A Companion to the Classical Greek World

by Kinzl, Konrad H.

• ISBN13: 9781444334128
• ISBN10: 1444334123
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Topics covered range from the political and institutional structures of Greek society, to literature, art, economics, society, warfare, geography and the environment. Discusses the problems of interpreting the various sources for the period. Guides the reader towards a broadly-based understanding of the history of the Classical Age.

Author Biography

Konrad H. Kinzl is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Trent University, Canada. He is editor of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean (1977), Die ältere Tyrannis (1979), Problems and Method in Greek History (1988) and Demokratia (1995), as well as author of Miltiades‑Forschungen (1968) and articles on archaic and classical Greek history and the sources.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations and a Note on Spelling

Maps

The Classical Age as a Historical Epoch

The Literary Sources

The Non-Literary Written Sources

The Contribution of the Non-Written Sources

Athens, Sparta and the Wider World

Aegean Greece

The Central and Northern Balkan Peninsula

The Greek Cities of the Black Sea

Western Greece (Magna Graecia)

Beyond Magna Graecia: Greeks and Non-Greeks in France, Spain and Italy

The Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond: The Relations between the Worlds of the "Greek" and "Non-Greek" Civilizations

The Natural Environment

Environments and Landscapes of Greek Culture

The Economic Realities

Religious Practice and Belief

Citizens, Foreigners and Slaves in Greek Society

Women and Ethnicity in Classical Greece. Changing the Paradigms

Greek Government

Democracy

Law and Rhetoric: Community Justice in Athenian Courts

The Organization of Knowledge

From Classical to Hellenistic Art

Warfare in the Classical Age

The Greek World, 478-432

The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath (432-371)

The Greek World, 371-336

The Conquests of Alexander the Great (336-323)

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