A History of Greece: To the Death of Alexander the Great (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) - Softcover

Bury, John Bagnell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108082203 ISBN 13: 9781108082204

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book, originally published in 1900, was the major work of the classical historian J. B. Bury. It became a standard textbook on the topic of ancient Greek history to the death of Alexander the Great for almost a century, and in its updated form is still studied today. Bury had studied philosophy as well as classics at Trinity College, Dublin, and had travelled widely in Greece, but until the publication of this work was better known for his two-volume History of the Later Roman Empire (also reissued in this series), and many of his other works also deal with the Byzantine period. He describes in the preface his decision to limit the extent of his history: 'compression into a single volume often produces a more useful book'. This magisterial and very readable synthesis of political and military history encompasses nearly three millennia and the whole of the Mediterranean and Near East.

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This magisterial and very readable 1900 book was the major work of the classical historian J. B. Bury. It became a standard textbook on the topic of ancient Greek history to the death of Alexander the Great for almost a century, and in its updated form is still studied today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1108082203
• ISBN 13: 9781108082204
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 952