The Greeks (Color Illustrated Hardcover)

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Cities, in the midst of the Mediterranean or on, under an enchanting sky: this was Hellas. There, over the years, a people discovered the ways and manners of a free society, and those of an art of living which, everywhere since then, has been recognized as unequalled. In the fields of thought and art the originality of the Greeks was not less impressive; the splendid monuments preserved in this marvelous country, as well as the statues, the vases and the decorative work which have come down to us constitute the setting for a world of harmony and beauty. this is made evident by the many and varied pictures in this book. the Greeks truly achieved perfection.

One is thus naturally prompted to find out more about this people, and t live, as it were, in their midst. Victor Duruy’s text, which is itself a classic of its kind, contains a wealth of interesting information, while bringing the Greek city to life again, with its customs, its laws, its meetings, its labors, its holidays and its beliefs, its holidays and its beliefs, in a land truly blessed by the gods and which the author aptly calls The Holy Land of Civilization.