Summary
"When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law throughou... Full description
- Of ledgers and legends (1500 BCE-c. 1180 BCE)
- 'Homer's world, no ours' (c. 1180 BCE-c. 720 BCE)
- Inventing politics, discovering the cosmos (c. 720 BCE-494 BCE)
- The first world wars and the 'classical' age (494 BCE-404 BCE)
- Cultural capital (404 BCE-322 BCE)
- 'Becoming Greek' (322 BCE-27 BCE)
- Rome's Greek empire (27 BCE-337 CE)
- Becoming Christian (337-630)
- 'The eyes of the universe' (630-1018)
- 'City of the world's desire' (1018-1204)
- Hopeful monsters (1204-1453)
- Between two worlds (1453-1669)
- 'Greek revival' (1669-1833)
- European state, global nation (1833-1974)
- New ledgers, new legends (1974-2021)
- Epilogue.