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How were the Greeks of the sixth century able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage, which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society.Seaford, Richard is the author of 'Money and the Early Greek Mind Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy' with ISBN 9780521832281 and ISBN 0521832284.
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