From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BC

by Ehrenberg,V.

• ISBN13: 9780415040242
• ISBN10: 0415040248
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1990-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The dual purpose of this book is to describe the greatest period of Greek history in all its aspects, political and military as well as economic and cultural, and to take into account the uncertainties of modern scholarship.

Table of Contents

Maps
Abbreviations
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
From Solon to Socrates	p. 1
The Early History of the Greeks	p. 3
The Eighth Century	p. 8
The Great Colonization (c. 750-550)	p. 14
The Seventh Century	p. 20
Early Sparta
Creation of a State	p. 28
Towards Social Reform	p. 37
The State of the Ephors	p. 41
Athens Before and Under Solon
The Aristocratic State	p. 50
The Social Crisis	p. 56
Solon: Seisachtheia and Constitution	p. 62
Solon's Legislation	p. 71
The Sixth Century
Tyrannis at Athens	p. 77
Cleisthenes	p. 90
The Wider Greek Scene	p. 103
The Wars for Freedom
The Ionian Revolt and the Motherland (500-491 B.C.)	p. 122
Marathon	p. 134
Between the Wars	p. 142
The Great War in East and West	p. 152
The War Generation	p. 174
The Ascendancy of Athens
Growing Imperialism	p. 192
Democracy and Dualism	p. 209
The Age of Pericles	p. 232
The Western Greeks	p. 254
The Peloponnesian War
Prelude to War	p. 260
The Archidamian War	p. 267
Between Peace and War	p. 291
The Last Act	p. 309
'Know Thyself'
The Birth of Science	p. 334
The Sophists	p. 338
Political Events	p. 351
The End of Tragedy	p. 358
Thucydides	p. 363
Socrates	p. 371
Conclusion	p. 384
Notes	p. 385
Indices	p. 483
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