History of the Classical Greek World

P. J. Rhodes is Honorary Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham. He is the author of many books on Greek history, including The Athenian Boule (1972), A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (1981), Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution (1984), The Decrees of the Greek States (with D. M. Lewis, 1997) and Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404–323 BC (with R. Osborne, 2003). Most recently, he has edited The Old Oligarch (with J. L. Marr, 2008), and has written the Introduction and Notes for Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War (translated by M. Hammond, 2009).

• List of Illustrations viiList of Figures ixList of Maps xPreface xiNote on References xiiiChronological Table xv1 Introduction 12 The Formation of the Delian League 143 The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century 244 Athens After the Persian Wars 345 The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century 476 Periclean Athens 597 The Greeks in the West: The Rise of Syracuse 778 The Peloponnesian War: Origins 879 The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies 9610 The Peloponnesian War: 431–421 10711 The Athens of Cleon 12212 The Peloponnesian War: 421–413 13113 The Peloponnesian War: 413–404 14914 Athens in the Late Fifth Century 16315 The Athenian Empire: Retrospect 18316 Life in the Classical Greek World 20017 Culture in the Classical Greek World 20918 Introduction to the Fourth Century: The Common Peace 22419 Sparta’s Imperialism and Collapse 239Appendix: Persia and its Rebels 25620 The Second Athenian League 26121 Thebes and Northern Greece 27922 Athens After the Peloponnesian War 29323 The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon 31124 Philip II of Macedon 332Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the Reign of Artaxerxes III 36125 Demosthenic Athens 367Appendix: Sparta 38426 Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline 38827 Alexander the Great: Topics 40128 Epilogue 427Glossary 431Bibliography 435Index 445