The Penguin History of GreecePenguin Books, 1990 - 414 pages The Penguin History of Greece offers a one-volume history of Hellas, and is principally written for the reader who is not a student or expert in classical literature. Readable, erudite, enthusiastic and balanced, it sweeps the reader along from the days of Mycenae to the splendors of Athens and to the conquests of Alexander and the last dark ages, ably pin-pointing the culture, society and politics of an astonishing people. |
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Page 155
... allies of Athens against Megara and Aigina , pleaded qualms of con- science and withdrew . Then King Damaratos himself also queried the object of the campaign ; ' and seeing the kings at variance , the other allies also broke off and ...
... allies of Athens against Megara and Aigina , pleaded qualms of con- science and withdrew . Then King Damaratos himself also queried the object of the campaign ; ' and seeing the kings at variance , the other allies also broke off and ...
Page 214
... allies as equals on campaigns ; and they found it easy to reduce seceders . This was the allies ' own fault ; for be- cause of their shirking of military service most of them , to avoid campaigning , arranged in lieu of ships to provide ...
... allies as equals on campaigns ; and they found it easy to reduce seceders . This was the allies ' own fault ; for be- cause of their shirking of military service most of them , to avoid campaigning , arranged in lieu of ships to provide ...
Page 377
... allies , they could replace casualties out of a pool of some 700,000 potential fighting men . Having however driven the Romans from south Italy , though they refused to make peace , Pyrrhos transferred himself to Sicily , where the ...
... allies , they could replace casualties out of a pool of some 700,000 potential fighting men . Having however driven the Romans from south Italy , though they refused to make peace , Pyrrhos transferred himself to Sicily , where the ...
Table des matières
PREHISTORY | 12 |
Beginnings | 21 |
Peoples and Languages and the Coming | 30 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Achaians Acropolis Aegean Aeschylus Aigina Alexander Alkibiades alliance allies ancient Antigonos Archon Argos armoured army Asia Assembly Athenian Athens attack Attica battle Boiotia bronze called campaign cavalry century citizens civilisation classical coast colonies Corinth Cretan Crete Cyprus death defeated Delphoi democracy democratic Dorian east Egypt Egyptian empire enemy Euboia Euripides exiles famous father fighting fleet force gods Greece Greek Herodotos Hittite Homer Ionia island Kerkyra killed Kimon king Kleomenes Knosós land later League lived Macedonia mainland Megara Miletos Minoan mountains Mycenae Mycenaean Nikias palace peace Peloponnese Peloponnesians perhaps Pericles Persian Pheidias Philip Phoenician Phokis Piraeus Plato poems poet political pottery probably Pylos Roman Salamis says sent ships Sicily slaves Socrates Sparta story Syracuse temple Thebes Themistokles Thermopylai Thessaly things thought Thucydides tion took trade tradition troops Troy tyrant victory walls Xerxes young Zeus