Library of the early civilizations edited by Professor Stuart Piggott 

Published by London Thames and Hudson

© Thames and Hudson London 1968

Printed in England by Jarrold and Sons Ltd, Norwich

General Editor's Preface

 

Introduction

 

1  After Mycenae

 

       A Dark Age

 

       Homer

 

       The 'Works and Day's of a Greek Farmer

 

2  Trade and Colonies

 

       'Phoenician Marks': Birth of the Greek Alphabet

 

      The Merchant-Colonists Look West

 

       Eastward Expansion

 

3  The Age of Revolution

 

       Orientalizing Art

 

       Personal Poetry

 

       Mytilene, Miletus

 

       The Strange Community of Sparta

 

4  Athens: The Struggle for Democracy

 

       Introduction 

 

       The Persian Threat: Marathon

 

       Victory in the Narrow Straits

 

       The Athenian Empire

 

       The Classical Flowering

 

5  The Breakdown of Peace

 

       The Long War with Sparta

 

       The End of the Golden Age

 

6  The Rise of Macedon

 

       World Empire

 

7  After Alexander

 

       The 'Fetters of Greece'

 

       The Greeks in the East

 

8  The Shadow of Rome

 

Bibliography

 

List of Illustrations

 

Index