Hellenic History

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Antiquity

Authors: George Willis Botsford In Year : 1922

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Hellenic History

Introduction
Country and People
The Minoan Age
The Middle Age: Transition from Minoan to Hellenic Life
Economic Growth and Colonial Expansion
Evolution of the City-State, Amphictyonies and Leagues
Crete, Lacedaemon and the Peleponnesian League
Athens: From Monarchy to Democracy
Intellectual Awakening: 1, Social and Literary Progress
Intellectual Awakening: 2, Religious, Moral and Scientific Progress
Conquest of the Asiatic Greeks by the Lydians and Persians
The War with Persia and Carthage
The Age of the War Heroes: 1, Political and Economic
The Age of the War Heroes: 2, Society and Culture
The Age of Pericles: 1, Imperialism
The Age of Pericles: 2, The Athenian Democracy
The Age of Pericles: 3, Society and Public Works
The Age of Pericles: 4, Thought, Culture and Character
The Peloponnesian War to the Beginning of the Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition and the Last Years of the War
A Cultural Revolution
The Lacedaemonian Empire and the Ascendancy of Thebes
Sicily and Magna Graecia
The Rise of Macedon to 337
Economy and Society
Social Aspects of the State
Art and Intelligence in the Fourth Century
Alexander's Empire and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
The Organization and Administration of the Hellenistic States
Hellenistic Culture: 1, City Construction and Art
Hellenistic Culture: 2, Philosophy, Science and Culture

"The purpose of this volume is to present in brief scope the evolution of Greek civilization a culture simple in its essential unity, although seemingly complex in its many and wide ramifications. In the conviction that the chief aim of history is to explain the present, the author has centered his attention on those phases of Greek life which have influenced to a marked degree the civilization of today." "In short this book represents an effort to combine political, economic, social and cultural history in one synthesis, centering attention on those factors which have contributed essentially to modern civilization." "The Hellenic History is intended to serve primarily as a text-book for college courses in Greek history, and as a guide to the reader who is interested in one or more phases of Greek achievement." (From Preface) In memory of Beth Thomas (1974-2020)