Readings in Greek History: Sources and Interpretations.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Overall very good and clean. - CONTENTS: List of Maps and Figures -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1. Early Greece: From the Bronze Age to the Origin and Spread of the Polis System -- A. Greece in the Second Millennium b.c. -- B. Greek Definitions of the Polis -- C. Greek Life in the Eighth Century b.c. -- D. Colonization and the Expansion of the Polis System: The Case of Cyrene -- E. Greeks and Non-Greeks in the Greek Colonies: The Foundation of Lampsacus -- F. Greeks and Scythians in the Black Sea: Coexistence and Interaction -- G. The Aristocratic Warrior -- H. The Hoplite Revolution and the Citizen Soldier -- I. The Hoplite Polis: Sparta -- J. The Role of Athletics -- 3. The Rise and Fall of the Greek Aristocracy in the Archaic Period -- A. Aristocratic Privilege -- B. Religion in Aristocratic Greece -- C. Aspects of Aristocratic Life at Its Peak -- D. Heroic Athletics: The Chariot Race at Patroclus�Funeral Games -- E. The Aristocracy and Its International Connections -- F. The Crisis of the Aristocracy -- 3. The Persian Wars -- A. The Persian Empire -- B. The Persian Wars -- C. The Second Persian Invasion of 480 b.c. -- 4. Life in the Polis -- A. The Household: Family Relations -- B. Household Management -- C. Slaves and Slavery -- D. The Polis and the Household -- E. Religion in the Classical Polis -- F. War and Warfare in the Polis -- G. The Place of Warfare in the Polis: Some Philosophical Reflections -- 5. The Peloponnesian War and the Military Revolution -- A. The Rise of Athens -- B. The Delian League -- C. The Athenian Empire -- D. Opposition to the Peloponnesian War at Athens -- E. Defeat and Hard Times: Athens after the Peloponnesian War -- F. The Military Revolution -- 6. Intellectual Developments in the Classical Age: The Physis/Nomos Debate -- A. The Conventionalist Argument -- B. The Naturalist Argument -- C. The Threat of Socrates -- D. Socrates� Defense: �I Shall Obey God Rather Than You� -- E. Diogenes the Cynic -- 7. The Fourth Century -- A. The Decline and Fall of Sparta -- B. The Crisis of the Polis in Fourth-Century b.c. Greece -- C. The Periphery of the Greek World -- D. Philip II and the Emergence of Macedon -- E. The Reign of Alexander the Great: Alexander and the Greeks -- F. Alexander and Egypt -- G. Alexander and the Non-Greeks -- H. The Challenges of Alexander -- I. What Was Alexander? Saint or Demon? -- 8. The Hellenistic Age -- A. A New World -- B. Alexandria and the Colonial World of Hellenistic Egypt -- C. Cultural Contact: Ptolemaic Egypt -- D. Cultural Contact: Bactria and India -- E. Culture Clash: Jewish Resistance to Hellenism -- F. Jewish Life in the Diaspora -- G. Opportunities and Social Roles in the Hellenistic Period -- H. The Coming of Rome -- Glossary. ISBN 9780199978458