History of Greece

Klappentext Grote's classic twelve-volume work established the shape of Greek history which prevails in accounts of the ancient world today. Zusammenfassung One of the classic works of historical interpretation and scholarship! Grote's voluminous history of Greece remains required reading for historians and students of ancient Greece. Drawing upon Greek politics! philosophy! poetry and oratory! Grote takes the reader from legendary Greece to the death of Alexander the Great and his generation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part II. Historical Greece (cont.): 76. From the peace of Antalkidas down to the subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta; 77. From the subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta down to the congress at Sparta, 371 B.C.; 78. Battle of Leuctra and its consequences; 79. From the foundation of Messene and Megalopolis to the death of Pelopidas; 80. From the death of Pelopidas to the battle of Mantinea; 81. Sicilian affairs after the destruction of the Athenian armament before Syracuse; 82. Sicily during the despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse.

Product details

• Authors: George Grote, Grote George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9781108009591
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00959-1
• No. of pages: 760
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics; A History of Greece 12 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory