Archaic and Classical Greece: A Selection of Ancient Sources in TranslationThe aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 BC - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution of the polis, a form of political community which combined the aspects of city and state in a physical and psychological unity unparalleled either before or since. For us, the inheritors of much that the Greeks created, there is an inherent interest in the way in which they organised their society during these centuries. Although this book assumes no knowledge of Greek, the reader is introduced to a range of key Greek words and concepts which offer a direct insight into the mentality, both collective and individual, of the times. The sources themselves (all of which have been translated by the authors) are supported by introductory commentary, notes, bibliographies, chronological tables and maps. All students and teachers of the history of ancient Greece or of classical civilisation generally will find this book an invaluable tool. |
Contents
The development of the polis and its values 113 | |
Explorationand colonisation 1420 | |
Kleisthenes andthe dēmos7480 | |
The Persian Empire90100 10 Persia andtheGreeks 101118 PART THE FIFTH CENTURY II | |
Athenian political life 141149 | |
THE PELOPONNESIAN | |
Spartan strategy in the Archidamian War 182193 | |
Athenian strategy inthe ArchidamianWar194201 | |
The uneasy peace 421416 202206 | |
Athenian politics duringthe war 207216 22 Athens andSicily 217227 23 The Spartan offensive 228234 24 The defeat ofAthens 235243 25 Postwar ... | |
The polis and its economy 276287 | |
Warand revolution 288302 | |
Athenian politics and society 303315 | |
Thessaly andPersia 316320 33 The rise of Makedonia 321332 | |
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