Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Preface and Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

Abbreviations

Glossary

Greek Weights, Measures, Coins, and the Athenian Calendar

Timeline

Introduction: The Evidence for Greek History and Culture

1 The World of Homer

2 The World of Hesiod

3 The Early Greek Polis (City-State) and the Ethnos

4 Settlements Across the Sea: Greek “Colonization”

5 Aristocratic Power and Attitudes

6 Archaic Tyranny

7 Archaic and Classical Sparta

8 Hoplites and Their Values

9 Archaic Athens From Draco to Solon

10 Tyranny in Athens

11 Cleisthenes and Athenian Democracy (508/7)

12 Archaic Society and Culture: Gender, Sexuality, Banquets, and Competition

14 Archaic Greek Religion

15 The Ionian Revolt: Persians and Greeks

16 The Battle of Marathon (490)

17 The Persian War (480–479)

18 The Athenian Empire

19 Empowering Athenian Democracy (462/1–445/4)

20 War and Peace in Greece (461/0–437/6)

21 The Administration of the Empire and the Athenian Tribute Quota Lists

23 The Sophists, Athenian Democracy, and Democracy’s Critics

24 The Causes of the Peloponnesian War and the Athenian and Spartan Strategies

25 The Peloponnesian War: The Archidamian War (431–421)

26 Finances and Allies During the Archidamian War

27 The Uneasy Peace and the Sicilian Expedition (421–413)

28 The Peloponnesian War: The Decelean War (413–404)

29 The Rule of the Thirty, the Athenian Amnesty, and Socrates’ Trial

30 Sparta After the Peloponnesian War: Politics, Wealth, and Demography

31 The Spartan Hegemony, the Corinthian War, and the Peace of Antalcidas (404/3–388/7)

32 From the Peace of Antalcidas (388/7) to the Battle of Leuctra and Its Aftermath (371)

34 The Second Athenian League and Theban Hegemony

35 Running the Athenian Polis: Politics, Finances, Grain, and Trade in the Fourth Century

37 Masculine and Feminine Gender in Classical Athens

38 Philip II of Macedonia (359–336)

39 Alexander the Great (336–323)

References

Index of Ancient Sources

General Index

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