From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BC

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Routledge, Oct 4, 2010 - History - 432 pages

From 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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MAPS
NOTES 308
by Paul Millett xvi
Greece and the Aegean xxvi
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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Victor Ehrenberg (1891-1976) was a German historian renowned for his study of Greek history. He emigrated to Britain in 1939 and was Reader in Ancient History at Bedford College, University of London.

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