A history of the classical Greek world, 478-323 BC / P.J. Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhodes, P. J. (Peter John)

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Series:

Blackwell history of the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 457 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chronological table

Introduction

The formation of the Delian League

The Peloponnese in the early fifth century

Athens after the Persian wars

The Athenian empire in the mid fifth century

Periclean Athens

The Greeks in the West : the rise of Syracuse

The Peloponnesian War : origins

The Peloponnesian War : resources and strategies

The Peloponnesian War : 431-421

The Athens of Cleon

The Peloponnesian War : 421-413

The Peloponnesian War : 413-404

Athens in the late fifth century

The Athenian empire : retrospect

Life in the classical Greek world

Culture in the classical Greek world

Introduction to the fourth century : the common peace

Sparta's imperialism and collapse

Appendix: Persia and its rebels

The second Athenian League

Thebes and Northern Greece

Athens after the Peloponnesian War

The western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon

Philip II of Macedon

Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the reign of Artaxerxes III

Demosthenic Athens

Appendix: Sparta

Alexander the Great : sources and outline

Alexander the Great : topics

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1444319280

9781444319286

Publisher Number:

99960382303

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