A History of the Classical Greek World: 478-323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World)

423 Pages·2006·3.52 MB·English

by  P. J. Rhodes

A History of the Classical Greek World,
478–323 BC
Blackwell History of the Ancient World
This series provides a new narrative history of the ancient world,from the beginnings
of civilization in the ancient Near East and Egypt to the fall of Constantinople.
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Published
A History of the Ancient Near East
Marc Van De Mieroop
A History of Byzantium
Timothy E.Gregory
A History of the Classical Greek World
P.J.Rhodes
In Preparation
A History of Ancient Egypt
David O’Connor
A History of the Persian Empire
Christopher Tuplin
A History of the Archaic Greek World
Jonathan Hall
A History of the Hellenistic World
Malcolm Errington
A History of the Roman Republic
John Rich
A History of the Roman Empire
Michael Peachin
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284–622
Stephen Mitchell
A History of
the Classical Greek World
478–323
BC
P. J. Rhodes
© 2006 by P.J.Rhodes
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Rhodes,P.J.(Peter John)
A history of the classical Greek world:478–323 B.C./ P.J.Rhodes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Greece—History—To 146 B.C. I. Title. II. Series.
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Figures viii
List of Maps ix
Preface x
Note on References xi
1 Introduction 1
2 The Formation of the Delian League 14
3 The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century 22
4 Athens After the Persian Wars 31
5 The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century 41
6 Periclean Athens 54
7 The Greeks in the West:The Rise of Syracuse 71
8 The Peloponnesian War: Origins 81
9 The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies 90
10 The Peloponnesian War: 431–421 101
11 The Athens of Cleon 116
12 The Peloponnesian War: 421–413 124
13 The Peloponnesian War: 413–404 142
vi CONTENTS
14 Athens in the Late Fifth Century 155
15 The Athenian Empire: Retrospect 172
16 Introduction to the Fourth Century:The Common Peace 189
17 Sparta’s Imperialism and Collapse 204
Appendix: Persia and its Rebels 221
18 The Second Athenian League 226
19 Thebes and Northern Greece 244
20 Athens After the Peloponnesian War 257
21 The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon 273
22 Philip II of Macedon 294
Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the Reign of Artaxerxes III 323
23 Demosthenic Athens 328
Appendix: Sparta 344
24 Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline 347
25 Alexander the Great:Topics 359
26 Epilogue 384
Bibliography 388
Index 396
Illustrations
1 Athens: owl and Athena 11
2 Aegina: turtle and tortoise 42
3 The first stele of the Athenian tribute lists: arrangement of lists 48
4 The first stele of the Athenian tribute lists: reconstruction of
fragments 49
5 Reconstruction of the Athenian acropolis 63
6 Polyzelus’ bronze charioteer at Delphi 74
7 Syracuse:‘Demareteum’ 77
8 The bay of Pylos: aerial photograph 107
9 Syracuse: aerial photograph 137
10 The prospectus of the Second Athenian League 231
11 Delphi: the temple of Apollo and the stoa of the Athenians 303
12 Reconstruction of Philip’s skull 322
13 Reconstruction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 324
14 The Alexander Sarcophagus (c.320) 363
15 Treasury relief at Persepolis 379
Figures
1 Fifth-century Spartan kings and regents 26
2 Thucydides the opponent of Pericles and Thucydides the historian 66
3 Tyrants of Gela/Syracuse,Acragas, Rhegium 73
4 Fourth-century Spartan kings and a regent 206
5 The electoral units of the Boeotian federation in the late fifth and
early fourth centuries 245
6 Tyrants of Pherae 250
7 The family of Dionysius I 278
8 Amyntas III of Macedon and his descendants 298
9 Satraps of Caria 323
Maps
1 Greece and the Aegean xiii
2 Carthage, Sicily, Southern Italy xiv
3 The bay of Pylos 106
4 The vicinity of Argos 128
5 The vicinity of Mantinea 129
6 Syracuse 136
7 Boeotia 246
8 The Persian campaign of Alexander the Great 350