It is a truism that the modern world feels the influence of ancient Greece – not least, in languages, arts, politics – yet the interactions of ancient Greece with other cultures rarely surface in popular histories. Jeremy McInerney weaves these two stories seamlessly together, evoking the importance of Greece as a conduit of cultural change.
His book opens with a stunning image of a marble statue of a girl directly opposite discussions of ‘cultures in dialogue' and ‘truth and beauty'. This girl, Kore 674, belongs here.
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