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Was there such a person as Homer? Who were the key figures in the firstdemocracy of the Western World? Who is the father of tragedy? Who is the fatherof history?Of all the worlds ancient civilisations it is perhaps the Ancient Greece thathas the strongest hold over the modern imagination. The history philosophy andliterature continue to intrigue and enthral. Now John Hazel has compiled thedefinitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC tothe end of the Roman Empire.The lives of Alexander the Great Socrates and Plato are opened up but so tooare those of lesserknown figures Bacchylides the lyric poet Chares thegeneral and the traitor Ephialtes giving a thorough and fascinating overviewof life in Ancient Greece. «
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