From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BCFrom Solon to Socrates is a magisterial narrative introduction to what is generally regarded as the most important period of Greek history. Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, Victor Ehrenberg covers a rich and diverse range of political, economic, military and cultural issues in the Greek world, from the early history of the Greeks, including early Sparta and the wars with Persia, to the ascendancy of Athens and the Peloponnesian War. |
Contents
The Great Colonization c 750550 11 | |
Early Sparta 22 | |
The State of the Ephors 33 | |
Attica and Surroundings 41 | |
The Ascendancy of Athens 154 | |
Democracy and Dualism 167 | |
Athens and her Harbours 174 | |
The Age of Pericles 186 | |
The Western Greeks 203 | |
The Peloponnesian War 207 | |
The Archidamian War 213 | |
Pylos and Sphacteria 225 | |
The Social Crisis 45 | |
Solons Legislation 56 | |
Cleisthenes 73 | |
Sicily and South Italy 94 | |
The Wars for Freedom 98 | |
Battle of Marathon 109 | |
Between the Wars 114 | |
Battle of Salamis 131 | |
The War Generation 139 | |
Between Peace and War 232 | |
The Last Act 247 | |
Know Thyself 266 | |
The Sophists 270 | |
INDEX 376 | |
Political Events 280 | |
Socrates 296 | |
CONCLUSION 307 | |
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