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Big chunks of this were required reading for a recent classics course. The parts that weren’t didn’t take too long to fill in to get the full overview intended by the author. This, and its companion volume need to be considered introductory texts, a basic introduction to some of the major figures, movements, and work in the building of Greek science without going into tremendous depth. That said, I haven’t done enough other reading yet to know if this is dated or not. Written in the early 70s, that means there has been more than four decades of research, scholarship, and archaeology since.
It is important to note that neither volume offers any judgement on the nature of the science noted or discussed, recognizing that we bring our own cultural and temporal baggage to any reading. Without descending into relativism, Lloyd reminds us without needing to do it directly that science is an ongoing process and what the ancient Greeks developed leaned heavily on what they knew and understood at the time, building on the knowledge and work that came before them.