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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7514 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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Munro, James
Die Rich, Die Happy
In his second appearance John Craig of British Intelligence is tasked with guarding a Greek millionaire whose life is endangered by his interests in Middle East oil. Book
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MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN.
Tabula Europae IX. Thraciae Civitates.
Henri Petri, Basilea, 1541 – 1545. Carta geografica tratta dalla “Geographia Universalis Vetus et Nova Complectens”, edita da H. Petri (realizzata a cura di B. Pirckheimer, Tip. H. Petrum). Incisione su legno, cm 31 x 40 circa (il foglio poiché non è visibile la battuta della lastra). Tavola tolemaica in posizione trapezoidale, inserita nella “Geographia” di Tolomeo e ripresa nell'edizione dello stesso Munster e in alcune edizioni della “Geographia” di Strabone. Titolo in alto, al centro, extramargine, “Tabula Europae IX”; al verso, in grande riquadro riccamente incorniciato da putti alati e festoni, il titolo “Nona Europae Tabula” e la numerazione 11 della pagina, testo latino; margine graduato su tutto il perimetro, senza scale grafiche e senza reticolato. Questa carta fu stampata nel 1541, 1542 e 1545; probabilmente poi nel 1552 e nel 1571; tutte le edizioni furono realizzate a Basilea. Alla sinistra del foglio, in basso, in piccolo riquadro, “Urbes Mysie Superioris”, in un secondo piccolo riquadro, a fianco del primo, più basso e più centrale, “Civitates Daciae”, alla metà del foglio, sulla destra, in piccolo riquadro “Thraciae Civitates”. L'orografia della tavola è rappresentata da coni di talpa (spesso a doppia sommità e con il tratteggio a sinistra), l'idrografia con una doppia riga a decorso arbitrario, la superficie dei mari è tratteggiata; i centri sono indicati con casette; vi sono alcuni limiti territoriali. Molti sono gli errori relativi al territorio. Sebastian Münster (1488 - 1552) è stato uno dei più importanti cartografi tedeschi del secolo XVI. La sua Cosmographia, edita a Basilea nel 1544, rappresenta la prima descrizione tedesca del mondo intero e l’opera principale, dopo la “Cronaca di Norimberga” del 1493, nella rinascita degli studi geografici del XVI secolo in Europa. Titolo e concetto si riallaciano all'opera di Tolomeo, con lo scopo di descrivere tutto il mondo, anche l'America appena scoperta. Münster aveva visitato diversi dei luoghi descritti durante i suoi viaggi, per altri dovette ricorrere a fonti di seconda mano che raccoglieva assiduamente. La “Cosmographia” conteneva non solo le ultime mappe e vedute di tutte le città più famose, ma anche una serie di notizie enciclopediche di dettagli relative al mondo conosciuto e sconosciuto. Dopo la sua morte nel 1552, il figlio Henri Petri continuò la pubblicazione dell’opera. Complessivamente, sono apparse circa 40 edizioni della Cosmographia tra il 1544 e il 1628. Foglio in bella impressione e in buono stato di conservazione.
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Muntz Charles E.
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
8vo, hardcover in dj, pp.310. offers a fresh look at one of the most neglected historians of the ancient world and recovers Diodorus originality and importance as a witness to one of the most tumultuous periods in antiquity. Muntz analyzes the first three books of Diodorus, which cover barbarian ethnography, myth, and early history and contain the most varied and eclectic material in his work. He shows how Diodorus defines the physical, political, and cultural boundaries of the late Roman Republic in these books and uses them to map out future possibilities for the Romans. Diodorus reveals through the history, myths, and customs of the barbarians the secrets of successful states and rulers, and contributes to the debates surrounding the transition from Republic to Empire. Muntz establishes just how linked the barbarians of the Bibliotheke are to the crumbling Republic and demonstrates that through the medium of the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Indians, and others Diodorus engages with major issues and intellectual disputes of his time, including the origins of civilization, the propriety of ruler-cult, the benefits of monarchy, and the relationship of myth and history. Diodorus has many similarities with other authors writing on these topics, including Cicero, Lucretius, Varro, Sallust, and Livy. But, as Muntz argues, engaging with such controversial issues, even indirectly, could be dangerous for a Greek provincial such as Diodorus, and he may never have completed or fully published his bilbiotheke in his lifetime.
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Murray Oswyn
"La Grèce à l'époque archaïque (Early Greece) - ""Amphi 7/Histoire"""
Presses universitaires du Mirail. 1995. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 382 pages. Quelques passages soulignés au crayon de papier dans le texte. Ex libris à l'encre en page de faux titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 949.5-Grèce
Bookseller reference : R300317067
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MURPHY-O'CONNOR (Jérôme).-
Corinthe au temps de Saint Paul d'après les textes et l'archéologie.
1986 Paris, Le Cerf, 1986, in 12 broché, 297 pages ; signature sur le titre.
Bookseller reference : 88761
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MURRAY, John.
Handbook for travellers in Greece- Volume I
London, John Murray, 1884.in8 percaline rouge editeur,un peu passée,texte frais.Fifth edition, pp. xii, 380, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, 7 plans, one illustration, publisher's red cloth, gilt, wear to cloth, a good copy. In two parts, part one only. Volume I contains several wood-cut illustrations. This edition includes Albania and the latest archaeological discoveries made at Olympia, Mycenae and Delphi. It was written by Sir George F.Bowen who became chief secretary to the government of the Ionian Islands in 1854 and married the daughter of the President of the Ionian Senate. Endpapers dated 'May 1884'. Scarce edition. Lister 98.
Bookseller reference : 21810
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MURRAY (Oswyn).
La Grèce à l'époque archaïque. Early Greece.
Toulouse, Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 1995, pt in-8°, 382 pp, traduit de l'anglais, présenté par Claudine Leduc et Jean-Marie Pailler, 6 cartes, tableau chronologique, index, broché, couv. illustrée, soulignures crayon, bon état
Bookseller reference : 76199
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MURPHY N.R.
The Interpretation of Plato's Republic
Oxford, Clarendon Press 1951 vii + 247pp., 23cm., publisher's hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering at spine, dustwrapper (small loss of paper at ends of spine), interior clean and bright, good condition, F105245
Bookseller reference : F105245
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MURRAY (Gilbert).
The Trojan Women of Euripides. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes.
New York, Oxford University Press, 1915, in-8°, x-246 pp, notes, reliure percaline verte de l'éditeur, titre doré au 1er plat et au dos, bon état. Texte en anglais
Bookseller reference : 125822
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Murmelstein B.
Terezin. Il ghetto-modello di Eichmann
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Murmelstein, B. [Ed.]
Flavius Josephus: Lebenslauf, Judische Altertumer, Geschichte des Judischen Krieges, Widerlegung des Apion von Alexandrien
27.5x18 cm. 489 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover age stained. Cover corners and edges worn. Spine yellowing, age stained and rubbed. Spine hinges cracked. First whitepage upper corner cut and missing. Binding visible between several pages. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Murmelstein, B. [Ed.]
Flavius Josephus: Lebenslauf, Judische Altertumer, Geschichte des Judischen Krieges, Widerlegung des Apion von Alexandrien
27.5x18 cm. 489 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners and edges bumped. Spine slightly yellowing. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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MURPHY N.R.
The Interpretation of Plato's Republic
vii + 247pp., 23cm., publisher's hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering at spine, dustwrapper (small loss of paper at ends of spine), interior clean and bright, good condition, F105245
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Murray Gilbert
Five Stages of Greek Religion. Studies based on a Course of Lectures delivered in April 1912 at Columbia University
pp.xv-235, fine original red cloth in fine dj. The Thinkers Library, N° 52
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MURRAY Gilbert
Gilbert Murray. An Unfinished Autobiography. With Contributions by his Friends. Edited by Jean Smith and Arnold Toynbee.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 3 plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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Murray Gilbert
Le Origini Dell'epica Greca
16mo, tela ed. sovracoperta illustrata, pp.472. in condizioni perfette
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MURRAY, A. S.
The sculptures of the Parthenon
VIII, 173, [3] p., 17 tav. f.t.; 24 cm. Leg. edit. in mezza pelle. Abrasioni al dorso
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Murray, Alexander S.
MANUAL OF MYTHOLOGY. Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology. With Notes, Revisions, and Additions by William H. Klapp.
427p. Handsomely Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. W118
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Murray, Gilbert
Five Stages of Greek Religion
Studies based on a course of lectures on ancient Greek religious practices and beliefs,originally delivered April 1912 at Columbia University . ".be begins by describing the background of primitive and bloody rites that may still be dimly perceived through the clear surface of the Greek myths; continues with the classic religion of the Olympian Gods (.); describes the religion of the Philosophic schools of the fourth centry BC ; and then in a classic chapter on the "failure of Nerve" portrays the breakdown of rational Greek religion under the impact of religions of the East; ot of that clash was to arise Christianity. A last chapter drescribes the affort of Julian the Apostate to retore a purified and . sophisticated paganism." 221p. index. An original vintage copy, NOT one you have to wait to get printed Book
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Murray, Gilbert
Hellenism & the Modern World: Six Talks on the Radio-Diffusion Francaise & the B.B.C.
60p. Book
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Murray, Gilbert
The Classical Tradition in Poetry
A survey of the influence of Greek classical poetis metres and literary forms on English literature . Produced for the Charles Eliot Norton lectures on poetry at Harvard, first published in 1927.x. 229p + x p, index. Crisp neat tight original vintage copy. Name of owner on ffep. Book
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Murray, Gilbert.
HELLENISM AND THE MODERN WORLD.
60 p. Two margin notations in red. 190mm. Original full orange cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good. Nice copy. CLASSICS BX 1
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Murray, Oswyn
Early Greece
353pp. 21 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Murray, Oswyn
EARLY GREECE
Pages tanned. Minor ink notes and underlining. Spine sunned. ; Fontana History of the Ancient World; 320 pages; Within the space of 300 years, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean. This book places the development of Greece in the context of Mediterranean civilization. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilization, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture.
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Murray, Oswyn
Early Greece
"Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilization, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. " 353p. illus bibliography.index Book
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Murrey, Jeneth
Return to Arkady
Harlequin romance where heroine encounters masterful Greek on Corfu Book
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Murtagh, Peter
The Rape of Greece: The King, The Colonels and the Resistance
278 pages. Bibliography, index. Black and white photographic plates. "In laying bare the atrocities of the colonels' regime, it reveals how this small European country became a pawn in the Cold War ideological battleground, and how agents of the Central Intelligence Agency sought to control Greek politics through their infiltration of the Greek royal family and armed forces... A startling and compelling read, and an important chronicle of modern history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Small bookseller's sticker inside front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Book
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MUSSCHE H. F.
"Monumenta Graeca et Romana; volume II; l'architecture grecque (2 volumes); fascicule 1 : L'architecture religieuse; fascicule 2 : L'architecture civile et militaire."
Pays-Bas, E. J. Brill, 1968. 22 x 30, 2 volumes, 40 pages + 128 planches, broché, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 48126
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Musées impériaux ottomans
Catalogue des figurines grecques de terre cuite
1908. Constantinople Typographie et Lithographie Ahmed Ihsan 1908 - Broché 17 5 cm x 25 cm 663 pages + 15 planches de photos noir & blanc de figurines - Texte en français des Musées impériaux ottomans - En partie non coupé - Bon état
Bookseller reference : 3834
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MUSEES NATIONAUX
Catalogue des moulages. Catalogue N° 2. Antiquités grecques et romaines.
Couverture souple. Broché. 239 pages. 13 x 18 cm.
Bookseller reference : 87702
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MUSEE - MEAULLE
HERO et LEANDRE.
A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur - Collection "Petits Chefs-d'Œuvre Antiques" Paris 1879 In-16 ( 145 X 100 mm ) de 135 pages, plein chagrin poli vert sapin, dos à nerfs janséniste avec date dorée en queue, tête dorée, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, coupes et coiffes filetées d'or, dentelle intérieure dorée. ( Reliure de l'époque ). Texte encadré d'un joli motif "à l'antique". Charmantes gravures dans le texte de MEAULLE. Très bel exemplaire, très pur dans une reliure non signée mais d'exécution parfaite.
Bookseller reference : 410002
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MUSÉE
HÉRO ET LÉANDRE, POËME DE MUSÉE. On y a joint la traduction de plusieurs idylles de théocrite par M***. C** (Moutonnet de Clairfons)
A Sestos et se trouve à Paris Chez Le Boucher, Libraire 1774 in 8 (20x13) 1 volume relié pleine basane fauve époque, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches teintées, frontispice gravé, XVI et 104 pages. Relié à la suite: Lettre de la duchesse de La Valliere à Louis XIV, précédé d'un abrégé de sa vie, par M. Blin de Sainmore (Londres et Paris, 1773, chez Le Jay) 56 pages. Coiffe supérieure usée, petite fente au niveau du mors inférieur, néanmoins bon exemplaire Julien-Jacques Moutonnet dit Moutonnet de Clairfons (1740-1813)
Bookseller reference : 14818
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Musée (le Grammairien), Pfnor (dessins de), Méaule (gravures de), Pons (A.) (notices par)
Héro et Léandre.
Paris A. Quantin 1879 in Petite collection antique. Un volume petit in-16 plein maroquin havane à long grain, dos lisse orné, dentelles en tête et en queue, roulettes et filets en encadrement, dentelles intérieures, tête dorée, reliure signéeSaulnier & Michon, 135 pages, [5ff.], cartouche dencadrement du texte, en-têtes. Rares rousseurs, bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 3720
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MUSEE LE GRAMMAIRIEN
Les amours de Lé andre et de Hé ro, poè me de MUSEE LE GRAMMAIRIEN, traduit en Franç ais, avec le texte grec, la version latine, des notes critiques, & un index, par J.B. GAIL ...
Chez Gail Paris 1796 Grand in-8 ( 280 X 180 mm ) de VIII-68 pages, demi-basane fauve granitée, dos lisse avec pièce de tutre de basane noisette ( Reliure postérieure ). Edition originale de la meilleure traduction de cette oeuvre. Bel exemplaire, pur et non rogné.Il sagit des «Amours de Léandre et de Héro» ( «Ta kath Hêrô kai Leandron» ) *, poème de trois cent quarante vers, petit chef-dœuvre hellénistique qui se ressent de lépoque de décadence, et que Hermann Köchly définit comme «la dernière rose du jardin déclinant des lettres grecques»**. En effet, si un ton quelquefois simple, naïf et touchant élève ce poème jusquà ceux des anciens Grecs, ces peintres si vrais de la Nature, trop souvent aussi des images usées, des expressions rebattues et lérudition mise à la place du sentiment décèlent une composition du IVe-Ve siècle.Le lecteur connaît peut-être le sujet des «Amours de Léandre et de Héro». Léandre, jeune Grec dAbydos, était aimé de Héro, prêtresse à Sestos, ville placée en face dAbydos, sur les bords de lHellespont***. Pour aller voir Héro, Léandre traversait tous les soirs lHellespont à la nage un flambeau allumé par elle sur une tour élevée lui servait de phare. Léandre se noya pendant une tempête, et fut jeté par la mer au pied de la tour de Héro qui, le reconnaissant le lendemain matin, se précipita du haut de cet édifice, et se tua ainsi auprès de son amant. Tel est, en sa primitive simplicité, le fait divers sur lequel un poète nommé Musée et surnommé le Grammairien**** construisit son poème. Tel est aussi le fait divers auquel fait allusion cette jolie épigramme de Martial*****, si bien traduite par Voltaire:«Léandre conduit par lAmourEn nageant disait aux orages:Laissez-moi gagner les rivages,Ne me noyez quà mon retour»******.Il nexiste pas moins de dix traductions françaises des «Amours de Léandre et de Héro», mais sil fallait nen choisir quune seule, je choisirais celle de Jean-Baptiste Gail. ( Sources: Notes du Mont Royal Montréal - Canada ).
Bookseller reference : 686479
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Musée du Louvre, Association française d'action artistique
Mer Égée, Grèce des îles : 26 avril-3 septembre 1979, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Gütersloh : Bertelsmann[-Lesering], Stuttgart : Eu 1979 In-8 broché. 245 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 69894
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Mussche (H.F)
Monumenta Graeca et Romana. Volume 2 L’architecture Grecque. Fascicule 1 L’architecture religieuse.
E.J. Brill 1968 In-4 broché 29 cm sur 22. Couverture un peu abimée. XX-64 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 91874
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Musti Domenico
Nike : Ideologia, Iconografia E Feste Della Vittoria in Eta Antica
L'Erma Di Bretschneider 2005 Broché. 360 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 125510
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MUSEE - ORSINI, Pierre (Texte établi ét Traduit par)
HERO ET LEANDRE
in-8 broché. Bel exemplaire. [DV-12] Collection des universités de France publiée sous le patronnage de l'association Guillaume BUDE. Edition juxtalinéaire.
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Museo
Ero e Leandro
In perfette condizioni, curata da Enrica Malcovati questa edizione critica con traduzione e note italiane. Intonso. Prima edizione Brossura
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Mussche, H. F. (Ed. )
MONUMENTA GRAECA ET ROMANA. VOL. II: GREEK ARCHITECTURE Fasc. 1: Religious Architecture
Covers a bit worn with rubbing, foxing on rear cover, else Very Good, tight and unmarked. ; 20pp, 64pp of plates. ; Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Volume II 1; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Mussche, H. F. (Ed. )
MONUMENTA GRAECA ET ROMANA. VOL. II: GREEK ARCHITECTURE Fasc. 2: Civil and Military Architecture
Covers a bit worn with rubbing, light yellowing and creasing to rear wrap else Very Good, tight and unmarked. ; 20pp, 64pp ofplates. ; Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Volume II 2; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Mussche, H. F. (Ed. ) Cl. Rolley
MONUMENTA GRAECA ET ROMANA. VOL. V: GREEK MINOR ARTS Fasc. 1: the Bronzes
Minor creasing to head of spine, else minor shelfwear. ; 20pp, 64pp of plates. ; Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Volume V 1; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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MUSTAFA HASIM ALTAN.
Kibris'ta Hiristiyanlastirma - Rumlastirma hareketleri, Ortodoks misyonerligi ve Türk Toplumu'na yönelik baskilar.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 127, [1] p., b/w ills. Kibris'ta Hiristiyanlastirma - Rumlastirma hareketleri, Ortodoks misyonerligi ve Türk Toplumu'na yönelik baskilar.
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MUSTAFA NUMAN MALKOÇ.
Istanbul'daki Protestan kiliseler.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [xviii], 225 p., xvi numerous b/w plates, tables and documents. Istanbul'daki Protestan kiliseler. Protestan churches in Istanbul.
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MUSTAFA SAHIN.
Miletopolis kökenli figürlü mezar stelleri ve adak levhalari. [= Grab- und Votivreliefs aus Miletupolis und Umgebung].
New New German Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Turkish with German preface. [xix], 281 p., [xcviii] b/w plates. Miletopolis kökenli figürlü mezar stelleri ve adak levhalari. [= Grab- und Votivreliefs aus Miletupolis und Umgebung].
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MUSTAFA SERDAR PALABIYIK.
From coexistence to conflict Turkish and Greek relations in an age of Turmoil, (1821-1922).
New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 285 p. This book analyzes the Turkish and Greek narratives of shared Turkish-Greek history by focusing on the "long nineteenth century", which was a period of turmoil for both societies. The four centuries of Ottoman rule over the Greek community, the Greek rebellion/war of independence, emergence of an independent Greek state, Ottoman reforms with regard to millet system, joint efforts of some Turkish and Greek communities for the re-promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution, increasing tensions between the Committee of Union and Progress and the Greek community and finally the transformation from coexistence to conflict during and after the World War I are covered briefly with the conflicting lenses of Turkish and Greek historiography. The book also attracts attention to Greek claims for a Greek Genocide by the Ottoman/Turkish authorities during and after the World War I and questions whether inter-communal clashes in Western and Northern Anatolia in this period can be considered as genocide in accordance with international law.
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Musti Domenico
Il simposio nel suo sviluppo storico
br. Il simposio, che alla lettera vuol dire 'bevuta in comune', è la forma del banchetto dell'antica Grecia. I commensali vi partecipano secondo una sequenza che prevede prima il mangiare, poi il bere e, in ultimo, il piacere. Il piacere che si condivide può essere il godimento erotico, accompagnato da canti, danze, schermaglie o giochi di abilità a sfondo amoroso, oppure il piacere intellettuale, sublimato nell'alta conversazione, centrale nella tradizione platonica e filosofica in genere. Anche la posizione dei commensali nel simposio ha un grande ruolo: c'è infatti il banchetto 'seduto'di Omero e il banchetto 'sdraiato su letti', che viene dall'Oriente. E c'è il banchetto a Roma, dove prevalgono le grandiose cene, da quella di Nasidieno a quella di Trimalcione, con autentiche grandi abbuffate. Mangiare, bere, gioire insieme: il banchetto antico tra edonismo e spiritualità.
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Musti Domenico
Storia greca. Linee di sviluppo dall'età micenea all'età romana.
pp. 934, in 8°, brossura, Biblioteca Storica Laterza. Nuovo.
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Musti Domenico
Storia greca. Linee di sviluppo dall'età micenea all'età romana
ill., br. In una grande sintesi, l'intera parabola del mondo greco: dal tempo dei palazzi micenei alla nascita della polis, fino alla dominazione romana. Musti legge la grande storia dei greci attraverso i loro occhi e ne illumina la cultura e la mentalità, i valori fondamentali delle comunità greche: libertà, autonomia, "isotes" (equità ed eguaglianza), democrazia, in una parola la grandiosa complessità culturale di un popolo che ha racchiuso in sé un intero inventario di archetipi, esperienze esemplari e comuni a tutte le civiltà. "Il modo più autentico di mostrare rispetto per la storia dei greci - scrive l'autore - è sentirla e trattarla, innanzitutto e semplicemente, come storia di gente che ha vissuto. L'esperienza dei greci non è librata sulla vita e lontana da essa; è la vita stessa e la realtà nella diversità delle sue manifestazioni: con in più però qualcosa che ne fa un precedente grandioso per tutta l'esperienza umana, cioè la coscienza, la riflessione, la teorizzazione, la parola che le ha espresse, la scrittura che ha dato alla parola forma stabile e, a suo modo, definitiva".
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