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A Brief History of Ancient Greece Politics, Society, and Culture

by: Pomeroy, Sarah B.; Burstein, Stanley M.; Donlan, Walter; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert

A Brief History of Ancient Greece Politics, Society, and Culture

by: Pomeroy, Sarah B.; Burstein, Stanley M.; Donlan, Walter; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert

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Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/15/2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Comprehensive and balanced, this condensed version of the authors' highly successful book ( Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History , OUP, 1998) introduces the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. It covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history with traditional yet lively coverage of political, military, and diplomatic history. Featuring a wealth of illustrations, this thoughtful and sophisticated volume is accessible to readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

xii

Preface

xiii

Time Line

Introduction

(11)

I Early Greece and the Bronze Age

(24)

Greece in the Stone Ages

(1)

Greece in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (c. 3000-1600 BC)

(9)

Greece and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1150 BC)

(14)

II The "Dark Age" of Greece and the Eighth-Century "Renaissance" (c. 1150-700 BC)

(25)

Decline and Recovery (c. 1150-900 BC)

(5)

Revival (c. 900-750 BC)

(3)

Homeric Society

(9)

The End of the Dark Age

(8)

III Archaic Greece (c. 700-500 BC)

(30)

The Formation of the City-State (Polis)

(2)

Government in the Early City-States

(2)

The Colonizing Movement

(3)

Economic and Social Divisions in the Archaic Poleis

(3)

Hesiod: A View from Below

(2)

The Hopute Army

(2)

The Archaic Age Tyrants

(1)

The Arts and Sciences

(11)

Panhellenic Institutions

(1)

Relations Among States

(3)

IV Sparta

(19)

The Dark Age and the Archaic Period

(4)

The Spartan System

(5)

Demography and the Spartan Economy

100

(3)

Spartan Government

103

(2)

The Peloponnesian League

105

(1)

Historical Change in Sparta

106

(1)

The Spartan Mirage

107

(3)

V The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars

110

(28)

Athens from the Bronze Age to the Early Archaic Age

110

(3)

The Reforms of Solon

113

(3)

Peisistratus and His Sons

116

(6)

The Reforms of Cleisthenes

122

(1)

The Rise of Persia

122

(5)

The Wars Between Greece and Persia

127

(11)

VI The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Athenian Democracy

138

(28)

The Aftermath of the Persian Wars and the Foundation of a New League

139

(3)

New Developments in Athens and Sparta

142

(1)

The "First" (Undeclared) Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC)

143

(2)

Pericles and the Growth of Athenian Democracy

145

(3)

Literature and Art

148

(9)

Oikos and Polis

157

(4)

The Greek Economy

161

(5)

VII Greece on the Eve of the Peloponnesian War

166

(34)

Greece After the Thirty Years' Peace

166

(3)

The Physical Space of the Polis: Athens in the Fifth Century

169

(8)

Intellectual Life in Fifth-Century Greece

177

(2)

Historical and Dramatic Literature of the Fifth Century

179

(10)

Currents in Greek Thought and education

189

(4)

The Breakdown of the Peace

193

(5)

Resources for War

198

(2)

VIII The Peloponnesian War

200

(25)

The Archidamian War (431-421 BC)

200

(11)

Between Peace and War

211

(2)

The Invasion of Sicily (415-413 BC)

213

(4)

The War in the Aegean and the Oligarchic Coup at Athens (413-411 BC)

217

(3)

The Last Years of War (407-404 BC)

220

(5)

IX The Crisis of the Polis and the Age of Shifting Hegemonies

225

(29)

Oligarchy at Athens: The Thirty Tyrants

226

(1)

The Trial of Socrates (399 BC)

227

(3)

The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare

230

(5)

Law and Democracy in Athens

235

(3)

The Fourth-Century Polis

238

(3)

Philosophy and the Polis

241

(13)

X Philip II and the Rise of Macedon

254

(16)

Early Macedon

254

(1)

Macedonian Society and Kingship

255

(3)

The Reign of Philip II

258

(7)

Philip's Plans for Greece

265

(5)

XI Alexander the Great

270

(24)

Consolidating Power

271

(7)

From Issus to Egypt: Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (332-331 BC)

278

(3)

From Alexandria to Persepolis: The King of Asia (331-330 BC)

281

(2)

The High Road to India: Alexander in Central Asia

283

(4)

India and the End of the Dream

287

(3)

Return to the West

290

(2)

The Achievements of Alexander

292

(2)

XII The New World of the Hellenistic Period

294

(32)

The Struggle for the Succession

294

(2)

The Regency of Perdiccas

296

(2)

The Primacy of Antigoms the One-dyed

298

(1)

Birth Pangs of the New Order (301-276 BC)

299

(3)

The Polis in the Hellenistic World

302

(4)

The Macedonian Kingdoms

306

(2)

Hellenistic Society

308

(2)

Alexandria and Hellenistic Culture

310

(9)

Social Relations in the Hellenistic World

319

(7)

Epilogue

326

(5)

Glossary

331

(10)

Art and Illustration Credits

341

(6)

Index

347

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