Description
About the Author
Paul Cartledge is Reader in Greek History at the University of Cambridge. His publications include The Cambridge Illustrated History of Greece (CUP, 1997) and The Greeks (BBC, 2001).
Reviews
Review from previous edition a useful antidote to British sentimentality about ancient Greece * Philip Howard, The Times *
Paul Cartledge's sharp and unsentimental new introduction to [the Greeks'] mentality ... forcefully shows that freedom-loving citizens could live at ease among hordes of slaves. * Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman & Society *
the lively and succinct development of many ancient nad modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates * Times Literary Supplement *
lively, and very topical, book ... I know of no better book with which to introduce this 'portrait of self and others' to students at the sixth-form level or above. * Greece & Rome *
He adopts a lightly unusual approach and discusses the 'dominant' group - male citizens - in its relations with woman, slaves, barbarians and the gods. It is an interesting approach. * Contemporary Review *
With The Greeks Cartledge has achieved an up-to-date synthesis of Hellenic central concepts, thus furnishing teachers of ancient history and civilization with a valuable instrument, as I experienced in Greece when teaching European youth about their identity. * Mnemosyne *
Cartledge's The Greeks is bracingly enthusiastic with inter-disciplinary influences and interests. * The Sunday Times *
a study of the rise of a mentality, written in brilliant style, important, sometimes iconoclastic * Il pensiero politico *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192803887
Author Paul Cartledge
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 224g
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 127mm * 19mm