Ancient Greek Civilization (Paperback, 3 ed)

List of Figures vii

List of Maps xi

List of Timelines xiii

Foreword: Looking Backward xv

1 The Greeks and the Bronze Age 1

2 Iron Age Greece 29

3 The Poems of Hesiod and Homer 49

4 Poetry and Sculpture of the Archaic Period 67

5 Symposia, Seals, and Ceramics in the Archaic Period 87

6 The Birth of Philosophy and the Persian Wars 107

7 Setting the Stage for Democracy 125

8 History and Tragedy in the Fifth Century 147

9 The Peloponnesian War: A Tale of Thucydides 167

10 Stage and Law Court in Late Fifth-century Athens 191

11 The Transformation of the Greek World in the Fourth Century 211

12 Greek Culture in the Hellenistic Period 233

Afterword: Looking Forward 263

Glossary 283

Index 287