Roisman Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander

The Evidence
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-30095-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 688 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History

With fresh, new translations and extensive introductions andannotations, this sourcebook provides an inclusive and integratedview of Greek history, from Homer to Alexander the Great.
* New translations of original sources are contextualized byinsightful introductions and annotations
* Includes a range of literary, artistic and material evidencefrom the Homeric, Archaic and Classical Ages
* Focuses on important developments as well as specific themes tocreate an integrated perspective on the period
* Links the political and social history of the Greeks to theirintellectual accomplishments
* Includes an up-to-date bibliography of seminal scholarship
* An accompanying website offers additional evidence andexplanations, as well as links to useful online resources

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roisman, Joseph

Weitere Mitwirkende

Yardley, J. C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
List of Maps.
Preface.
Abbreviations.
Glossary.
Greek Weights, Measures, Coins and the Athenian Calendar.
Timeline.
Introduction: The Evidence for Greek History and Culture.
1. The World of Homer.
2. The World of Hesiod.
3. The Early Greek Polis (City-State), Ethnos and FederalStates.
4. Settlements Across the Sea: Greek"Colonization".
5. Aristocratic Power and Attitudes.
6. Archaic Tyranny.
7. Archaic and Classical Sparta.
8. Hoplites and Their Values.
9. Archaic Athens From Draco to Solon.
10. Tyranny in Athens.
11. Cleisthenes and Athenian Democracy (508/7).
12. Archaic Society and Culture: Gender, Sexuality, Banquet andCompetition.
13. Archaic Law.
14. Archaic Greek Religion.
15. The Ionian Revolt: Persians and Greeks.
16. The Battle of Marathon (490).
17. The Persian War (480-79).
18. The Athenian Empire.
19. Empowering Athenian Democracy (462/1-451/0).
20. War and Peace in Greece (461/0-437/6).
21. The Administration of the Empire and the Athenian TributeQuota Lists.
22. The City of Athens.
23. The Sophists, Athenian Democracy and Its Critics.
24. The Causes of the Peloponnesian War and the Athenian andSpartan Strategies.
25. The Peloponnesian War: The Archidamian War (431-21).
26. Finances and Allies During the Archidamian War.
27. The Uneasy Peace and the Sicilian Expedition (421-413).
28. The Peloponnesian War: the Decelean War (413-404).
29. The Rule of the Thirty, The Athenian Amnesty andSocrates' Trial.
30. Sparta After The Peloponnesian War: Politics, Wealth andDemography.
31. The Spartan Hegemony, the Corinthian War and the Peace ofAntalcidas (404/3-388/7).
32. From the Peace of Antalcidas (387) to the Battle of Leuctraand Its Aftermath (371).
33. Jason of Pherae (? - 370).
34. Athenian Imperialism and Theban Hegemony.
35. Running the Athenian Polis: Politics, Finances, Grain andTrade in the Fourth Century.
36. Metics (Resident Aliens), Slaves and Barbarians.
37. Masculine and Feminine Gender in Classical Athens.
38. Philip II of Macedonia (359-336).
39. Alexander the Great (336-323).
Bibliography.
Index of Ancient Sources.
General Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Roisman is Professor of Classics at Colby College. Hehas authored and edited several books, among them Brill'sCompanion to Alexander the Great (2003) and The Rhetoricof Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators (2005).
J.C. Yardley is Emeritus Professor of Classics at theUniversity of Ottawa. He has published extensively on Greek andRoman history and sources. His books include Alexander theGreat: Historical Sources in Translation (ed. with WaldemarHeckel, Blackwell, 2004) and many translations of key texts, fromTacitus and Justin to Livy and Quintus Curtius Rufus.