Introducing the Ancient Greeks

What connected communities scattered from mainland Greece and the Aegean to Sicily, North Africa and the Black Sea, and what allowed Greek culture to remain so influential across two millennia? Edith Hall approaches the ancient Greeks through ten recurring characteristics, using them to explore the diversity as well as the shared habits of thought that developed across the Greek-speaking world.

Moving between different places and periods, Hall brings together politics, philosophy, science, literature, religion, warfare and everyday experience instead of presenting Greek history simply as a succession of famous battles and rulers. Figures and communities from the archaic, classical and Hellenistic worlds show how Greek identities changed across regions and centuries while remaining connected through language and culture.