Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Translator's Note ix

Figures xi

Foreword xiii

A Country 1

1 The Greek World's Earliest Times 5

2 The Archaic World 36

3 The Classical Period: The Fifth Century 114

4 The Classical Period: The Fourth Century 227

5 The Hellenistic Period 292

Conclusion 368

The Sources 371

Chronological Table 381

Lexicon 392

Guide to Further Reading 401

Index 413

About the Author

The late Claude Orrieux's was Professor at the University of Caen. His previous publications include Judaism-Hellenism (1986) and Investigations on the Hellenistic Armies (1987).

Pauline Schmitt-Pantel's is Professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne. Her previous publications in English include A History of Women in the West: From Ancient Goddesses to Christian Saints (editor, 1992) and Religion in the Ancient Greek City (co-author, 1993).

Reviews

"This will make an excellent textbook. Everyone teaching Greek history complains constantly of the lack of a good book. This one has a good balance of narrative and social/economic history. It's also unusual in trying to cover all areas of Greece, not just Athens and Sparta. I should add that I've read a couple of other Greek history textbooks in preparation for other publishers in the last couple of years, and this book is head-and-shoulders above the rest. It's a really good book." Ian Morris, Stanford University
" ... presents both an elegant narrative and an interesting assessment of the Hellenistic world" Greece and Rome
"... innovative ... While the traditional 'glories' of Greek history - the classical period, the history of Athens - are excellently handled, this is not at the expense of less frequently covered terrain." Times Higher Education Supplement