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Readings in Greek hi...
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Readings in Greek history : sources and interpretations / D. Brendan Nagle, Stanley M. Burstein.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
ISBN:
9780195178241 (cloth)
0195178254
(pbk.)
9780195178258 (pbk.)
0195178246 (cloth)
Description:
xix, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
1. The origin and spread of the Polis system -- A. Greece in the second millennium B.C. -- B. Greek definitions of the Polis -- C. Greek life in the eight century B.C. -- D. Colonization and the expansion of the Polis system : the case of Cyrene -- E. Greeks and non-Greeks in the Greek colonies : the foundation of Lampsacus -- F. Greeks and Scythians in the Black Sea : coexistence and interaction -- G. The aristocratic warrior -- H. The hoplite revolution and the citizen soldier -- I. The hoplite Polis : Sparta -- J. The role of athletics -- 2. The rise and fall of the Greek aristocracy in the archaic period -- A. Aristocratic privilege -- B. Aspects of aristocratic life at its peak -- C. Heroic athletics : the chariot race at Patroclus' funeral games -- D. The aristocracy and its international connections -- E. The crisis of the aristocracy -- 3. The Persian wars -- A. The Persian empire -- B. The Persian wars -- C. The second Persian invasion of 480 B.C. -- 4. Life in the Polis -- A. The household : family relations -- B. Household management -- C. Slaves and slavery -- D. The Polis and the household -- E. Religion in the classical Polis -- F. War and warfare in the Polis -- G. The place of warfare in the Polis : some philosophical reflections --
5. The Peloponnesian War and the military revolution -- A. The rise of Athens -- B. The Delian league -- C. The Athenian empire -- D. Opposition to the Peloponnesian War at Athens -- E. Defeat and hard times : Athens after the Peloponnesian War -- F. The military revolution -- 6. Intellectual developments in the classical age : the Physis/Nomos debate -- A. The conventionalist argument -- B. The naturalist argument -- C. The threat of Socrates -- D. Socrates' defense : "I shall obey God rather than you" -- E. Diogenes the cynic -- 7. The fourth century -- A. The decline and fall of Sparta -- B. The crisis of the Polis in fourth-century B.C. Greece -- C. The periphery of the Greek world -- D. Philip II and the emergence of Macedon -- E. The reign of Alexander the Great : Alexander and the Greeks -- F. Alexander and Egypt -- G. Alexander and the non-Greeks -- H. The challenges of Alexander -- I. What was Alexander? : saint or demon? -- 8. The hellenistic age -- A. A new world -- B. Alexandria and the colonial world of hellenistic Egypt -- C. Cultural contact : ptolemaic Egypt -- D. Cultural contact : Bactria and India -- E. Culture clash : Jewish resistance to hellenism -- F. Jewish life in the diaspora -- G. Opportunities and social roles in the hellenistic period -- H. The coming of Rome.
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Captain William Spry Public Library
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938 N149r
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Sep 11, 2024
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