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Ancient Greece : social and historical documents from archaic times to the death of Alexander the Great / Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillon, Matthew, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Greece.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (623 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main historical periods and social phenomena of ancient Greece. The material is taken from a variety of sources: historians, inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama and poetry. It includes the major literary authors, but also covers a wide selection of writers, including many non-Athenian
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND MAPS; GLOSSARY; SOME USEFUL DEFINITIONS; HOW TO USE AND CITE ANCIENT GREECE; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; 1 THE POLIS: THE GREEK CITY-STATE; 2 COLONISATION; 3 RELIGION IN THE GREEK WORLD; 4 WOMEN, SEXUALITY AND THE FAMILY; 5 LABOUR: SLAVES, SERFS AND CITIZENS; 6 SPARTA; 7 TYRANTS AND TYRANNY; 8 THE LAWGIVERS OF ATHENS: DRAKON AND SOLON; 9 PEISISTRATOS AND HIS SONS; 10 KLEISTHENES THE REFORMER; 11 THE PERSIAN WARS; 12 THE DELIAN LEAGUE AND THE PENTEKONTAETIA
- 13 THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH14 THE RISE OF MACEDON; 15 ALEXANDER 'THE GREAT' OF MACEDON, 336-323 BC; 16 THE ANCIENT SOURCES; CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES; GENERAL INDEX; GENEALOGICAL TABLES; MAPS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-99137-9
- 1-136-99138-7
- 1-282-65643-0
- 9786612656439
- 0-203-85455-1
- 9780203854556
- OCLC:
- 646788498
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