A Short History of Ancient Greece
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A Short History of Ancient Greece

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Short History of Ancient Greece

About this book

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual contours of the modern world. P J Rhodes is among the most distinguished historians of antiquity. In this elegant, zesty new survey he explores the archaic (8th - early 5th centuries BCE), classical (5th and 4th centuries BCE) and Hellenistic (late 4th - mid-2nd centuries BCE) periods up to the beginning of Roman hegemony. His scope is that of the people who originated on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands who later migrated to the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and then (following the conquests of Alexander) to the Near East and beyond. Exploring topics such as the epic struggle with Persia; the bitter rivalry of Athens and Sparta; slaves and ethnicity; religion and philosophy; and literature and the visual arts, this authoritative book will attract students and non-specialists in equal measure.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781350127524
eBook ISBN
9781786739582
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Table of contents
  5. List of Maps and Illustrations
  6. Preface
  7. Words and Names; References to Sources
  8. Principal Dates
  9. Chapter 1: Prologue
  10. Archaic Greece,c800–500
  11. Classical Greece, c500–323
  12. Hellenistic Greece, 323–146
  13. Guide to Further Reading
  14. Glossary
  15. Notes
  16. Index