A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 BC - eBook

Name: A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 BC - eBook
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ISBN: 9781444358582

By: P.J. Rhodes

Product Information

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Title: A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 BC - eBook
By: P.J. Rhodes
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2011

ISBN: 9781444358582
ISBN-13: 9781444358582
Series: CourseSmart
Stock No: WW22469EB

Publisher's Description

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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.

Two important new chapters have been added, covering life and culture in the classical Greek world
Features new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece, and the Aegean
Enlarged and additional maps and illustrative material
Covers the history of an important period, including: the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the Peloponnesian war, and the conquests of Alexander the Great
Focuses on the evidence for the period, and how the evidence is to be interpreted

Author Bio

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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 edited The Old Oligarch (with J. L. Marr, 2008), and has written the Introduction and Notes for Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War (translated by M. Hammond, 2009).