A Companion to the Classical Greek World

ISBN: 9781444334128 出版年：2008 页码：628 Konrad H Kinzl Wiley

According to the publisher's publicity, this particular companion 'provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Topics covered range from the political and institutional structures of Greek society, to literature, art, economics, society, warfare, geography and the environment. It discusses the problems of interpreting the various sources for the period and guides the reader towards a broadly-based understanding of the history of the Classical Age'. This volume does so in twenty-seven chapters written by twenty-six authors.