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Legends of gods and heroes, buried treasures of great kings, glowing temples and splendid adventures, fill the pages of this book.
Olivia Coolidge has brought to life the glorious history of ancient Greece. She has described the everyday life of boys in Athens and Sparta, and the accomplishments of poets and philosophers. The wars of the Greeks and the Persians, the gallant exploits of the Ten Thousand, and the conquests of the great Alexander provide stirring excitement. The adventures of the mind are here, too—the artists and playwrights whose genius has made the name of Greece live through the centuries.
The ancient Greeks, with their love of beauty and devotion to freedom, made their own small land the leader of its time. Their beliefs and ideals still shape our world.
Mrs. Coolidge has made wonderfully clear the spirit of Greece, and Enrico Arno's handsome illustrations match the text in vigor and imagination.
—from the dust jacket
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