From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the Sixth and Fifth Centuries B.C.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. |
Contents
The Early History of the Greeks | 3 |
The Great Colonization c 750550 | 14 |
The Seventh Century | 20 |
EARLY SPARTA | 28 |
Towards Social Reform | 37 |
ATHENS BEFORE AND UNDER SOLON | 50 |
The Social Crisis | 56 |
Seisachtheia and Constitution | 62 |
The War Generation | 174 |
THE ASCENDANCY OF ATHENS | 192 |
Democracy and Dualism | 209 |
The Age of Pericles | 232 |
The Western Greeks | 254 |
Prelude to War | 260 |
The Archidamian War | 267 |
Between Peace and War | 291 |
Solons Legislation | 71 |
THE SIXTH CENTURY | 77 |
Cleisthenes | 90 |
The Wider Greek Scene | 103 |
The Ionian Revolt and the Motherland 500491 В С | 122 |
Marathon | 134 |
Between the Wars | 142 |
The Great War in East and West | 152 |
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