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Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander : the evidence / Joseph Roisman ; translations by J.C. Yardley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
- Series:
- Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Greece.
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Civilization.
- Local Subjects:
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Sources.
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xlv, 642 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Summary:
- Incorporating fresh, new translations of original Greek and Roman texts and drawing on a range of sources, this sourcebook provides an inclusive and integrated view of Greek history, from Homer to Alexander the Great.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the evidence for Greek history and culture
- The world of Homer
- The world of Hesiod
- The earty Greek Polis (City-State) and Ethnos
- Settlements across the sea: Greek "colonization"
- Aristocratic power and attitudes
- Archaic tyranny
- Archaic and classical Sparta
- Hoplites and their values
- Archaic Athens from Draco to Solon
- Tyranny in Athens
- Cleisthenes and Athenian democracy
- Archaic society and culture: gender, sexuality, banquets, and competition
- Archaic law
- Archaic Greek religion
- The Ionian revolt: Persians and Greeks
- The Battle of Marathon
- the Persian War
- The Athenian Empire
- Empowering Athenian democracy
- War and peace in Greece
- The administration of the empire and the Athenian tribute quota lists
- The city of Athens
- The Sophists, Athenian democracy, and Democracy's critics
- The causes of the Peloponnesian War and Athenian and Spartan strategies
- The Peloponnesian War : The Archidomian War (431-421)
- Finances, and allies during the Archidamian War
- The uneasy peace and the Sicillian espedition (421-413)
- The Peloponnesian War: The Decelean War (413-404)
- The rule of the Thirty, the Athenian amnesty, and Socrates trial
- Sparta after the war: politics, wealth and democracy
- The Spartan Hegemony, the Corinthian War and the peace of Antalcidas (404/3-388/7)
- From the Peace of Antalcidas (388/7) to the Battle of Leutra and its aftermath (371)
- Jason of Pherae (?-370)
- The second Athenian League and Theban Hegemony
- Running the Athenian Polis: politics, finances, grain and trade in the fourth century
- Metrics (Resident Aliens), slaves and barbarians
- Maculine and feminine gender in classical Athens
- Philip II of Macedonia (359-336)
- Alexander the Great (336-323).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405127752
- 1405127759
- 9781405127769
- 1405127767
- OCLC:
- 643323996
- Publisher Number:
- 99994576288
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