How Long to Read Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks

How Long Does it Take to Read Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks by Stephanie L. Budin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This informative and enjoyable book surveys many aspects of the personal and emotional lives and belief systems of the ancient Greeks, focusing on such issues as familial life, religious piety, and ethnic identity. This work explores various aspects of ancient Greek personal and emotional lives, beginning with their understandings of their own bodies, individual and personal relationships, and ending with their feelings about religion and the afterlife. It covers ancient Greek culture from the early Archaic period in the 8th century BCE through the Late Classical period in the 4th century BCE. Readers will be fascinated to learn what the Greeks thought about the gods, physical deformity, citizenship, nymphs, goats, hospitality, and sexual relations that would be considered incest by modern standards. The content of the book provides an intimate sense of what the ancient Greeks were actually like, connecting ancient experiences to present-day culture. The chapters span a wide range of topics, including the human body, family and societal relationships, city life, the world as they knew it, and religious belief. The author draws extensively on primary sources to allow the reader to "hear" the Greeks speak for themselves and presents evidence from literature, art, and architecture in order to depict the ancient Greeks as living, breathing, thinking, and feeling people.

How long is Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks?

Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks by Stephanie L. Budin is 366 pages long, and a total of 93,696 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks aloud.

What Reading Level is Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks?

Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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