed at stabilizing their relationships with one another and, by extension, their communities. Challenging both established and emerging orthodoxies about the appearance of written law in ancient Greece, Writing Authority questions the importance of a popular or communal role in the earliest Greek legislation. Approaches from anthropology, legal studies, and sociology are used to situate the emergence of Greek law in the broader context of Greek legal culture in the eighth through early sixth centuries BCE as Hawke describes in rich detail the legal culture of Homer s world, considers the impact of literacy on Greek attitudes about law and authority and its practical consequences for the governing of the Greek polis, and examines the effects of the tumultuous changes in Archaic Greece on the leading members of Greek communities. The result is a compelling monograph that provides an exhaustive and nuanced history of earliest Greek law and the motivations of the elites that brought it ...

Description #2 by Biblio.com:

London United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing 1999. very light corner cover crease close to new. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by McBride Angus. 4to - over 9{3/4}" - 12" Tall 64 Pages.

Description #3 by eBay:

author angus mcbride author nick sekunda format paperback language english publication year 22 05 1986 series elite subject history military subject 2 military history payment shipping rates returns elite 007 the ancient greeks product category books isbn 085045686 x title elite 007 the ancient greeks ean 9780850456868 authors secunda nick binding paperback publisher osprey publishing limited publication date 1996 01 01 signed false first edition false dust jacket false condition very good about