Over Two Thousand Years Ago in Ancient Greece

Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin

Sidebars that highlight how we learned about this culture enrich the six 4-page overviews of the civilization, from general lifestyle to such specifics as the Olympic Games.

Carolyn Phelan

With a format similar to that of other books in the History Detective series, this slender volume surveys life in classical Greece. Topics such as warfare, the home, and the theater are discussed in four-page sections, each fully illustrated both with colorful acrylic paintings featuring the Greeks in their daily lives and with photographs of buildings, pottery, sculpture, and even an ancient discus. Elementary and middle school students researching the period will find this an attractive, if brief, introduction to the subject.