The ancient Greeks: a rigorous, yet enjoyable, study of the characteristics that defined the people of ancient Greece and their influence on the formation of modern Western society.

The Ancient Greeks, with the study of the ten characteristics of this group of peoples who contributed so much to shaping the modern world, is a detailed and vivid exploration of the two millennia of history that spans from the emergence of the Mycenaean civilization, in the XVI BC, at the closing of the Oracle of Delphi, in 395 AD. But, more than anything else, it is the exploration of the spirit of the people who inhabited that extensive territory that became ancient Greece, from the shores of the Black Sea and other Asian regions to the colonies of North Africa and the most western ones. of today's Europe.
In the author's words, "with the rediscovery, in the European Renaissance, of the works of art and literature of classical Greece, the world changed for the second time."

«Edith Hall has asked whether it is possible to identify the essential characteristics of the ancient Greeks, from the Mycenaean civilization of the mid-16th century BC to that point of no return, towards the end of the 4th century, when Christianity expelled the gods. of Olympus. Affirming this possibility, she offers us the ten most salient features... and manages to profusely illustrate, throughout the entire book, the originality and open-mindedness of the people who formed ancient Greece »(Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph).