A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C. (1957) examines the period of Greek history – from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great – which can claim to be unique in the history of the world. Into the brief space of five generations are crowded such a galaxy of great poets, artists, politicians and thinkers, whose creative achievements directly or indirectly exerted an unparalleled influence on Western civilisation since.
1. Greece and Persia, 479 to 448 B.C. 2. The Greek Homeland, 479 to 423 B.C. 3. The Greeks of the West 4. The Greek Peloponnesian War: First Stage, 431 to 421 B.C. 5. The Peloponnesian War: Second and Third Stages, 420 to 404 B.C. 6. Sparta as an Imperial State 7. The Hegemony of Thebes 8. The Rise of Philip of Macedon 9. The Triumph of Philip 10. The Greeks in the West During the Fourth Century 11. The Conquests of Alexander 12. The Empire of Alexander 13. Greek Warfare 14. The Government of the City-States 15. Greek Economic Life 16. Greek Art 17. Greek Language and Literature 18. Greek Science and Philosophy 19. Greek Religion
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M.L.W. Laistner
