Greek History
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Greece in the Making 1200–479 BC
2nd Edition
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
Greece in the Making 1200–479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our...
Published March 11th 2009 by Routledge
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The Greek World 479–323 BC
4th Edition
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for yet another generation of readers. In...
Published January 27th 2011 by Routledge
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The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion...
Published December 22nd 1999 by Routledge
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Aspects of Greek History 750–323BC
A Source-Based Approach, 2nd Edition
Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization
Aspects of Greek History 750- 323 BC: A Source-Based Approach offers an indispensable introduction to the central period of Greek History for all students of classics, from pre-university to undergraduate level. Chapter by chapter, the relevant historical periods from the age of colonization to...
Published February 9th 2010 by Routledge
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The Ancient Greeks
History and Culture from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander
The Ancient Greeks: History and Culture from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander offers students a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Greek world for the period c.800-323 BC. It provides critical background to the key historical developments of the time: the...
Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
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Ancient Greece
Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, 3rd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main...
Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge
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Athens and Sparta
Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC, 2nd Edition
Athens and Sparta has established itself as a handbook to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period. It deals not only with the established areas of political history, but also with some of the most important aspects of Greek social history and historical methods to the main topics...
Published August 29th 2001 by Routledge
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Alexander the Great
A Reader, 2nd Edition
This exciting new edition is an indispensable guide for undergraduates to the study of Alexander the Great, showing the problems of the ancient source material, and making it clear that there is no single approach to be taken.The twelve thematic chapters contain a broad selection of the most...
Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
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Trials from Classical Athens
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
The ancient Athenian legal system is both excitingly familiar and disturbingly alien to the modern reader. It functions within a democracy which shares many of our core values but operates in a disconcertingly different way. Trials from Classical Athens assembles a number of surviving speeches...
Published October 27th 2011 by Routledge
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From Solon to Socrates
Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BC
Series: Routledge Classics
From Solon to Socrates is a magisterial narrative introduction to what is generally regarded as the most important period of Greek history. Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, Victor Ehrenberg covers a rich and diverse range of political, economic, military and...
Published August 26th 2010 by Routledge
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The Greeks
An Introduction to Their Culture, 2nd Edition
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
The Greeks has provided a concise yet wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greece since its first publication. In this expanded second edition the best-selling volume offers a lucid survey that: covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the...
Published May 17th 2009 by Routledge
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The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age
Continuity and Change Between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC
Following Oliver Dickinson’s successful The Aegean Bronze Age, this textbook is a synthesis of the period between the collapse of the Bronze Age civilization in the thirteenth and twelfth centuries BC, and the rise of the Greek civilization in the eighth century BC. With chapter...
Published September 12th 2006 by Routledge
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Greek History
Series: Classical Foundations
Robin Osborne's energetic and lively guidebook is the ideal introduction to the study of ancient Greece, from the end of the Bronze Age (c.1200BC) to the Roman conquest in the second century BC. Covering all the most important topics in the study of the Greek past, it also explores the cultural,...
Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge