Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world. P. J. Rhodes is among the most distinguished hi...(展开全部)

格罗特（George Grote，1794~1871），英国著名历史学家，伦敦大学创办人之一，生于肯特郡克莱希耳的银行家家庭，16岁起在银行任职、闲暇时间研究文学、历史、政治经济学和哲学等。1826~1830年，他参与伦敦大学的创办工作，1850年任大学评议会委员，1862年任副校长，曾任下议院议员。1846~1856年，他陆续出版《希腊史》十二卷。书中主要论述古希腊城邦的历史，尤长于政治，取材丰富，考证綦详。晚年致力于对柏拉图和亚里士多德的研究。其《希腊史》纠正了前人的许多错误，对许多问题提出了自己独到的见解，彻底扭转了学界对希腊史的认识，被誉为世界史学名著。马克思与恩格斯都曾批判地引用过格罗特在《希腊史》一书中所提供的研究成果，并称他为这一学科领域内“一个很有威望的和十分值得信任的证人”。 晏绍祥，男，1962年生，历史学博士，首都师范大学历史学...(展开全部)

This widely-used textbook presents a modern interpretation of Greek ideas, culture, and actions. Changes in the new edition concern mainly the spread and significance of tumulus-burial in Albania and the Mycenaean world, the dating of early coinage, the decree of Themistocles, and some aspects of Alexander the Great.

作者，J．B．伯里（John Bagnell Bury，1861—1927），是英国著名历史学家、古典学家和文献学家，1902年获任剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授。曾涉足多个领域的研究，包括古代希腊、古代罗马、19世纪教皇史、西方思想史等，而尤以晚期罗马帝国史和拜占庭史见长 。 其代表作有《晚期罗马帝国：从阿卡狄乌斯到爱里尼》（1889年）、《东罗马帝国史：从爱里尼垮台到巴塞尔一世登基》（1912年）、《希腊历史学家》（1909年）、《思想自由史》（1914年）、《进步的观念》（1920年）、《晚期罗马帝国史：从提奥多西一世之死到查士丁尼之死》（1923年）、《19世纪教皇史，1864—1878》（1930年）等，并曾为吉本《罗马帝国衰亡史》做校勘和注释。 译者简介： 陈思伟，男，重庆涪陵人，历史学博士（博士后），信阳师范学院历史文化学院人文教育系主任。...(展开全部)

'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria Hislop We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences an...(展开全部)

We know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us much that defines Western culture today. Yet, as financial crises have convulsed Greece repeatedly since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms. How did Greece come to be so powerfully att...(展开全部)

We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we ...(展开全部)