A History of Ancient Greece

This is a major, single-volume introduction to the whole of Ancient Greek History. It covers the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC and the transfer of Greek culture to Byzantium in the fourth century AD.

Acknowledgements vii Translator's Note ix Figures xi Foreword xiii A Country 1 1 The Greek World's Earliest Times 5 2 The Archaic World 36 3 The Classical Period: The Fifth Century 114 4 The Classical Period: The Fourth Century 227 5 The Hellenistic Period 292 Conclusion 368 The Sources 371 Chronological Table 381 Lexicon 392 Guide to Further Reading 401 Index 413