Ancient Greek Civilization, 2nd Edition

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A concise narrative of Greek history and an analysis of the literature, art, and thought of the ancient Greeks. Tells the story of Greek civilization from the from the Minoan Period to the time of the Byzantine Empire Surveys the remarkable culture and history the ancient Greeks Explores the ways in which Greek civilization has been continually reinvented from antiquity to the present day Updated edition includes additional illustrations, maps, and timelines, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography Content: Cover Titlepage Copyright Dedication list of figures list of maps list of timelines FOREWORD: LOOKING BACKWARD Reinventing Ancient Greek Civilization Ancient Greece in Perspective: Time Ancient Greece in Perspective: Space Recommended for Further Reading 1: THE GREEKS AND THE BRONZE AGE Cycladic Civilization Minoan Civilization The Greeks Speak Up The Emergence of Mycenaean Civilization The Character of Mycenaean Civilization The End of Mycenaean Civilization Recommended for Further Reading 2: IRON AGE GREECE Dark Age Ceramic Ware The Invention of the Alphabet. The Age of ColonizationThe Polis The Olympic Games Recommended for Further Reading 3: THE POEMS OF HESIOD AND HOMER The Poems of Hesiod The Development of Hero Cult The Poems of Homer Recommended for Further Reading 4: POETRY AND SCULPTURE OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD The Human Figure in Archaic Art Lyric Poetry of Archaic Greece Recommended for Further Reading 5: SYMPOSIA, SEALS, AND CERAMICS IN THE ARCHAIC PERIOD The Symposium Seals Tyranny Ceramics Recommended for Further Reading 6: THE BIRTH OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE PERSIAN WARS Miletus and the Beginnings of Philosophy The Agora. The Ionian Revolt (499-494 BC)The Persian Wars: Marathon The Persian Wars: Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea Recommended for Further Reading 7: SETTING THE STAGE FOR DEMOCRACY The Development of Spartan Oligarchy The Development of Democracy in Athens: Solon Other Persons: Slavery and Democracy The Development of Democracy in Athens: Cleisthenes Ostracism The Delian League The Dionysia and the Drama of Aeschylus Recommended for Further Reading 8: HISTORY AND TRAGEDY IN THE FIFTH CENTURY Herodotus and the Invention of History Books and Readers Sophocles. Other Persons: Women and Athenian DemocracyRecommended for Further Reading 9: THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: A TALE OF THUCYDIDES Thucydides and the Writing of the Peloponnesian War Diagnosis and Prognosis The Invention of "the Classical" Recommended for Further Reading 10: STAGE AND LAW COURT IN LATE FIFTH-CENTURY ATHENS Euripides Aristophanes Socrates Recommended for Further Reading 11: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREEK WORLD IN THE FOURTH CENTURY Plato's Bright Ideas Attic Oratory in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries Philip II of Macedon and the Conquest of Greece. Alexander the Great and the Conquest of AsiaRecommended for Further Reading 12: GREEK CULTURE IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD Political Life and the Polis Hellenistic Literature Hellenistic Art Recommended for Further Reading AFTERWORD: LOOKING FORWARD Later Greek Literature: Poetry Later Greek Literature: Oratory A Greek Writing about Romans and a Roman Writing in Greek East is East and West is Not Recommended for Further Reading Glossary Index.