Jennifer T. Roberts (Professor, Professor, City College of New York

The Plague of War

Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The impact of the war between Athens and Sparta across the course of ancient history and the shaping of Greek philosophy and drama. Includes an account of the trial and execution of Socrates.

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Produktdetails

• Ancient Warfare and Civilization
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 146mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780190940881
• ISBN-10: 0190940883
• Artikelnr.: 54308996

Autorenporträt

Jennifer T. Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is the author of Athens on Trial: The Anti-Democratic Tradition in Western Thought and Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction, and editor (with Walter Blanco) of the Norton Critical Editions of Herodotus' The Histories and Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps and Images
A Note on Sources
Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
Chapter 2: The Greek States at War and Peace
Chapter 3: Sparta Provoked, Athens Intransigent
Chapter 4: The War Begins
Chapter 5: The Plague of War
Chapter 6: New Challenges and New Leaders
Chapter 7: The Fortunes of War
Chapter 8: War Throughout the Mainland, and the Call of the West
Chapter 9: Moving Towards Peace
Chapter 10: The Peace that Was Not Peace
Chapter 11: An Invitation and Two Scandals
Chapter 12: Deliverance for Syracuse
Chapter 13: The Empire Strikes Back
Chapter 14: Dramatic Developments for the Athenians
Chapter 15: Alcibiades, Cyrus, and Lysander
Chapter 16: A Seeming Victory
Chapter 17: Athens After the Amnesty
Chapter 18: The Greek States in a Changing World
Chapter 19: Continuing Warfare in an Age of Reflection
Chapter 20: The End for Sparta
Chapter 21: War Without Victory
Cast of Characters
Bibliography