
A History of Greece
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Narrado por:
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Charlton Griffin
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Cyril Robinson
A History of Greece is the thrilling story of the rise to power and influence of the greatest civilization the world has ever known. As Cyril Robinson's exquisite narrative unfolds, we find ourselves plunged into mankind's greatest and most magnificent adventure.
The story begins in Minoan Crete, but quickly shifts to a dimly understood mainland culture. We follow the heroic deeds of the Mycenians and the Trojan War, the glorious artistic and intellectual triumphs of the Ionians, the turmoil of the Doric invasion and resultant dark age, the slow recovery culminating in the epic Persian wars and the renewed splendor of Periclean Athens. In the fifth century B.C., philosophy, literature, art, and architecture reach a pinnacle in Athens which no civilization has ever equaled. But civil strife soon follows and eventually a bitter struggle between Sparta and Athens for mastery of the Hellenic world embroils all of Greece. Though Sparta finally emerges victorious, her victory soon turns to ashes with the ascendancy of Thebes and the still greater power of Philip of Macedon. Philip unites an unwilling Greece with his iron policy. Athens gives up her independence, but maintains an aloof intellectual and artistic leadership in the Greek world. Across this magnificent fabric of history strides Alexander the Great, who takes the banner of Hellenic culture all the way across the Persian Empire and into India itself, a stunning event that altered the course of human history. This is followed by the Hellenistic age and the final subjugation of Greece by Rome. An incredible epic, indeed.
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Engaging and informative
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Racialized language is used throughout to make sweeping generalizations of cultures throughout their histories, the author is even outright racist at times. Any mention of Persia, Egypt, or the East in general is steeped in orientalism, with the decadent corruption of the eastern world compared to the noble and civilizing Greek world without a hint of irony. The author also occasionally favorably compares the Greek world to the British Empire without an iota of self awareness.
History is presented as a linear process guided by exceptional individuals and there is very little evident understanding of a larger context of events. There are also many strange assumptions based on the authors opinions on art and art history throughout the book. Some ancient sources are treated with appropriate objectivity and others are accepted without much skepticism or rejected without explanation.
What this book does well is present dates and events that were important in the history of Ancient Greece. The narrator is also a good fit, he sounds exactly like the posh and overconfident British academic that the author no doubt was. It is also somewhat interesting to hear the beliefs and prejudices that many in the West held about the ancient world in situ, but that’s not what I imagine people are looking for in a book about Ancient Greek history.
The Book Has A Lot Of Problems
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