The will of Zeus;: A history of Greece from the origins of Hellenic culture to the death of Alexander

by Stringfellow Barr

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006AX1YG
• ISBN13: 9781127200023
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Lippincott
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Book About Ancient Greece

This book, now out of print (but available used), is a beautiful read about ancient Greece. It weaves together the history, the politics, the philosophy, the religion, and the art, of this extraordinary civilization. It should be re-released. (Barr also wrote an excellent companion book, 'The Mask of Jove', about the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity.)

A fabulous history of Ancient Greece

It's a terrible shame that this book and its companion volume, The Mask of Jove, are out of print. In beautiful, eloquent prose Stringfellow Barr traces Greek history from the Homeric Age through the death of Alexander. The companion volume, The Mask of Jove, picks up where The Will of Zeus leaves off and covers the Roman period from its earliest beginnings to the death of Constantine, the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity. Each volume is about 500 pages. Anyone who reads them both will have acquired with the greatest pleasure an in-depth knowledge of the Graeco-Roman world and the foundations of Western Civilization. I loved these two beautifully written books and I can't believe the publisher let them go out of print.