The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble
How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective
Richard A. Billows
The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble
How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective
Richard A. Billows
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This book makes a convincing case for the primacy of education and literacy in the ancient Greek world across the whole of society. It revolutionizes our understanding of the impact this literacy had on the development of government structures and daily life.
This book makes a convincing case for the primacy of education and literacy in the ancient Greek world across the whole of society. It revolutionizes our understanding of the impact this literacy had on the development of government structures and daily life.
Richard A. Billows is Professor of History at Columbia University, USA. His books include Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State (1990), Kings and Colonists: Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism (1995), Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization (2010) and Before and After Alexander: The Legacy and Legend of Alexander the Great (2018).
This book makes a convincing case for the primacy of education and literacy in the ancient Greek world across the whole of society. It revolutionizes our understanding of the impact this literacy had on the development of government structures and daily life.
Richard A. Billows is Professor of History at Columbia University, USA. His books include Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State (1990), Kings and Colonists: Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism (1995), Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization (2010) and Before and After Alexander: The Legacy and Legend of Alexander the Great (2018).