Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Knossos
3: Mycenae
4: Argos
5: Sparta
6: Massalia
7: Miletos
8: Athens
9: Thebes
10: Alexandria
11: Byzantium
12: Conclusion
Preface
Glossary
Timeline

About the Author

Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the Faculty of classics, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition Paul Cartledge, Cambridge don and doyen of Classicists, once again shows why he is the surest and most engaging guide tot he ancient world. 'Ancient Greece: A history in Eleven Cities' is a tremendously readable tour d'horizon that goes far beyond Athens and Sparta to explore the roots of Greek civilisation.'
Justin Marozzi, Evening Standard
`Paul Cartledge has here pulled off a remarkably clever feat of compression and organization, and will once again place very many readers in his debt. Brilliantly carried through.'
Simon Hornblower, co-editor of iThe Oxford Companion to Classical Civilizationr
`A wonderfully concise - and witty - introduction to an ever-popular subject.'
Sir John Boardman, co-editor of iThe Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic Worldr
`A rare work, a compelling historical narrative that is also a useful guidebook'
Peter Stothard, Wall Street Journal
`Cartledge's success lies in his ability to negotiate a path between similarity and difference; with proper scholarly detachment, he stresses how different the Greeks were; with an eye to broader historical trajectories, he reflects on the grounds for their continuing fascination.'
Tim Rood, Times Literary Supplement
`A rare work, a compelling historical narrative.'
Peter Stothard, Wall Street Journal
`Thoroughly stimulating book.'
Tom Holland, BBC History
`Cartledge is master of his subject.'
Peter Jones, Literary Review
`Paul Cartledge... once again shows why he is the surest and most engaging guide to the ancient world.'
Justin Marozzi, Evening Standard
`A tremendously readable tour d'horizon that goes far beyond Athens and Sparta to explore the roots of Greek civilization.'
Justin Marozzi, Evening Standard
`There are many pleasures to be had along Cartledge's mind-broadening route through time and space.'
Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian