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Author Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975.

Title Greek civilisation and character; the self-revelation of ancient Greek society.

Publication Info. London : J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1950]

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Edition [2d ed.]
Description xx, 236 pages ; 19 cm.
Series Library of Greek thought
Library of Greek thought.
Contents Part I. Civilisation -- The Proselyte -- The Piazza from Inside -- The Piazza from Outside -- "The Fools were Right!" Sparta (480 B.C.) -- Athens (431 B.C.) -- Liberte-Egalite-Fraternite -- The Class War: First Phase -- Professionalism -- Sparta (399 B.C.) -- Sparta (ca. 243-240 B.C.) -- Culture -- Solidarity -- Civilised Warfare -- Seed on Good Ground -- Seed on Stony Ground -- Seed Among Thorns -- Depopulation -- The Class War: Second Phase -- Debasement -- Athens (ca. A.D. 52-3) -- Cimmerian Darkness -- The Conflict of Civilisations -- The Renegade -- Part II. Character -- Section I. Social Psychology -- Democracy -- "Peace-Talk" -- "Moral" -- "The Sea! The Sea!" -- Liberation -- Public Opinion -- In the Theatre at Asculum -- Fraterinsation -- In the Theatre at Ephesus -- Section II. Conflicts of Will -- Aristagoras, CleomenesI., and Gorgo -- The War Debate at Sparta (432 B.C.) -- Athens and Mitylene (427 B.C.) -- Athens and Melos (416 B.C.) -- The Peace-Debate at Naupactus (217 B.C.)
Subject Greece -- Civilization.
Greece.
Civilization.
Hellenism.
Hellenism.
Greek literature -- Translations into English.
Greek literature -- Translations into English.