Beschreibung
Illustrations
Prologue
Aegean dawn: the dark beginning
The first Greeks arrive
Homer & the age of heroes
The Trojan war
The world of Odysseus
The flower of youth: the Greeks look westward
Rise of the city-state
The burgeoning vine: Athens & Sparta
The Persian & Peloponnesian wars
The resurrected gods: religion & literature
The idealized image: the visual arts
Greek renaissance
Greece today: the imprisoned splendor
Appendix: Concerning Translations
Bibliography
Index