By Konrad H. Kinzl
- Topics lined diversity from the political and institutional buildings of Greek society, to literature, paintings, economics, society, war, geography and the environment
- Discusses the issues of analyzing a number of the assets for the period
- Guides the reader in the direction of a broadly-based realizing of the historical past of the Classical Age
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