277 Pages
by
Routledge
277 Pages
by
Routledge
277 Pages
by
Routledge
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This wide-ranging yet detailed study describes and assesses the many-faceted cultural achievement of an area remote from Athens, the Dorian islands. Elizabeth Craik’s scholarship sets this lively outlying region of the ancient Greek world – which included Rhodes, Kos, Karpathos, Melos, and Thera – in the perspective of Greek civilization as a whole, demonstrating that excessive emphasis on the... Read more
Preface; Part I: Introduction 1. Setting 2. Resources 3. History; Part II: Achievements 4. Language and Script 5. Literature 6. Medicine and Science; Part III: Religion 7. Myths 8. Cults 9. Administration; Appendix: Cult Titles; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Names Index; Subject Index
Biography
Elizabeth M. Craik
