Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy by Richard Seaford

Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy

Richard Seaford

370 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction economics history informative medium-paced
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How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage. By transforming soc...

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