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A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 BC, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4051-9286-6
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February 2010, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Illustrations vii

List of Figures ix

List of Maps x

Preface xi

Note on References xiii

Chronological Table xv

1 Introduction 1

2 The Formation of the Delian League 14

3 The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century 24

4 Athens After the Persian Wars 34

5 The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century 47

6 Periclean Athens 59

7 The Greeks in the West: The Rise of Syracuse 77

8 The Peloponnesian War: Origins 87

9 The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies 96

10 The Peloponnesian War: 431–421 107

11 The Athens of Cleon 122

12 The Peloponnesian War: 421–413 131

13 The Peloponnesian War: 413–404 149

14 Athens in the Late Fifth Century 163

15 The Athenian Empire: Retrospect 183

16 Life in the Classical Greek World 200

17 Culture in the Classical Greek World 209

18 Introduction to the Fourth Century: The Common Peace 224

19 Sparta’s Imperialism and Collapse 239

Appendix: Persia and its Rebels 256

20 The Second Athenian League 261

21 Thebes and Northern Greece 279

22 Athens After the Peloponnesian War 293

23 The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon 311

24 Philip II of Macedon 332

Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the Reign of Artaxerxes III 361

25 Demosthenic Athens 367

Appendix: Sparta 384

26 Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline 388

27 Alexander the Great: Topics 401

28 Epilogue 427

Glossary 431

Bibliography 435

Index 445

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