Cyrene to Chaeronea

Selected Essays on Ancient Greek History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This selection of papers, by the distinguished historian of ancient Greece George Cawkwell, reflects a half-century of outstanding scholarship that is of immense value to anyone studying the ancient world today. The articles range from early Greek colonization in the sixth century BC, through the classical period and the wars with Persia, to the disastrous defeat of the Greeks by Philip II of Macedon at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-27
Mått:144 x 222 x 33 mm
Vikt:728 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:494
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199593286

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Recensioner i media

Review from previous edition A thorough reassessment of traditionally held beliefs about Greek-Persian relations ... This work joins the serious works on Achaemenid history that scholars must consult.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; 1. Early colonisation ; 2. Early Greek tyranny and the people ; 3. Sparta and her allies in the sixth century ; 4. Cleomenes ; 5. The fall of Themistocles ; 6. NOMOPHYLAKIA and the Areopagus ; 7. Thucydides' judgment of Periclean strategy ; 8. The peace between Athens and Persia ; 9. The King's Peace ; 10. The foundation of the Second Athenian Confederacy ; 11. Notes on the failure of the Second Athenian Confederacy ; 12. Agesilaus and Sparta ; 13. The decline of Sparta ; 14. Epaminondas and Thebes ; 15. Eubulus ; 16. The decline of Olynthus ; 17. Athenian naval power in the fourth century ; 18. Orthodoxy and hoplites ; 19. The crowning of Demosthenes