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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Durant discusses and analyzes the contributions of Greece to art, poetry, drama, philosophy, mathematics, science etc. Along the way, Greek political and military history enter into the equation. While not exhaustive, the work is a fine coverage of the field. (  ) AlexTheHunn | Mar 22, 2006 |   no reviews | add a review
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Volume 2 of The Story of Civilization, the Durants' dynamic synthesis of world history, deals with Greek civilization. THE LIFE OF GREECE tells the whole story of Hellas, from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the Roman conquest.
The Durants' picture of 5th-century Athens is a masterpiece of compression, synthesizing the high spots and highlighting the significance of what many consider the most fruitful epoch in history.
"Tribute must be paid not merely to the immense learning which has gone into the making of the book but to the ease of its style and particularly the Durants' gift of concise, epigrammatic statement." (The New Yorker)
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