A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture

by Pomeroy, Sarah B.; Burstein, Stanley M.; Tolbert Roberts, Jennifer; Tandy, David W.; Tsouvala, Georgia

• ISBN13: 9780197783481
• ISBN10: 0197783481
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780197783498
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780190925307, 9780190925369
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-04-08
• Publisher: Oxford
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Summary

Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, while integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history.

Author Biography

Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor of Classics and History Emerita at Hunter College and The City University of New York Graduate Center.

Stanley M. Burstein is Professor of History Emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles.

Jennifer Tolbert Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at City College and The City University of New York Graduate Center.

David W. Tandy is Professor of Classics Emeritus at University of Leeds.

Georgia Tsouvala is Professor of History at Illinois State University.

Table of Contents

Translations Used by Permission
Preface
About the Authors
Timeline
Introduction
1. Early Greece and the Bronze Age
2. The Early Iron Age (c. 1200-750/700 BC)
3. Archaic Greece (750/700-480 BC)
4. Sparta
5. The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars
6. The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Democracy
7. Greek Life and Culture in the Fifth Century
8. The Peloponnesian War
9. The Fourth Century BC: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare
10. Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy
11. Alexander the Great
12. The New World of the Hellenistic Period
13. A Greco-Roman World
Glossary
Art and Illustration Credits
Index
Color Plates