Autore	Stuttard David
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina	938
ISBN	0-500-77220-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: History and Identity in the Ancient Greek World -- Chapter 1: Of Gods and Heroes -- Hesiod and Homer: The Birth of the Gods and the Ages of Man -- Homer and the Beginnings of Biography -- The Logographoi and the Stirrings of Historiography -- Chapter 2: The Age of Tyrants -- Peisistratus (?c. 605-528) Tyrannos of Athens -- Polycrates (?-522) Tyrannos of Samos -- Sappho (post 630-c. 570) Lyric Poet -- Pythagoras (c. 570-c. 485) Philosopher, Mystic and Mathematician -- Milo (c. 555-?) Wrestler and General -- Hippias (?-490) Tyrannos of Athens -- Cleisthenes (570-?507) Democratic Reformer -- Histiaeus (?-?494) Tyrannos of Miletus -- Miltiades (c. 554-489) Tyrannos and General -- Chapter 3: Greece in Peril -- Cimon (c. 510-450) Politician and General -- Themistocles (524-459) Politician and General -- Leonidas (c. 540-480) Spartan King -- Gelon (?-478) Tyrannos of Syracuse -- Hieron (?-467) Tyrannos of Syracuse -- Pindar (c. 522-c. 442) Lyric Poet -- Aeschylus (525/4-456/5) Tragic Playwright -- Chapter 4: The Age of Pericles -- Pericles (495-429) Statesman and General -- Herodotus (c. 484-?420s) Historian -- Sophocles (497/6-405) Tragic Playwright and Politician -- Empedocles (c. 495-?) Philosopher and Mystic -- Protagoras (490-420) Philosopher -- Pheidias (c. 480-c. 430) Sculptor -- Aspasia (c. 470-c. 400) Intellectual -- Chapter 5: World War -- Alcibiades (450-404) Politician and General -- Cleon (?-422) Politician and General -- Thucydides (c. 455-c. 395) General and Historian -- Aristophanes (c. 446-c. 386) Comic Playwright -- Euripides (c. 485-406) Tragic Playwright -- Zeuxis (?460-?) Artist -- Gorgias (485-380) Philosopher and Rhetorician -- Socrates (?469-399) Philosopher -- Chapter 6: Fallout. Xenophon (c. 430-c. 354) General, Historian, Literary Innovator -- Lysander (?-395) Spartan General -- Epaminondas (c. 418-362) Theban General -- Lysias (445-380) Orator and Speech-Writer -- Demosthenes (384-322) Orator and Politician -- Plato (c. 427-348/7) Philosopher -- Aristotle (385/4-322) Philosopher -- Chapter 7: The Age of the Dynasts -- Alexander III (356-323) King and Conqueror -- Ptolemy I (367-283) General and Dynast -- Demetrius OF PHALERUM (c. 347-c. 283) Governor of Athens and Scholar -- Menander (342-291) Comic Playwright -- Apelles (pre 360-?c. 295) Artist -- Epicurus (341-270) Philosopher -- Chapter 8: In the Shadow of Rome -- Pyrrhus of Epirus (319-272) King and General -- Apollonius of Rhodes (pre 270-?235) Poet and Scholar -- Archimedes (c. 287-212) Mathematician and Inventor -- Attalus I (269-197) King and General -- Philopoemen (253-183) Statesman and General -- Polybius (200-118) Politician and Historian -- Chapter 9: Lives in a Mirror -- Maps -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Who's Who -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910807292603321

Autore	Grote George <1794-1871., >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (1017 p.)
Disciplina	938
Altri autori (Persone)	MitchellJ. M <1879-> (John Malcolm) CaryM <1881-1958.> (Max) CartledgePaul
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-06803-5 9786610068036 1-134-59378-3 0-203-42584-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction by Paul Cartledge; Biographical Sketch; Editors' Preface; Summary of Omissions; Early Attica (Editorial); Solonian Laws and Constitution; Grecian Affairs during the Government of Peisistratus; Grecian Affairs after the Expulsion of the Peisistratids Revolution of Kleisthens and Establishment of Democracy at Athens; Ionian Greeks Rise of the Persian Empire; Ionic Revolt; From the Ionic Revolt to the Battle of Marathon; From the Battle of Marathon to the March of Xerxs against Greece Proceedings in Greece from the Battle of Marathon to the Time of the Battle of ThermopylBattles of Thermopyl and Artemisium; Battle of Salamis Retreat of Xerxs; Battles of Plata and Mykale Final Repulse of the Persians; Events in Sicily down to the Expulsion of the Gelonian Dynasty and the Establishment of Popular Governments; From the Battles of Plata and Mykal down to the Deaths of Themistokls and Aristeids; Proceedings of the Confederacy under Athens as Head First Formation of the Athenian Empire; Constitutional and Judicial Changes at Athens under Perikles From the Thirty Years' Truce, Fourteen Years before the Peloponnesian War, down to the Blockade of Potida, in the Year before the Peloponnesian WarFrom the Blockade of Potida down to the End of the First Year of the PeloponnesianWar; From the Beginning of the Second Year down to the End of the Third Year of the War; From the Commencement of the Fourth Year of the War down to the Revolutionary Commotions at Korkyra; From the Troubles in Korkyra, in the Fifth Year of the War, down to the End of the Sixth Year; Seventh Year of the War Capture of Sphakteria; Eighth Year of the War Truce for One Year Peace of NikiasFrom the Peace of Nikias to the Olympic Festival of Olympiad 90; From the Festival of Olympiad 90 down to the Battle of Mantineia; Sicilian Affairs after the Extinction of the Gelonian Dynasty; From the Resolution of the Athenians to attack Syracuse down to the First Winter after their Arrival in Sicily; From the Commencement of the Siege of Syracuse by Nikias down to the Second Athenian Expedition under Demosthenes; From the Resumption of Direct Hostilities between Athens and Sparta down to the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily From the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily down to the Oligarchical Conspiracy of the Four Hundred at AthensTwenty-first Year of the War Oligarchy of Four Hundred at Athens; The Restored Athenian Democracy down to the Arrival of Cyrus the Younger in Asia Minor; From the Arrival of Cyrus down to the Battle of Arginus; From the Battle of Arginus to the Restoration of the Democracy, after the Expulsion of the Thirty; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450233603321

Autore	Grote George <1794-1871., >
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (1017 p.)
Disciplina	938
Altri autori (Persone)	MitchellJ. M <1879-1940> (John Malcolm) CaryM <1881-1958.> (Max) CartledgePaul
ISBN	1-134-59377-5 1-280-06803-5 9786610068036 1-134-59378-3 0-203-42584-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction by Paul Cartledge; Biographical Sketch; Editors' Preface; Summary of Omissions; Early Attica (Editorial); Solonian Laws and Constitution; Grecian Affairs during the Government of Peisistratus; Grecian Affairs after the Expulsion of the Peisistratids Revolution of Kleisthens and Establishment of Democracy at Athens; Ionian Greeks Rise of the Persian Empire; Ionic Revolt; From the Ionic Revolt to the Battle of Marathon; From the Battle of Marathon to the March of Xerxs against Greece Proceedings in Greece from the Battle of Marathon to the Time of the Battle of ThermopylBattles of Thermopyl and Artemisium; Battle of Salamis Retreat of Xerxs; Battles of Plata and Mykale Final Repulse of the Persians; Events in Sicily down to the Expulsion of the Gelonian Dynasty and the Establishment of Popular Governments; From the Battles of Plata and Mykal down to the Deaths of Themistokls and Aristeids; Proceedings of the Confederacy under Athens as Head First Formation of the Athenian Empire; Constitutional and Judicial Changes at Athens under Perikles From the Thirty Years' Truce, Fourteen Years before the Peloponnesian War, down to the Blockade of Potida, in the Year before the Peloponnesian WarFrom the Blockade of Potida down to the End of the First Year of the PeloponnesianWar; From the Beginning of the Second Year down to the End of the Third Year of the War; From the Commencement of the Fourth Year of the War down to the Revolutionary Commotions at Korkyra; From the Troubles in Korkyra, in the Fifth Year of the War, down to the End of the Sixth Year; Seventh Year of the War Capture of Sphakteria; Eighth Year of the War Truce for One Year Peace of NikiasFrom the Peace of Nikias to the Olympic Festival of Olympiad 90; From the Festival of Olympiad 90 down to the Battle of Mantineia; Sicilian Affairs after the Extinction of the Gelonian Dynasty; From the Resolution of the Athenians to attack Syracuse down to the First Winter after their Arrival in Sicily; From the Commencement of the Siege of Syracuse by Nikias down to the Second Athenian Expedition under Demosthenes; From the Resumption of Direct Hostilities between Athens and Sparta down to the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily From the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily down to the Oligarchical Conspiracy of the Four Hundred at AthensTwenty-first Year of the War Oligarchy of Four Hundred at Athens; The Restored Athenian Democracy down to the Arrival of Cyrus the Younger in Asia Minor; From the Arrival of Cyrus down to the Battle of Arginus; From the Battle of Arginus to the Restoration of the Democracy, after the Expulsion of the Thirty; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910825921703321

Autore	Parker Victor <1966->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (505 p.)
Disciplina	938
Collana	Blackwell history of the ancient world
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4051-9034-5 1-118-55929-0 1-118-55933-9 1-118-55935-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The geography of greece -- The Mycenaean Age -- The end of the Bronze Age and the great migrations -- Greece in the later "dark age" -- Colonization -- Sparta from the Messenian Wars to the creation of the Peloponnesian League -- Tyranny -- Athens from Cylon to Cleisthenes -- Persia and the Ionian Revolt -- The Persian Wars -- The Athenian Empire -- Sparta and Athens during the Pentecontaetia -- From the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias -- From the Peace of Nicias to the surrender of Athens -- The Lacedaemonian ascendancy in Greece -- The Boeotian ascendancy in Greece and the Second Athenian League -- The west from the Sicilian expedition to the campaigns of Timoleon -- Philip of Macedon and the conquest of Greece -- Alexander the Great -- The wars of the Diadochi -- The creation of the Hellenistic States -- Sicily and the west from Agathocles to the first Punic War -- The Hellenistic world in equilibrium -- The coming of Rome -- Twilight of the Hellenistic world.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453685803321

Autore	Hall Jonathan M
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (390 p.)
Disciplina	938
Collana	Blackwell history of the ancient world
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-34046-9 1-118-34036-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Maps; Figures; Documents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Timeline; 1: The Practice of History; The Lelantine War; The Lelantine War Deconstructed; What is History?; History as Literature; Method and Theory; Further Reading; 2: Sources, Evidence, Dates; Evaluating Sources; Dating Archaic Poets; Non-Literary Evidence; Ancient Chronography; Archaeological Dating; Further Reading; 3: The End of the Mycenaean World and its Aftermath; Mycenaean Greece; Gauging the Historicity of the Dorian Migration; Alternative Explanations The Loss and Recovery of WritingWhose Dark Age?; Further reading; 4: Communities of Place; Defining the Polis; The Urban Aspect of the Polis: Houses, Graves, and Walls; Political and Economic Functions; Cultic Communities; Polis and Ethnos; Further Reading; 5: New Homes Across the Seas; On the Move; The Credibility of Colonial Foundation Stories; Pots and Peoples; A Spartan Foundation? Taras, Phalanthos, and the Partheniai; Hunger or Greed?; Further Reading; 6: The Changing Nature of Authority; Charting the Genesis of the State; Kings or "Big-Men"?; The Emergence of an Aristocracy Laws and InstitutionsThe Return of the "Big-Man"; Excursus I: A Cautionary Tale: Pheidon of Argos; 7: Fighting for the Fatherland; A Hoplite Revolution?; Some More Equal Than Others; Conquest, Territory, and Exploitation; Excursus II: Archaeological Gaps: Attica and Crete; 8: Defining the Political Community; Looking to the End; The Role of the Dêmos and the Great Rhetra; Drawing Boundaries; Land, Labor, and the Crisis in Attica; The "Second Sex"; Excursus III: Evaluating the Spartan Mirage; 9: The City of Theseus; The End of the Tyranny; The Birth of Democracy?; The Unification of Attica Theseus: Democrat or Autocrat?The (A)typicality of Athens; Further Reading; 10: Making a Living; Conceptualizing Ancient Economic Activity; A Peasant Economy?; Plying the Seas; The Introduction of Coinage; Excursus IV: The Rise of Persia and the Invasions of Greece; 11: Imagining Greece; "Greek" Culture: Unity and Diversity; Greeks and Others: The External Dimension; The Emergence of Panhellenism: The Internal Dimension; The Invention of the Barbarian; Further Reading; 12: Writing the History of Archaic Greece; The First Sacred War: Fact or Fiction?; The Limits of Narrative History Dividing up Time and SpaceFurther Reading; Abbreviations and Glossary of Literary Sources; Works Cited in the Further Reading; Guide to Electronic Resources; General Websites; Bibliographic Databases; Primary Sources Online; Archaeological Resources; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452170603321