A history of ancient Greece in fifty lives / David Stuttard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stuttard, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Greece.

History.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Of Gods and Heroes 14

Hesiod and Homer: The Birth of the Gods and the Ages of Man 18

Homer and the Beginnings of Biography 20

The Logograhoi and the Stirrings of Historiography 23

Chapter 2 The Age of Tyrants 26

Peisistratus (?c. 605-528) Tyrannos of Athens 27

Polycrates (?-522) Tyrannos of Somas 34

Sappho (post 630-c. 570) Lyric Poet 38

Pythagoras (c. 570-c. 485) Philosopher, Mystic and Mathematician 42

Milo (c 555-?) Wrestler and General 46

Hippias (?-490) Tyrannos of Athens 49

Cleisthenes (570-?507) Democratic Reformer 52

Histlaeus (?-? 404) Tyrannos of Miletus 57

Miltiades (c. 554-469) Tyrannos and General 61

Chapter 3 Greece in Peril 66

Cimon (c. 510-450) Politician and General 67

Themistocles (524-459) Politician and General 75

Leonidas (c. 540-480) Spartan King 80

Celon (?-478) Tyrannos of Syracuse 83

Hieron (?-467) Tyrannos of Syracuse 87

Pindar (c. 522-c. 442) Lyric Poet 90

Aeschylus (525/4-456/5) Tragic Playwright 93

Chapter 4 The Age of Pericles 98

Pericles (495-439) Statesman and General 100

Herodotus (c. 484-?420s) Historian 106

Sophocles (497/6-405) Tragic Playwright and Politician 110

Empedocles (c. 495-?) Philosopher and Mystic 114

Protagoras (490-420) Philosopher 117

Pheidias (c 480-c. 430) Sculptor 119

Aspasia (c. 470-c. 400) Intellectual 123

Chapter 5 World War 126

Alcibiades (450-404) Politician and General 127

Cleon (?-422) Politician and General 134

Thucydides (c. 455-c. 395) General and Historian 137

Aristophanes (c. 446-c. 386) Comic Playwright 141

Euripides (c. 485-406) Tragic Playwright 143

Zeuxis (?460-?) Artist 146

Gorgias (485-380) Philosopher and Rhetorician 148

Socrates (?469-399) Philosopher 151

Chapter 6 Fallout 156

Xenophon (c. 430-c 354) General, Historian, Literary Innovator 157

Lysander (?-395) Spartan General 165

Epaminondas (c. 418-362) Theban General 170

Lysias (445-380) Orator and Speech-Writer 175

Demosthenes (384-322) Orator and Politician 178

Plato (c. 427-348/7) Philosopher 183

Aristotle (385/4-322) Philosopher 188

Chapter 7 The Age of the Dynasts 194

Alexander III (356-323) King and Conqueror 195

Ptolemy I (367-283) General and Dynast 207

Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 347-c. 283) Governor of Athens and Scholar 212

Menander (342-291) Comic Playwright 216

Apelles (pre 360-?c. 295) Artist 219

Epicurus (341-270) Philosopher 222

Chapter 8 In the Shadow of Rome 226

Pyrrhus of Epirus (319-272) King and General 228

Apollonius of Rhodes (pre 270-?235) Poet and Scholar 236

Archimedes (c. 287-212) Mathematician and Inventor 239

Attalus I (269-197) King and General 242

Philopoemen (253-183) Statesman and General 246

Polybius (200-118) Politician and Historian 249

Chapter 9 Lives in a Mirror 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780500252055

050025205X

OCLC:

890434502