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Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization Paperback - 2002
by Thornton, Bruce S
- Used
- very good
Writing with wit and erudition, Thornton discusses in fascinating detail those areas of Greek life--sexuality and sexual roles; slavery and war; philosophy and politics--that some modern critics have made into Rcontested sites.S He also reclaims the importance of those core ideas the Greeks invented, ideas about human fate and purpose that have shaped the modern world.
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Details
- Title Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization
- Author Thornton, Bruce S
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised ed.
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 198
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Encounter Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-10-31
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1893554570-8-1
- ISBN 9781893554573 / 1893554570
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.81 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
- Reading level 1630
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Mediterranean
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00039376
- Dewey Decimal Code 949.5
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IN 1998, PRESIDENT CLINTON was impeached for actions he allegedly either took or ordered in an attempt to keep secret certain sexual improprieties he had committed with a White House intern.