The Ancient GreeksPDF电子书下载

List of Plates 9

Preface 11

1 Who Were the Greeks? 15

2 The Dark Age and the Homeric Poems 19

Periods of Greek History 29

3 Archaic Greece 30

COLONIZATION 36

TYRANTS AND LAWGIVERS 40

THE COMMUNITY,RELIGION AND PAN-HELLENISM 46

4 The Classical City-State 54

WAR AND EMPIRE 60

ATHENS 70

SPARTA 82

THE DECLINE OF THE POLIS 87

5 Literature 94

POETRY 96

TRAGEDY 99

COMEDY 106

PROSE 110

6 Science,Philosophy and Popular Morals 117

SCIENCE 120

PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS 128

POPULAR ATTITUDES AND MORALS 135

7 The Visual Arts 151

ARCHITECTURE AND CITY-PLANNING 156

SCULPTURE 160

PAINTING 166

8 The Hellenistic Age 170

GREEK CITIES AND ABSOLUTE MONARCHS 172

GREEKS AND ROMANS 178

Chronological Table 181

Notes on the Plates 185

Bibliography 193

Index 199

MAPS 14

The Greek World 14

The Greek Mainland 31