1939 Life of Greece Story of Civilization Book

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Description: Title of Vintage Book: The Story of Civilization - The Life of Greece ***Being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT! Author(s): Will Durant Publisher: Simon and Schuster - New York Year of Publication: 1939 Edition: 1st/First Ex-Library Volume: NO Total of Numbered Pages: 754 Size: just over 7"W x nearly 10"H Format: Hard Cover Dust Jacket: N/A Condition: EXCELLENT *Cover/Exterior - evinces only very faint shelf/edge wear and surface handling; outer edges of pages evince a smattering of brown spots which are NOT on the interior portions of the pages *Binding/Spine - tightly intact *Interior Contents - crisply clean pages evince no noted foxing, markings, water damage, staining, or odors of any kind, with only noted writings being a smattering of pencil bracketing/underlining of some text and a personalized inscribed gift inscription on the end page opposite the inside front cover; there is also a personalized Book Plate on the reverse blank side of that same page "The Dilworths"; a handful of pages have some upper/lower corner folds CONTENTS: ***BOOK I - AEGEAN PRELUDE - 3500-1000 B.C. *CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE: *I - CRETE *II - BEFORE AGAMEMNON *III - THE HEROIC AGE ***BOOK II - THE RISE OF GREECE - 1000-480 B.C. *CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE *IV - SPARTA *V - ATHENS *VI - THE GREAT MIGRATION *VII - THE GREEKS IN THE WEST *VIII - THE GODS OF GREECE *IX - THE COMMON CULTURE OF EARLY GREECE *X - THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM ***BOOK III - THE GOLDEN AGE - 480-399 B.C. *CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE *XI - PERICLES AND THE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT *XII - WORK AND WEALTH IN ATHENS *XIII - THE MORALS AND MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS *XIV - THE ART OF PERICLEAN GREECE *XV - THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING: The Mathematicians. Anaxagoras. Hippocrates *XVI - THE CONFLICT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION *XVII - THE LITERATURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE *XVIII - THE SUICIDE OF GREECE ***BOOK IV - THE DECLINE AND FALL OF GREEK FREEDOM - 399-322 B.C. *CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE *XIX - PHILIP *XX - LETTERS AND ARTS IN THE FOURTH CENTURY *XXI - THE ZENITH OF PHILOSOPHY *XXII - ALEXANDER ***BOOK V - THE HELLENISTIC DISPERSION - 322-146 B.C. *CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE *XXIII - GREECE AND MACEDON *XXIV - HELLENISM AND THE ORIENT *XXV - EGYPT AND THE WEST *XXVI - BOOKS *XXVII - THE ART OF THE DISPERSION *XXVIII - THE CLIMAX OF GREEK SCIENCE *XXIX - THE SURRENDER OF PHILOSOPHY *XXX - THE COMING OF ROME ***EPILOGUE - OUR GREEK HERITAGE ***GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN WORDS ***BIBLIOGRAPHY ***NOTES ***PRONOUNCING AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS: *Hygiaea, Goddess of Health *The Cup-Bearer *The "Snake Goddess" *Wall Fresco and "Throne of Minos" *A Cup from Vaphio *Mask of "Agamemnon" *Warrior, from temple of Aphaea at Aegina *Theater of Epidaurus *Temple of Poseidon *A Krater Vase, with Athena and Heracles *The Portland Vase *The Francois Vase *A Kore, or Maiden *The "Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo" *Pericles *Epicurus *Orpheus, Eurydice, and Hermes *"Birth of Aphrodite" *"Ludovisi Throne," right base *"Ludovisi Throne," left base *The Diadumenos *Apollo Sauroctonos *The Discus Thrower *The "Dreaming Athena" *The Rape of the Lapith Bride *Stela of Damasistrate *Heracles and Atlas *Nike Fixing Her Sandal *Propylae and temple of Nike Apteros *The Charioteer of Delphi *A Caryatid from the Erechtheum *The Parthenon *Goddesses and "Iris" *"Cecrops and Daughter" *Horsemen, from the West Frieze of the Parthenon *Sophocles *Demosthenes *A Tanagra Statuette *The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus *Relief from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus *The "Aphrodite of Cnidus" *The Nike of Paepnius *The Hermes of Praxiteles *Head of Praxiteles’ Hermes *The Doryphoros of Polycleitus *Head of Meleager *Head of a Girl *The Apoxyomenos *The Raging (or Dancing) Maenad *A Daughter of Niobe *The Aphrodite of Cyrene *The Demeter of Cnidus *Altar of Zeus at Pergamum *Frieze from the Altar of Zeus at Pergamum *The Battle of Issus *The Laocoon *The Farnese Bull *The "Alexander" Sarcophagus *The Aphrodite of Melos *The Venus de’ Medici *The "Victory of Samothrace" *Hellenistic Portrait Head *The "Old Market Woman" *The Prize Fighter ***Maps of the Hellenistic World, Ancient Greece and the Aegean, and Ancient Italy and Sicily will be found on the inside covers

Status: For Sale	Reference#: Life_of_Greece_Book_Durant
Condition: Excellent	Year: 1939
Maker: Author - Will Durant
Height: 10 in. (25.40 cm)
Width: 7 in. (17.78 cm)

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