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Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander : the evidence / Joseph Roisman ; translations by J.C. Yardley.

Van Pelt Library DF12 .R65 2011
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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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