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portada The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World: Monuments of the Classical Age
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
90
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.3x12.7x0.5 cm
ISBN13
9781764367561

The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World: Monuments of the Classical Age

Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara), Peta (Author) · Peta Oakes · Paperback

The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World: Monuments of the Classical Age - Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara), Peta

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Synopsis "The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World: Monuments of the Classical Age"

What did the ancient Greeks consider the greatest achievements of human hands?In this richly illustrated and deeply researched work, The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World invites readers into the geographic and cultural horizon of antiquity as it was known to the Greeks of the Classical and early Hellenistic age. These were not "world wonders" in the modern sense, but marvels recognised within a shared Mediterranean imagination spanning Egypt, Babylon, Asia Minor, Greece, Rhodes, Halicarnassus, and Alexandria.Each chapter explores one of the legendary monuments that shaped this ancient worldview: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Drawing on classical historians, travellers, and poets, the book weaves architectural detail with cultural meaning, mythic symbolism, and historical context.More than a catalogue of lost structures, this book reveals how the Wonders functioned as statements of power, devotion, ingenuity, and cosmological order. Through art, archaeology, and ancient testimony, the reader is guided through a civilisation's attempt to measure the divine through stone, bronze, and light.Written for readers of history, mythology, classical studies, and ancient culture, The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World restores these monuments to their original intellectual and symbolic landscape, offering a journey into how the ancients understood greatness, beauty, and permanence itself.

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