Life in Ancient Greece Coloring Book by Stanley Appelbaum and John Green (1993, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486275094
ISBN-139780486275093
eBay Product ID (ePID)1711087

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Book TitleLife in Ancient Greece Coloring Book
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicActivity Books, History / Ancient
Publication Year1993
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorStanley Appelbaum, John Green
Book SeriesDover Ancient History Coloring Bks.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal938.03
Table Of ContentSolon addresses the Athenians, ca. 565 BC. Harmodius and Aristogiton assassinate Pisistratus' son Hipparchus, 514 BC. The battle of Salamis, 480 BC. Pericles and Aspasia at home, ca. 445 BC. Building the Parthenon, ca. 440 BC. Women spinning and weaving in their own quarters. A lady at her toilette. A wedding torchlight procession. A funeral procession. A symposium (drinking party). Children playing knucklebones and other games. Hunting for hares with dogs and nets. Young boys at school. Gymnasium scene. A meeting of the boule (or council of 500). An ostracism vote in the Agora. The market in the Agora at Athens. Bankers and money-changers operating in the market. The first performance of Oedipus Rex in the theater of Dionysus on the south slope of the Acropolis, ca. 430 BC. Olive picking and pressing. A goatherd. A potter painting a vase; a kiln in the background. Praxiteles working on the marble Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, mid-4th century. A jeweler at work on a clasp. Doctors treating patients. Wine being loaded on cargo ships in Piraeus, the port town of Athens. A scholar writing on papyrus. The Panathenaic procession. Women celebrating the Thesmophoria. The Eleusinian Mysteries. The Pythia (priestess) delivering oracles at Delphi. The Olympian games. Athenian statesmen receiving envoys from the Delian League, ca. 450 BC. Athenian prisoners of war in the quarries at Syracuse, Sicily, 413 BC. Xenophon's army reaches the Black Sea, 400 BC. A sophist addressing Athenian citizens, ca. 425 BC. Socrates defending himself at his trial, 399 BC. Plato teaching in the Academy, ca. 375 BC. Aristotle as tutor to the young Alexander the Great, ca. 340 BC. The battle of Mantinea, 362 BC. Demosthenes incites the Athenians against the Macedonians, 340s BC.
SynopsisOver 40 expertly rendered illustrations depict life in Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.: the building of the Parthenon, a performance of Oedipus Rex, a torchlight wedding procession, children playing, Socrates' trial, the Olympian games, Aristotle tutoring the young Alexander of Macedonia, and more. Detailed captions for each illustration., Forty expertly rendered illustrations depict life in Athens, 5th-4th centuries B.C. Includes the building of the Parthenon, a wedding procession, Olympian games, Socrates' trial, and more. Introduction and detailed captions., No one could have predicted the marvels of art, literature, science, and philosophy that Greece would produce from 550 to 300 BC. But many of those accomplishments are represented in this well-researched, educational coloring book. The collection includes more than 40 expertly rendered illustrations depicting many aspects of Greek life and culture: the building of the Parthenon, a performance of Oedipus Rex, the Olympian games, the trial of Socrates, a torchlight wedding procession, Aristotle tutoring the young Alexander of Macedonia, and many more. With an introduction and detailed captions for each illustration, this book offers a fun way to learn about how life was lived 2,500 years ago in the cradle of Western civilization.

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  • THIS IS A USED BOOK AND MAY BE COLORED IN ALREADY.

    NOT in good condition. Several of the pages had already been colored in. Badly.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned