Sailing the wine-dark sea
Cahill, Thomas.
Sailing the wine-dark sea why the Greeks matter / [electronic resource] : Thomas Cahill. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : Nan A. Talese : Doubleday, 2003. - xiv, 304 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps. - Hinges of history ; v. 4 . - Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant to the present."
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Civilization, Western--Greek influences.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
Electronic books.
DF77 / .C28 2003eb
909/.09821
Sailing the wine-dark sea why the Greeks matter / [electronic resource] : Thomas Cahill. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : Nan A. Talese : Doubleday, 2003. - xiv, 304 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps. - Hinges of history ; v. 4 . - Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant to the present."
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Civilization, Western--Greek influences.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
Electronic books.
DF77 / .C28 2003eb
909/.09821