The Story of Civilization. The Life of Greece Vol. 2

This book collection by Will Durant represents the most comprehensive attempt in our times to embrace the vast panorama of mans history and culture. Durant is an excellent historian, and although much of what the books contained is now defunct, the majority is written very comprehensively, steering clear of controversy and unknowns in a manner of detached and objective scholarship (at least for the time period). Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage. Book 1 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Life in Greece. Book 2 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Caesar and Christ. Book 3 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith. Book 4 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Renaissance. Book 5 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Reformation. Book 6 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Reason Begins. Book 7 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Lois XIV. Book 8 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Voltaire. Book 9 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution. Book 10 Durant Will. The Story of Civilization: The Age of Napoleon. Book 11 Part Two Of Two Parts

Volume 2 of The Story of Civilization, the Durants' dynamic synthesis of world history, deals with Greek civilization. THE LIFE OF GREECE tells the whole story of Hellas, from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the Roman conquest.

The Durants' picture of 5th-century Athens is a masterpiece of compression, synthesizing the high spots and highlighting the significance of what many consider the most fruitful epoch in history.

"Tribute must be paid not merely to the immense learning which has gone into the making of the book but to the ease of its style and particularly the Durants' gift of concise, epigrammatic statement." (The New Yorker)

The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest. This is the second volume of the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning series. A history of Greek civilization and culture from Crete's Aegean empire to the Roman conquest of Greece