List of Illustrations vii
List of Figures ix
List of Maps x
Preface xi
Note on References xiii
Chronological Table xv
1 Introduction 1
2 The Formation of the Delian League 14
3 The Peloponnese in the Early Fifth Century 24
4 Athens After the Persian Wars 34
5 The Athenian Empire in the Mid Fifth Century 47
6 Periclean Athens 59
7 The Greeks in the West: The Rise of Syracuse 77
8 The Peloponnesian War: Origins 87
9 The Peloponnesian War: Resources and Strategies 96
10 The Peloponnesian War: 431–421 107
11 The Athens of Cleon 122
12 The Peloponnesian War: 421–413 131
13 The Peloponnesian War: 413–404 149
14 Athens in the Late Fifth Century 163
15 The Athenian Empire: Retrospect 183
16 Life in the Classical Greek World 200
17 Culture in the Classical Greek World 209
18 Introduction to the Fourth Century: The Common Peace 224
19 Sparta’s Imperialism and Collapse 239
Appendix: Persia and its Rebels 256
20 The Second Athenian League 261
21 Thebes and Northern Greece 279
22 Athens After the Peloponnesian War 293
23 The Western Greeks from Dionysius I to Timoleon 311
24 Philip II of Macedon 332
Appendix: Persia and the Greeks in the Reign of Artaxerxes III 361
25 Demosthenic Athens 367
Appendix: Sparta 384
26 Alexander the Great: Sources and Outline 388
27 Alexander the Great: Topics 401
28 Epilogue 427
Glossary 431
Bibliography 435
Index 445
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