A Companion to the Classical Greek World

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Topics covered range from the political and institutional structures of Greek society, to literature, art, economics, society, warfare, geography and the environment. Discusses the problems of interpreting the various sources for the period. Guides the reader towards a broadly-based understanding of the history of the Classical Age.

List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Preface. Abbreviations and a Note on Spelling. Map of Southern Italy and Sicily. 1. The Classical Age as a Historical Epoch. (Uwe Walter). 2. The Literary Sources. (P. J. Rhodes). 3. The Non-Literary Written Sources. (P. J. Rhodes). 4. The Contribution of the Non-Written Sources. (Bj_rn Fors_n). 5. Athens, Sparta and the Wider World. (Roger Brock). 6. Aegean Greece. (Kai Brodersen). 7. The Central and Northern Balkan Peninsula. (Zofia Halina Archibald). 8. The Greek Cities of the Black Sea. (Stanley M. Burstein). 9. Western Greece (Magna Graecia). (Peter Funke). 10. Beyond Magna Graecia: Greeks and Non-Greeks in France, Spain and Italy. (Kathryn Lomas). 11. The Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond: The Relations between the Worlds of the "Greek" and "Non-Greek" Civilizations. (Robert Rollinger). 12. The Natural Environment. (J. Donald Hughes). 13. Environments and Landscapes of Greek Culture. (Lin Foxhall). 14. The Economic Realities. (G. J. Oliver). 15. Religious Practice and Belief. (Emily Kearns). 16. Citizens, Foreigners and Slaves in Greek Society. (Nick Fisher). 17. Women and Ethnicity in Classical Greece. Changing the Paradigms. (Sarah B. Pomeroy). 18. Greek Government. (Lynette G. Mitchell). 19. Democracy. (Kurt A. Raaflaub). 20. Law and Rhetoric: Community Justice in Athenian Courts. (Robert W. Wallace). 21. The Organization of Knowledge. (Susan Prince). 22. From Classical to Hellenistic Art. (Steven Lattimore). 23. Warfare in the Classical Age. (John W. I. Lee). 24. The Greek World, 478-432. (Thomas Harrison). 25. The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath (432-371). (Karl-Wilhelm Welwei). 26. The Greek World, 371-336. (Bruce Laforse). 27. The Conquests of Alexander the Great (336-323). (Waldemar Heckel). Index