In Search of the Greeks

About this book

In Search of the Greeks offers an engaging introduction to the societies of Classical Greece. Making extensive use of ancient sources and illustrated with some hundred and fifty photographs, drawings, maps, and plans—many now for the first time in colour—the book introduces key topics of ancient Greece. The new edition opens with a new chapter that provides a historical overview of the key events, figures, and eras, and continues with updated chapters on key topics in Greek history: religion and thought, Athenian democracy, Athenian society, Athenian drama, the Olympic Games, and Sparta. Activity boxes and further reading lists throughout each chapter aid students' understanding of the subject. Appendices provide further information on Greek currency values, Greek musical instruments, and the Greek calendar.