Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the 'classical' period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.
Two important new chapters have been added, covering life and culture in the classical Greek world
Features new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece, and the Aegean
Enlarged and additional maps and illustrative material
Covers the history of an important period, including: the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the Peloponnesian war, and the conquests of Alexander the Great
Focuses on the evidence for the period, and how the evidence is to be interpreted
List of Illustrations vii
List of Figures ix
List of Maps x
Preface xi
Note on References xiii
Chronological Table xv
1 Introduction 1
2 The Formation of the Delian League 14
3 The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century 24
4 Athens After the Persian Wars 34
5 The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century 47
6 Periclean Athens 59
7 The Greeks in the West: The Rise of Syracuse 77
8 The Peloponnesian War: Origins 87
9 The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies 96
10 The Peloponnesian War: 431-421 107
11 The Athens of Cleon 122
12 The Peloponnesian War: 421-413 131
13 The Peloponnesian War: 413-404 149
14 Athens in the Late Fifth Century 163
15 The Athenian Empire: Retrospect 183
16 Life in the Classical Greek World 200
17 Culture in the Classical Greek World 209
18 Introduction to the Fourth Century: The Common Peace 224
19 Sparta's Imperialism and Collapse 239
Appendix: Persia and its Rebels 256
20 The Second Athenian League 261
21 Thebes and Northern Greece 279
22 Athens After the Peloponnesian War 293
23 The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon 311
24 Philip II of Macedon 332
Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the Reign of Artaxerxes III 361
25 Demosthenic Athens 367
Appendix: Sparta 384
26 Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline 388
27 Alexander the Great: Topics 401
28 Epilogue 427
Glossary 431
Bibliography 435
Index 445
