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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810845803321

Autore

Rhodes P. J (Peter John)

Titolo

A history of the classical Greek world, 478-323 BC / / P.J. Rhodes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-4443-5858-8

1-282-38258-6

9786612382581

1-4443-1928-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Collana

Blackwell history of the ancient world

Disciplina

938

938.002

Soggetti

Greece History To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A History of the Classical Greek World: 478-323 bc, Second Edition; Contents; Illustrations; Figures; Maps; Preface; Note on References; Chronological Table; 1: Introduction; 2: The Formation of the Delian League; 3: The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century; 4: Athens After the Persian Wars; 5: The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century; 6: Periclean Athens; 7: The Greeks in the West: The Rise of Syracuse; 8: The Peloponnesian War: Origins; 9: The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies; 10: The Peloponnesian War: 431-421; 11: The Athens of Cleon; 12: The Peloponnesian War: 421-413

13: The Peloponnesian War: 413-40414: Athens in the Late Fifth Century; 15: The Athenian Empire Retrospect; 16: Life in the Classical Greek World; 17: Culture in the Classical Greek World; 18: Introduction to the Fourth Century: The Common Peace; 19: Sparta's Imperialism and Collapse; 20: The Second Athenian League; 21: Thebes and Northern Greece; 22: Athens After the Peloponnesian War; 23: The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon; 24: Philip II of Macedon; 25: Demosthenic Athens; 26: Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline; 27: Alexander the Great: Topics; 28: Epilogue; Glossary

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful



and widely praised textbook offers an account of the 'classical' period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.Two important new chapters have been added, covering life and culture in the classical Greek worldFeatures new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece, and the AegeanEnlarged and additional maps and illustrative material<di