Ancient Greece : social and historical documents from archaic times to the death of Socrates (c. 800-399 BC)
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Ancient Greece : social and historical documents from archaic times to the death of Socrates (c. 800-399 BC)
Routledge, 1994
- : hard
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-459) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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: hard ISBN 9780415113663
Description
This book presents a wide range of documents on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC (the archaic period to the death of Socrates), from all over the Greek world. Evidence for developments within Greece during this period, in areas which include tyranny, the position of women, slavery, colonisation, the city-state, and religion, is taken not only from historical sources, but from inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama, and poetry, and each section covers sources not only from the Greek mainland but from Greek settlements as far apart as Sicily and Italy, Cyrene, Egypt, Thrace, Asia Minor and the Black Sea. Translations have been kept as close as possible to the original, particularly those from poetry and epigraphy. All are accompanied by detailed and succinct comments putting them into their social and historical context. Relevant and up-to-date bibliographies for each document are provided. Many passages appear here translated for the first time into English or any modern language.
The work presents a lively and innovative look at the Greek world as a whole, with its emphasis on a wide range of evidence for Greek culture clearly proving that Ancient Greece consisted of far more than just Athens and Sparta.
Table of Contents
Preface, List of Tables and Maps, Glossary, Some Useful Definitions 1. Colonization 2. Tyrants and Tyranny 3. The Law-givers: Drakon and Solon 4. Peisistratos and his Sons 5. Kleithenes the Reformer 6. Sparta 7. The Persian Wars 8. The Delian League and Pentekontaetia 9. The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath 10. The Polis: The Greek City-State 11. Labour: Slaves, Serfs and Citizens 12. Religion in the Greek World 13. Women and the Family Chronological Table, Bibliography, Index of Ancient Sources, General Index, Genealogical Tables, Maps
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: pbk ISBN 9780415113670
Description
This book presents a wide range of documents on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC (the archaic period to the death of Socrates), from all over the Greek world. Evidence for developments within Greece during this period, in areas which include tyranny, the position of women, slavery, colonisation, the city-state, and religion, is taken not only from historical sources, but from inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama, and poetry, and each section covers sources not only from the Greek mainland but from Greek settlements as far apart as Sicily and Italy, Cyrene, Egypt, Thrace, Asia Minor and the Black Sea. Translations have been kept as close as possible to the original, particularly those from poetry and epigraphy. All are accompanied by detailed and succinct comments putting them into their social and historical context. Relevant and up-to-date bibliographies for each document are provided. Many passages appear here translated for the first time into English or any modern language.
The work presents a lively and innovative look at the Greek world as a whole, with its emphasis on a wide range of evidence for Greek culture clearly proving that Ancient Greece consisted of far more than just Athens and Sparta.
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