Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC

by Anton Powell

Overview

Athens and Sparta is a thorough and enjoyable text that makes the complexities of fifth-century Greek history and society clear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000445909
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/24/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Anton Powell was for many years Director of the University of Wales Institute of Classics, and has also taught as Professor at leading universities in France. He has published extensively on Sparta and Athens, as well as the fall of the Roman Republic. He is founder and General Editor of the Classical Press of Wales.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Delian League: Its Origins and Early History
2. From Delian League to Athenian Empire
3. The Athenian Empire
4. Sparta: Her Problems and Her Ingenuity, 478-431
5. The Peloponnesian War, 431-404
6. Life within Sparta
7. Athenian Demokratia
8. Citizen Women of Athens
9. Religious Prophecy at Athens
Appendix: Did Thucydides Write 'Pure Fiction'? Ancient History or Modern Passion
Index

Editorial Reviews

. . . something of a revolution in ancient history textbook-writing.

Classical Review

. . . teaches the reader not only what to think about ancient history but how to think about ancient history.

Barry Strauss

An exciting introduction to Greek history for the new student It is thoroughly to be recommended for its intelligence and openness.

Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature

A major step forward in the teaching of Greek history.

Paul Cartledge

Fulfills its aim of being accessible to beginners but also taking them beyond the standard outline survey. Professional historians will also find much of interest Powell's perceptive analysis of Spartan life is now the best single-chapter discussion of her social institutions.

Journal of Hellenic Studies

A third edition of Athens and Sparta is most welcome, not least because the scholarship on Athens and Sparta continues to evolve rapidly, as does the contemporary context against which history is necessarily written. An updated version of Athens and Sparta would give readers access to the newest thinking about the ancient Greece, and make it possible to situate the contents in the landscape of current events and concerns.

- Professor Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College

We are all in huge debt to Anton Powell as publisher-scholar extraordinaire. With this new edition of Athens and Sparta he increases that debt mountain yet further. Intended as an ambitious combination of handbook for relative novices and provocation for established aficionados of Classical Greek history and culture, this accessibly written survey will in its revised form continue to inform and stimulate for many more years to come.

- Professor P.A. Cartledge, Clare College, Cambridge

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