Over 40 illustrations by John Green show well researched and highly detailed aspects of life in the Greek golden age from 550 to 300 B.C. Illustrations show many different and varied scenes - inside rooms, outside in squares and public buildings, costume, warfare, hunting and farming, drama, Olympian games, building the Parthenon, a wedding procession, the trial of Socrates, market places showing ancient Greeks buying and trading produce, voting, the gymnasium, famous Greeks of the period and many more realistic settings and dramatisations of aspects of life in the period.
Different ages - from children to adults are shown, different occupations showing costumes - military, domestic, workers clothing, magistrates, leaders and more.
Educationally and artistically valuable this is a great introduction to the subject which brings to life the mediterranean in the period 2500 years ago.
