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Money and the early Greek mind : Homer, philosophy, tragedy /
How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage, which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage, which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 370 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-362) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511186789 9780511186783 9780511187711 0511187718 9780521539920 0521539927 9780521832281 0521832284 0511185871 9780511185878 0511185049 9780511185045 9780511483080 0511483082 1280449535 9781280449536 9786610449538 6610449538 0511313756 9780511313752 1107148774 9781107148772 |