The Life of Greece

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Story_of_Civilization The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader. The series was written over a span of more than five decades. It totals four million words across nearly 10,000 pages, with 2 further books in production at the time of the authors' deaths.<1] II. The Life of Greece (1939) Bust of Pericles in the Antikensammlung Berlin Bust of Pericles in the Antikensammlung Berlin This volume covers Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic Near East down to the Roman conquest. Aegean Prelude: 3500–1000 BC Crete Before Agamemnon The Heroic Age The Rise of Greece: 1000–480 BC Sparta Athens The Great Migration The Greeks in the West The Gods of Greece The Common Culture of Early Greece The Struggle for Freedom "The realization of self-government was something new in the world; life without kings had not yet been dared by any great society. Out of this proud sense of independence, individual and collective, came a powerful stimulus to every enterprise of the Greeks; it was their liberty that inspired them to incredible accomplishments in arts and letters, in science and philosophy." (p. 233) The Golden Age: 480–399 BC Pericles and the Democratic Experiment Work and Wealth in Athens The Morals and Manners of the Athenians The Art of Periclean Greece The Advancement of Learning The Conflict of Philosophy and Religion The Literature of the Golden Age The Suicide of Greece "As surprising as anything else in this civilization is the fact that it was brilliant without the aid or stimulus of women." (p. 305) The Decline and Fall of Greek Freedom: 399–322 BC Philip Letters and Arts in the Fourth Century The Zenith of Philosophy Alexander "The class war had turned democracy into a contest in legislative looting." (p. 554) The Hellenistic Dispersion: 322–146 BC Greece and Macedonia Hellenism and the Orient Egypt and the West Books The Art of the Dispersion The Climax of Greek Science The Surrender of Philosophy The Coming of Rome "We have tried to show that the essential cause of the Roman conquest of Greece was the disintegration of Greek civilization from within. No great nation is ever conquered until it has destroyed itself." (p. 659) Epilogue: Our Greek Heritage