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History
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives
David Stuttard
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- Author
- David Stuttard
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Year
- 2014
- Edition
- Not stated; single UK publication 2014 · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780500252055
About this copy
Rather than marching through centuries of events, David Stuttard brings the ancient Greek world to life through the people who shaped it. From the tyrants Peisistratus and Polycrates to the democratic reforms of Cleisthenes, the rise of Macedon under Philip II and Alexander the Great, and the eventual dominance of Rome, this is a vivid, character-driven history that reads like a sequence of gripping biographies. Along the way you will meet Pericles, Plato and Archimedes, alongside more unexpected figures such as the wrestler Milo, the intellectual Aspasia and the painter Zeuxis.
A handsome hardback, complete with its original dust jacket featuring the 4th-century BC Deer Hunt mosaic from Pella. The book is illustrated throughout with 78 illustrations, 48 of them in colour.
Condition
- Book
- Very Good - a bright, tight copy with clean pages and a sound binding.
- Dust jacket
- Very Good - bright and intact, with the original jacket in attractive condition.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- A richly illustrated, accessible history of ancient Greece told through fifty individual lives.
- Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2014.
- First UK publication, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-500-25205-5).
- Illustrated with 78 illustrations, 48 in colour.
- Original dust jacket featuring the Deer Hunt mosaic from the royal palace at Pella.
A fine addition to any classical history shelf.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
