The Life of Greece
The Story of Civilization, Volume 2
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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By:
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Will Durant
About this listen
The second volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize - winning series The Story of Civilization. Volume 2 chronicles the history of ancient Greek civilization. Here Durant tells the whole story of Greece from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the final extirpation of the last remnants of Greek liberty, crushed under the heel of an implacably forward-marching Rome. The dry minutiae of battles and sieges, of tortuous statecraft of tyrant and king, get minor emphasis in what is preeminently a vivid recreation of Greek culture, brought to the listener through the medium of supple, vigorous prose.
In this masterful work, listeners will learn about:
- The siege of Troy
- The great city-states of Athens and Sparta
- The heroes of Homer's epics
- The gods and lesser deities of Mount Olympus
- The teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- The empire of Alexander the Great
What listeners say about The Life of Greece
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Daniel
- 19-09-2017
An Eclectic Introduction to Ancient Greece
Any additional comments?
This is a great book for anyone wanting some serious exposure to the ancient Greek world and the ascension and depths of that civilisation and its role as progenitor to occidental culture and society.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- amanda Thomas
- 28-04-2020
What to expect
The listener should expect an in depth narration into the world of Ancient Greece. Will Durant goes far to explain the archeologists expeditions and there failures and conquests. It is not only a great chronological story but it talks about how we know all about the people of Ancient Greece and the primary sources discovered. A great read and would recommend.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Captain
- 29-09-2019
Chapters need NAMES and TITLES
Excellent narrator.
What I don’t like:
Books (parts) and Chapters do NOT have names in Audible. This means you have no idea what you’re about to read and no means to select the correct parts. *FRUSTRATING*
This could be fixed by adding a PDF with correct Audible chapter and actual chapter lists AND the correct naming of each. *They are NOT the same*
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Dirar Flazi
- 09-05-2022
Disappointing
After the first book, you are looking forward to reading about the history of Greece, but not about every poet and art piece and building bla bla bla.
It’s very boring, some parts are okay, when he start talking history and battles and events, but not reading tragedy, and drama.
I have 12 hours left.
Maybe it will get better
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