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Subject(s)

• Greece—History—Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C. [Browse]
• Greece—History—Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. [Browse]
• Greece—History—Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C. [Browse]
• Greece—History—Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. [Browse]

Series

Routledge history of the ancient world. [More in this series]

Summary note

The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for yet another generation of readers. In particular, this fourth edition takes full account of recent and detailed scholarship on Greek poleis across the Hellenic world, allowing for further development of the key theme of regional variety across the Mediterranean and beyond. Other extensive changes include a new sub-chapter on Island

Notes

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front Cover; The Greek World 479-323 BC; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements to the first edition; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the fourth edition; Abbreviations and brief glossary of terms; 1. Introduction; The extent of the Greek world in 4791; The plan of this book; The sources; 2. The beginning of the Delian League; The Athenians take the lead; Terms of enrolment; Mechanisms of control; 3. Empire; Early years; The 'Ephialtic' reforms at Athens; The 'First Peloponnesian War'; The islands; 4. South Italy and Sicily
• 'Big Greece': south Italy and Sicily as a unitThe problem of the sources: Thucydides not enough; Sicily; South Italy; Conclusion: a distinctive culture?; 5. Kyrene and Egypt; Kyrene; Egypt; 6. The Persian Empire, especially Asia Minor; Introduction; Satraps; Asia Minor under the Persians; Conclusion; 7. Argos; Introduction: the physical setting and the sources; Argos and 'kinship diplomacy'; Argos in the fifth century BC; Argos in the fourth century BC; 8. Macedon, Thessaly and Boiotia; Macedon; Thessaly; Boiotia; 9. The run-up to the war; The problem: can we trust Thucydides? The Great Gap
• The four stated aitiai10. Corinth; 11. Sparta; 12. Athens; Introduction: Athens' natural advantages; The Athenian myths of identity; Demes and city; Council, Assembly, law courts; Elite values and democratic ideology; Generals and demagogues: fourth-century changes; 13. The Peloponnesian War; Introduction. An important war?; Resources and intended strategy; The Archidamian War; The Peace of Nikias; Mantineia campaign; Melos; Persia and Amorges; Athens and the west, especially 415-413; 413-411; the oligarchic revolution at Athens; 411 to Aigospotamoi and the Athenian surrender
• 14. The effects of the Peloponnesian WarStasis and other upheavals; system building and treatise writing; professionalism; Military theory and practice; Political developments; Economic changes; Religion: change, and the absence of it; 15. The Corinthian War; Introduction and summary; Athens in defeat: the Thirty Tyrants; The true cause of the Corinthian War: Spartan expansionism to all four points of the compass; The Corinthian War; The King's Peace; 16. The king's peace to Leuktra; the Second Athenian Confederacy; After the King's Peace; The Second Athenian Confederacy
• 17. Leuktra to Mantineia and the revolt of the satrapsJason of Pherai; The three theatres of Theban foreign policy (1): the Peloponnese; The three theatres of Theban foreign policy (2): the north; The three theatres of Theban foreign policy (3): the Aegean; The run-up to the battle of Mantineia: the revolt of the satraps; 18. Philip; Introduction; Persia and Syracuse in mid-century; Athens and the Social War; Sparta in mid-century; The Third Sacred War; Philip's early years; Up to the Peace of Philokrates; The Peace of Philokrates
• The breakdown of the peace, the battle of Chaironeia and the settlement of Greece

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ISBN

• 1-136-83125-8
• 1-283-04065-4
• 1-136-83126-6
• 9786613040657
• 0-203-83171-3

OCLC

707068737

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203831717

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