Ancient Classical Greece

<p>Scholars often write about Athens being the cradle of justice and democracy about its embellishment the magnificent temples public buildings sculptures exquisite pottery and above all the drama literature rhetoric and philosophy that flourished in Classical Greece; but scarce are the commentaries on the soul of the Golden Greeks. Thus in his funeral oration Pericles says:</p><p>I wish rather to set forth the spirit in which we faced them [battles] and the constitution and manners with which we rose to greatness.</p><p>The philosopher Heraclitus said: Character is destiny.</p><p>Along these lines this book will emphasize the inner forces that formed the spirit and character of the ancient Greeks rather than the outside forces. So conjugal devotion honor love and fidelity shaped their greatness. In ten intensive keys we shall read about the Greek Gods the poet Homer The Iliad the Odyssey Socrates Plato Aristotle Themistocles The Historians (Herodotus Xenophon and Thucydides) culminating with the first citizen of Athens: Pericles.</p><p>And to have a complete vista we include appendices about the Mycenaean and Minoan cultures the curse of the House of Atreus a summary of the <em>Iliad</em> and the <em>Odyssey</em> and a brief list of Greek Gods and goddesses.</p><p>This book dispenses with footnotes indexes or scholarly language; it is for the soul-searching self-taught self-made individuals who thirst to educate themselves.</p>