A collection of source material on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC, from the Greek world.

Table of Contents

1. The Polis: The Greek City-State 2. Colonization 3. Religion in the Greek World 4. Women, Sexuality, and the Family 5. Labour: Slaves, Serfs and Citizens 6. Sparta 7. Tyrants and Tyranny 8. The Law-givers: Drakon and Solon 9. Peisistratos and his Sons 10. Kleisthenes the Reformer 11. The Persian Wars 12. The Delian League and the Pentekontaetia 13. The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath 14. The Rise of Macedon 15. Alexander "the Great", 336-323 BC 16. The Ancient Sources

About the Author

University of New England, Australia

Reviews

'The ideal companion to a political or cultural history of ancient Greece...the anthology is unrivalled...Very useful!' - International Review of Biblical Studies, Germany 'In this enlarged edition the editors have expanded the coverage to include the fourth century to give readers an even broader and better means to understand the development of Greek life.' -- Contemporary Review