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Want to know what books are easy to understand about ancient Greek history?
It is suggested to look at Schwab's ancient Greek mythology first. A history of ancient Greece is also a history of gods to some extent. The ancient Greeks were superstitious and believed that God was everywhere and everything in life was closely related to God.

Myth is popular and easy to understand, through which we can better understand the cultural background of ancient Greece, which is a good choice for studying and studying ancient Greek culture.

The most important of these are two Homeric epics, which tell the story of the war between Greece and Troy, the journey home of the Greek hero Odysseus after the war, and how he retaliated with his son against his suitors, reflecting all aspects of Greek life in an epic situation.

If you study art, you can see the detailed explanation of ancient Greek art in Cambridge art history and western art history. The former has vivid illustrations.

It is suggested that reading some special books can unconsciously outline a complete impression of Greek civilization, which is better than reading rough general history books, because ancient Greece is a multi-city-state regional civilization and it is difficult to completely unify it.

The recently published Life of the Greeks is also a good book to study Greek history. Reading such books is also in line with the research direction of history in recent years-the goal has shifted from emperors to the people.