The Greek World, 479-323 BC

The Greek World, 479-323 BC

Author: Simon Hornblower

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780415163262

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The Greek World479'¬ ;323 BChas been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication. Simon Hornblower has comprehensively re-written and revised his original text, bringing it up-to-date for a new generation of readers. The extensive changes include: two important new chapters '¬ ;Argos, and the Peloponnesian War the incorporation of further primary sources more than thirty new illustrations the insertion of user-friendly subheadings a completely updated bibliography. With valuable coverage of the broader Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished, as well as close examination of Athens, Sparta, and the other great city-states of Greece itself, this third edition of a classic work is a more essential read than ever before.


Decrees of Fourth-Century Athens (403/2-322/1 BC): Volume 1, The Literary Evidence

Decrees of Fourth-Century Athens (403/2-322/1 BC): Volume 1, The Literary Evidence

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 1010

ISBN-13: 1316952681

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Decree-making is a defining aspect of ancient Greek political activity: it was the means by which city-state communities went about deciding to get things done. This two-volume work provides a new view of the decree as an institution within the framework of fourth-century Athenian democratic political activity. Volume 1 consists of a comprehensive account of the literary evidence for decrees of the fourth-century Athenian assembly. Volume 2 analyses how decrees and decree-making, by offering both an authoritative source for the narrative of the history of the Athenian demos and a legitimate route for political self-promotion, came to play an important role in shaping Athenian democratic politics. Peter Liddel assesses ideas about, and the reality of, the dissemination of knowledge of decrees among both Athenians and non-Athenians and explains how they became significant to the wider image and legacy of the Athenians.


The Ancient Greeks

The Ancient Greeks

Author: John Van Antwerp Fine

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 9780674033146

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John Fine offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based, masterfully explaining the problems and pitfalls in interpreting ancient accounts.


The Athenian Tribute Lists

The Athenian Tribute Lists

Author: Benjamin Dean Meritt

Publisher: ASCSA

Published: 1950-12

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780876619131

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This book is the third of four volumes presenting the standard text of, and commentary on, the inscriptions that have come to be known as the "Athenian Tribute Lists." Through the tribute lists, historians have been able to study the extent and nature of the Athenian empire that grew out of the Delian League established to combat the Persians in 478/7 B.C. The inscriptions provide evidence of the money paid to Athens by other members of the League after the tribute treasury was moved from Delos to Athens in 454 B.C. The texts persist from the 450s through to the 430s, after which the evidence is very fragmentary and often undatable. This volume provides a historical commentary on the inscriptions presented in detail in Volumes I and II, tying them into a history of the Athenian empire in narrative form.


Demosthenes and His Time

Demosthenes and His Time

Author: Raphael Sealey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1993-03-18

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0195359968

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This book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of Athens from 386 to 322 B.C. Taking a sympathetic view of the Second Athenian League, Sealey focuses on the career of Demosthenes to provide important insights into Athenian politics and policies. Demosthenes experienced repeated setbacks in his early attempts at public activity, but found his mission as a statesman in the conflict with Macedon and subsequently became the leading man in Athens. Sealey rejects theories that assume programmatic divisions among Athenian statesmen into pro- and anti-Macedonians, and argues that all Athenians active in politics resented Macedonian ascendancy but recognized the necessity of accommodation to superior power. His account concludes with the defeat of Athens and its allies and the suicide of Demosthenes, presenting new insights not only into the life of Demosthenes and the turbulent years of his political career, but also the social and international factors bearing on Athenian political activity in general.


Religion in the Ancient Greek City

Religion in the Ancient Greek City

Author: Louise Bruit Zaidman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-12-17

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780521423571

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This book is a translation into English of La religion grecque by Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel, described by Dr Simon Price as 'an excellent book, by far the best introduction to the subject in any language'. It is the purpose of the book to consider how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen - the functions performed by the religious personnel, and the place that religion occupied in individual, social and political life. The chapters cover first ritual and then myth, rooting the account in the practices of the classical city while also taking seriously the world of the imagination. For this edition the bibliography has been substantially revised to meet the needs of a mainly student, English-speaking readership. The book is enriched throughout by illustrations, and by quotations from original sources.


Ancient Methone, 2003-2013

Ancient Methone, 2003-2013

Author: Sarah P. Morris

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Published: 2023-12-31

Total Pages: 1518

ISBN-13: 1950446336

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Excavations at ancient Methone since 2003 by the Greek Ministry of Culture have uncovered remains from the Late Neolithic period through the fourth-century B.C. destruction by Philip II of Macedon. These discoveries extend the history of the city, a colony of Eretria (Euboia) since the late eighth century B.C., by nearly three thousand years into Greek prehistory. This volume presents results of the project in selected artefacts, burials, and structures representing the chief phases of the city, in chronological order. An introduction covers historical sources, excavations from 2003 to 2013, and the unique location of Methone. Part I details the prehistoric settlement at Methone, from the fourth millennium to 1000 B.C., and the Bronze Age burials. Part II focuses on the copious artifacts and ecofacts from the Early Iron Age "Hypogeion" shaft. Part III presents artifacts and architecture from the Archaic and Classical periods, through the final daysof the siege of the city in 354 B.C. The significance of this work lies in its interdisciplinary methods, combining stylistic analysis of artifacts and source-critical philology with natural history, bioarchaeology, materials analysis, and geochemistry, whose results reveal the long-term history of a site crucial to the economic and political history of Classical Greece and the north Aegean.


Athens and Athenian Democracy

Athens and Athenian Democracy

Author: Robin Osborne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-05-06

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0521844215

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This book constructs a distinctive view of classical Athens, a view which takes seriously the evidence of archaeology and of art history.