A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C. (1957) examines the period of Greek history – from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great – which can claim to be unique in the history of the world. Into the brief space of five generations are crowded such a galaxy of great poets, artists, politicians and thinkers, whose creative achievements directly or indirectly exerted an unparalleled influence on Western civilisation since.
A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C. (1957) examines the period of Greek history – from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great – into which are crowded such a galaxy of great poets, artists, politicians and thinkers, whose creative achievements directly influenced Western civilisation.
1. Greece and Persia, 479 to 448 B.C.
2. The Greek Homeland, 479 to 423
B.C.
3. The Greeks of the West
4. The Greek Peloponnesian War: First Stage,
431 to 421 B.C.
5. The Peloponnesian War: Second and Third Stages, 420 to 404
B.C.
6. Sparta as an Imperial State
7. The Hegemony of Thebes
8. The Rise of
Philip of Macedon
9. The Triumph of Philip
10. The Greeks in the West During
the Fourth Century
11. The Conquests of Alexander
12. The Empire of Alexander
13. Greek Warfare
14. The Government of the City-States
15. Greek Economic
Life
16. Greek Art
17. Greek Language and Literature
18. Greek Science and
Philosophy
19. Greek Religion
