The Athenians and their empire / Malcolm F. McGregor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGregor, Malcolm Francis, 1910-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History.

Greece.

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.

Athens (Greece)--History.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Malcolm McGregor draws on a life-time of scholarship to write a comprehensive account of the most celebrated period in classical Greek history -- 'The Golden Age' -- in which military and political advances of the Athenians coincided with their greatest achievements in art, literature, philosophy, and social theory. McGregor explains how democracy was nurtured in Athens and how effective government was achieved by a balance of open public debate and the role of individual decisive statesmen such as Pericles. This genuinely democratic government brought peace and prosperity to the Athenians and their allies and, as McGregor asserts, contributed to the extraordinary cultural ascendancy of fifth-century Greece. In this straightforward but colourful narrative, McGregor avoids the detailed complexities of scholarly controversy. The Athenians and Their Empire is the only critical study of its kind and will be of equal interest to students, teachers, general readers and travellers with a keen desire to understand the most crucial and fascinating period of ancient Greek history and culture.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Preface; Glossary; I. THE SOURCES; II. HELLENES AND PERSIANS IN ASIA MINOR; III. THE PERSIAN INVASIONS; IV. THE MEETING ON DELOS; V. THE CONFEDERACY IN ACTION; VI. THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR; VII. THE PEACE OF CALLIAS; VIII. THE PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE; IX. A NEW IMPERIALISM; X. FROM ARMISTICE TO PEACE; XI. THE ACME OF EMPIRE; XII. IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION; XIII. GOVERNMENT IN ATHENS; XIV. PRELUDE TO WAR; XV. THE GREAT WAR; XVI. EMPIRE: A VERDICT; Appendices; Index of Places; Index of People; 1. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF MAJOR EVENTS; 2. THUCYDIDES' PENTEKONTAËTIA; 3. THE ATHENIAN CALENDAR 4. COINAGE; 5. THE MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE; 6. THE QUOTA-LISTS

Notes:

Includes indexes.

"The sources": p. [1]-7.

ISBN:

9786613225627

1-283-22562-X

0-7748-5436-7

7-7480-2693-9

OCLC:

923443390