Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

by Miles, Lisa; Reid, Struan

• ISBN13: 9780746034033
• ISBN10: 0746034032
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: E D C Pub

Summary

-- Dynamic and comprehensive history introductions with breath-taking photographs

-- All titles have complete reference sections including: glossary of useful terms, maps, reconstructions, useful addresses and Web sites - and much more!

Table of Contents

How we know about the Greeks	6	(2)
Map of Ancient Greece	8	(2)
EARLY GREECE
The first Greeks	10	(2)
The Minoans	12	(2)
Minoan palaces	14	(2)
Minoan religion	16	(2)
Invasions and explosions	18	(2)
The Mycenaeans	20	(2)
Mycenaean royal tombs	22	(2)
Warriors and traders	24	(2)
Troy and the Trojan War	26	(2)
Things fall apart	28	(2)
The Dark Ages	30	(2)
ARCHAIC GREECE
The Archaic Period	32	(2)
The City States	34	(2)
Sparta - a warrior state	36	(2)
Greek armies	38	(2)
Hoplites	40	(2)
Greek warships	42	(2)
The Persian Wars	44	(2)
The decline of Persia	46	(2)
The birth of literacy	48	(2)
CLASSICAL GREECE
The golden age of Athens	50	(2)
The acropolis	52	(2)
The first democratic states	54	(2)
Life in Sparta	56	(2)
The Peloponnesian Wars	58	(2)
The end of an era	60	(2)
EVERYDAY LIFE
Growing up	62	(2)
Women and the home	64	(2)
Houses	66	(2)
Clothes	68	(2)
Farming	70	(2)
The marketplace	72	(2)
Architecture	74	(2)
Building	76	(2)
Sculpture	78	(2)
Pottery	80	(2)
Metal work	82	(2)
Travel by land and sea	84	(2)
Feasting and fun	86	(2)
Plays and players	88	(2)
The Games	90	(2)
Religion and mythology	92	(2)
Temples and worship	94	(2)
Talking to the gods	96	(2)
Death and the Underworld	98	(2)
Funerals and burials	100	(2)
MACEDONIA AND THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
The rise of Macedonia	102	(2)
Alexander the Great	104	(2)
The Hellenistic World	106	(2)
Alexandria	108	(2)
Inquiring minds	110	(2)
The Roman conquest	112	(2)
FACTFINDER
Gods and goddesses	114	(2)
Greek myths	116	(3)
Greek philosophy	119	(1)
Greek plays	120	(2)
Battles and battle formations	122	(2)
Who's who	124	(4)
Time chart	128	(4)
Ancient Greek sites and Websites	132	(2)
Glossary	134	(4)
Index and acknowledgments	138