Ancient Greece

Synopsis

From the Mycenaean civilization of ancient Greece to the Aztec Empire of fifteenth-century Mexico, each volume in the Cultural Atlas for Young People series paints a vivid picture of the life, times, and people of ancient civilizations.

Readers will discover Minoan Crete, the Mycenaean world, Homeric Greece, the growth of Athens and Athenian democracy, the ancient Olympic Games, the siege of Troy, Greek aristocrats and poets, Delphi and the oracle of Apollo, the gods of Mount Olympus, the sculptures of the Parthenon, and more.