Synopses & Reviews
Selection of translated texts focusing primarily on political institutions and political activity in ancient Greece.
Synopsis
Presents in translation a selection of the evidence for the cities and other states of ancient Greece, focusing primarily on political institutions and political activity but with sections also on social, economic and religious life. For this second edition the book has been thoroughly revised and three new chapters added.
About the Author
P. J. Rhodes is Honorary Professor and Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham. His numerous publications in the field of Greek history include A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (1981), The Decrees of the Greek States (with D. M. Lewis, 1997), Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC (with R. Osborne, 2003) and A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC (2005).
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. The Homeric state; 2. The archaic state; 3. Economic and political development: tyranny and after; 4. Sparta; 5. Athens; 6. Women and children; 7. Economic life; 8. Religion; 9. Other cities; 10. Beyond the single city; 11. The Hellenistic and Roman periods.