A short history of Ancient Greece

La Antigua Grecia

una historia esencial

Uno de los principales especialistas sobre la Grecia antigua. El profesor Peter J. Rhodes, catedrático emérito de la Universidad de Durham, nos ofrece una espléndida síntesis de la historia de la antigua Grecia, desde la Edad del Bronce hasta la conquista romana. Una visión muy ...

Thucydides

Thucydides was labelled the 'greatest historian that ever lived' by Macauley and no study of Classical Greece is complete without encountering his history of the Peloponnesian War, the greatest war of Greeks against Greeks in the late fifth century BCE, which ended in the fall ...

Alcibiades

athenian playboy, general and traitor

Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates persuaded the Athenians to attempt ...

The greek city states

a source book

Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the ...

A history of the classical Greek world

478-323 BC

This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. The author describes the years which witnessed the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the establishment ...