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. |
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Contents
MAPS ix | |
FOREWORD TO THE 2011 EDITION | |
by Paul Millett xvi | |
Laconia 23 | |
The Seventh Century 16 | |
Early Sparta 22 | |
Athens Before and Under Solon 40 | |
Attica and Surroundings 41 | |
Democracy and Dualism 167 | |
Athens and her Harbours 174 | |
The Age of Pericles 186 | |
The Western Greeks 203 | |
The Peloponnesian War 207 | |
Prelude to War 208 | |
The Archidamian War 213 | |
Between Peace and War 232 | |
The Sixth Century 62 | |
Cleisthenes Division of Attica 76 | |
The Wider Greek Scene 83 | |
Sicily and South Italy 94 | |
The Wars for Freedom 98 | |
Marathon 107 | |
Battle of Marathon 109 | |
Between the Wars 114 | |
The Great War in East and West 122 | |
Battle of Salamis 131 | |
The War Generation 139 | |
The Ascendancy of Athens 154 | |
Syracuse 241 | |
The Last Act 247 | |
Know Thyself 266 | |
The Sophists 270 | |
Political Events 280 | |
The End of Tragedy 286 | |
Thucydides 290 | |
Socrates 296 | |
CONCLUSION 307 | |
NOTES 308 | |
INDEX 376 | |
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| Title | From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BC Routledge Classics |
| Author | Victor Ehrenberg |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1136922520, 9781136922527 |
| Length | 432 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General |
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