The British Museum Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece

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Travel to the world of the ancient Greeks in these colourful pages. Meet the mighty heroes of myth and epic like Herakles and Achilles, and the great thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. Find out about the clothes the ancient Greeks wore and the food they ate, their toys and games, their gods and goddesses, their homes and temples and their weapons and armour. Discover the many ways ancient Greece still influences our world today. This encyclopaedia has over 200 entries on every aspect of Greek life, culture and history. You can look things up in the A-Z entries or you can follow one of the special trails through the book.