Table of Contents

List of MapsTranslations Used by PermissionPrefaceTimelineIntroductionSources: How We Know About the Ancient GreeksRetrieving the Past: The Material RecordRetrieving the Past: The Written RecordA Synopsis of Written Sources by PeriodsThe Physical Context: The Land of Greece 1. Early Greece and the Bronze Age2. The Early Iron Age (c. 1200-750/700 BC)3. Archaic Greece (c. 750/700-480 BC)4. Sparta5. The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars6. The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Athenian Democracy7. Greek Life and Culture in the Fifth Century8. The Peloponnesian War9. The Fourth Century: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare10. Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy11. Alexander the Great12. The New World of the Hellenistic Period13.  A Graeco-Roman WorldGlossaryArt and Illustration CreditsIndex

About the Author

Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor of Classics and History Emerita at Hunter College and The City University of New York Graduate Center.

Stanley M. Burstein is Professor of History Emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles.

The late Walter Donlan was Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine.

Jennifer Tolbert Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at City College and The City University of New York Graduate Center.

David W. Tandy is Research Fellow in Classics at the University of Leeds, UK.

Georgia Tsouvala is Professor of History at Illinois State University.

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