Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History, from 478 BC

ISBN-13: 9780415003384 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 440 str.

Anton Powell

Opis

Athens and Sparta has established itself as a handbook to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period. It deals not only with the established areas of political history, but also with some of the most important aspects of Greek social history and historical method. to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period.

Spis treści

1. The Delian League: Its Origins and Early History 2. from Delian League to Athenian Empire 3. The Athenian Empire 4. Sparta: Her Problems and Her Ingenuity, 478-431 5. The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 6. Life within Sparta 7. Athenian De- mokratia 8. Citizen Women of Athens 9. Religious Prophecy at Athens

O autorze

Anton Powell was for many years Director of the University of Wales Institute of Classics, and has also taught as Professor at leading universities in France. He has published extensively on Sparta and Athens, as well as the fall of the Roman Republic. He is founder and General Editor of the Classical Press of Wales.