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Ancient Greek Civilization
- De: Jeremy McInerney, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jeremy McInerney PhD University of California at Berkeley
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 632
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 551
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 544
Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, our aesthetic sensibilities, ideals of athletic competition, and more. But what is it about Hellenic culture that has made generations of influential scholars and writers view it as the essential starting point for understanding the art and reflection that define the West?
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3 out of 5 stars
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A little disappointed
- De Jay en 02-18-14
A standard treatment, good introduction with expected bias.
Revisado: 03-12-21
It’s a difficult task presented to McInerney: Introduce listeners to Greek history including prehistoric archeology, the Philosophers, the Peloponnesian War, Alexander the Great’s conquests and the cultural nuances of Ancient Greece. I believe that McInerney does so with mostly scholarly zeal, although this Berkeley-trained professor is undoubtedly plagued by the same affliction as that of most of today’s liberal history professors: revision and re-explanation of ancient proclivities to a modern, unforgiving American liberal audience. The treatment of women, the treatment of outsiders (especially concerning Persia which coincidentally receives its own chapter), and homosexuality, are all given an apologetic gloss. If you can understand and forgive his liberal bias (albeit slight), then you can power through and absorb some solid introductory reading of Ancient Greece and its development. Continue your search for a balanced truth with Victor Davis Hanson’s “Who Killed Homer?” , “A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought The Peloponnesian War” and “The Western Way of War”.
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