Book description
Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful
and widely praised textbook offers an account of the 'classical' period
of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to
the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.
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Two important new chapters have been added, covering life and
culture in the classical Greek world
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Features new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a
comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece,
and the Aegean
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Enlarged and additional maps and illustrative material
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Covers the history of an important period, including: the
flourishing of democracy in Athens; the Peloponnesian war, and the
conquests of Alexander the Great
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Focuses on the evidence for the period, and how the evidence is
to be interpreted
P. J. Rhodes
is Honorary Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham.
He is the author of many books on Greek history, including
The
Athenian Boule
(1972),
A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia
(1981),
Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution
(1984),
The Decrees of the Greek States
(with D. M. Lewis, 1997) and
Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC
(with R. Osborne, 2003). Most recently he has written the Introduction
and Notes for
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War
(translated by M. Hammond, 2009).
