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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pomeroy, Sarah B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Summary:
- Written by five leading authorities on the classical world, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, Third Edition, is a shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, Third Edition (OUP, 2011). It offers a captivating account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era. Features, New! Extensively revised coverage of early Greece by new coauthor David W. Tandy, New! Expanded discussions of military history and archaeology, New! A revised art program, featuring two eight-page color inserts (one new), Uniquely in-depth coverage of social and cultural topics including women and family life, material culture, religion, law, homosexuality, slavery, athletics, and life in the countryside, Excerpts from ancient documents, selective recommendations for further reading, and a timeline and general introduction that provide a bird's-eye view of Greek history, Key terms (boldfaced at their first appearance) and an extensive glossary, An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/pomeroy with a wealth of resources for students and instructors Book jacket.
- Contents:
- I Early Greece and the Bronze Age 13
- Greece in the Stone Ages 17
- Greece in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (c. 3000-1600 BC) 17
- Greece and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BC) 25
- II The "Dark Age" of Greece and the Eighth-Century "Renaissance" (c. 1200-750/700 BC) 41
- Decline and Recovery (c. 1200-900 BC) 41
- Revival (c. 900-750 BC) 47
- Homeric Society 50
- The End of the Dark Age (c. 750-700 BC) 58
- III Archaic Greece (c 750/700-480 BC) 67
- The Formation of the City-State (Polis) 67
- Government in the Early City-States 69
- The Colonizing Movement 71
- Economic and Social Divisions in the Archaic Poleis 74
- Hesiod: The View from Below 77
- The Hoplite Army 79
- The Archaic Age Tyrants 81
- The Arts and Sciences 83
- Panhellenic Institutions 93
- Relations Among States 95
- IV Sparta 99
- The Dark Age and the Archaic Period 100
- The Spartan System 103
- Demography and the Spartan Economy 111
- Spartan Government 114
- The Peloponnesian League 116
- Historical Change in Sparta 116
- The Spartan Mirage 117
- V The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars 121
- Athens from the Bronze Age to the Early Archaic Age 121
- The Reforms of Solon 125
- Pisistratus and His Sons 128
- The Reforms of Cleisthenes 133
- The Rise of Persia 136
- The Wars Between Greece and Persia 138
- VI The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Athenian Democracy 152
- The Aftermath of the Persian Invasions and the Foundation of a New League 153
- New Developments in Athens and Sparta 157
- The "First" (Undeclared) Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC) 158
- Pericles and the Growth of Athenian Democracy 160
- Literature and Art 163
- Oikos and Polis 170
- The Greek Economy 177
- VII Greek Life and Culture in the Fifth Century 182
- Greece After the Thirty Years' Peace 182
- The Physical Space of the Polis: Athens in the Fifth Century 185
- Intellectual Life in Fifth-Century Greece 194
- Historical and Dramatic Literature of the Fifth Century 196
- Currents in Greek Thought and Education 206
- The Breakdown of the Peace 211
- Resources for War 213
- VIII The Peloponnesian War 218
- The Archidamian War (431-421 BC) 220
- The Rise of Comedy 228
- Between Peace and War 231
- The Invasion of Sicily (415-413 BC) 234
- The War in the Aegean and the Oligarchic Coup at Athens (413-411 BC) 239
- The Last Years of War (407-404 BC) 242
- IX The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare 247
- Oligarchy at Athens: The Thirty Tyrants 248
- The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) 249
- The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare 253
- Law and Democracy in Athens 260
- The Fourth-Century Polis 266
- Philosophy and the Polis 269
- X Philip II and the Rise of Macedon 283
- Early Macedon 283
- Macedonian Society and Kingship 284
- The Reign of Philip II 287
- Philip's Plans for Greece 295
- XI Alexander the Great 301
- Consolidating Power 302
- From Issus to Egypt: Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (332-331 BC) 310
- From Alexandria to Persepolis: The King of Asia (331-330 BC) 313
- The High Road to India: Alexander in Central Asia 315
- India and the End of the Dream 319
- Return to the West 322
- The Achievements of Alexander 324
- XII The New World of the Hellenistic Period 326
- The Struggle for the Succession 327
- The Regency of Perdiccas 328
- The Primacy of Antigonus the One-Eyed 329
- Birth Pangs of the New Order (301-276 BC) 331
- The Polis in the Hellenistic World 334
- The Macedonian Kingdoms 338
- Hellenistic Society 340
- Alexandria and Hellenistic Culture 342
- Social Relations in the Hellenistic World 353.
- ISBN:
- 9780199981557
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