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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient GreeceUser Review: - A necessary primer and companionSuperb map illustrations and general summaries for this period of history. A "must" for any student of ancient Greek history as a companion to all other books. User Review:  - Impressive at first sight, but...OK, when I first picked up The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece by Robert Morkot, I was superficially impressed. But having slogged through this thin volume, I have concluded that it is the most poorly written book I have ever read. I think I would rather have my teeth pulled. The maps look colorful at first glance, but they do silly things like mark battles in a light color that totally dissappears when placed on the maps. Or accompanying text will make direct reference to a place that is not on the map in question, so you have to flip back and forth to find the right map. Each section starts with an intro chapter that is supposed to sum up what the individual chapters in the section contain, but it reads like a major cut-and-paste job. And by the time you get to the last sections of the book, the intro is actually longer that the indiviual chapters put together. The atlas has helped me a little bit, and I'll refer to some of the maps from time to time, but this was not worth he effort. User Review:  - A Useful ReferenceThe Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece by Robert Morkot is a very useful reference book as it is loaded with maps that help one interpret what is said in other works on the Greeks which too often come without good maps. There are two weaknesses in the work. 1. The maps are rather small in this edition and the color keys are often hard to sort out as the colors are too close together in tint. 2. The spellings of names for people and places are often considerably different than one commonly runs into in works on the Greeks published in the US and even Britain - there were times when my computerized Encyclopaedia Britannica couldn't match the names as spelled. User Review:  - nice photos but inaccaurateThis bookis inaccurate in that it does not illustrate all of the greek world correctly. There's always a problem with the extand of the ancient Greeks, but everyone knows that Epiros, lower Macedonia, and the coastal part of thrace were inhabited by Greeks. One thing I loved about this little book, however, is the lovely photos and the clear outlines. User Review: - An excellent introduction to ancient GreecePeople lose interest in history quickly if they cannot visualize the world of the past. Penguin's historical atlas series brings the past to life in vibrant color with maps, illustrations, and photographs of historical sites and artifacts. The book is not intended for scholarly research. Rather, it's intended to give an overview of Greek history through the centuries from the ages of Cretan and Mycenean domination over the eastern Mediterranean to the triumph of Rome over her elder Greek sibling states. The reader is introduced to the variety of Greek societies and leaders who shaped the first European civilization. Some long-standing myths are disposed of, and the language is concise yet readable. This is a good resource for any middle or high school student, and is an excellent quick reference for any college student who has to wade through dry, unillustrated texts. |
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