{"product_id":"athens-and-sparta-9781138778467","title":"Athens and Sparta","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAthens and Sparta\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential textbook for the study of Greek history. Providing a comprehensive account of the two key Greek powers in the years after 478 BC, it charts the rise of Athens from city-state to empire after the devastation of the Persian Wars, and the increasing tensions with their rivals, Sparta, culminating in the Peloponnesian Wars. As well as the political history of the period, it also offers an insight into the radically different political systems of these two superpowers, and explores aspects of social history such as Athenian democracy, life in Sparta, and the lives of Athenian women. More than this though, it encourages students to develop their critical skills, guiding them in \u003ci\u003ehow \u003c\/i\u003eto think about history, demonstrating in a lucid way the techniques used in interpreting the ancient sources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new third edition, Anton Powell includes discussion of the latest scholarship on this crucial period in Greek history. Its bibliog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA third edition of Athens and Sparta is most welcome, not least because the scholarship on Athens and Sparta continues to evolve rapidly, as does the contemporary context against which history is necessarily written. An updated version of \u003ci\u003eAthens and Sparta\u003c\/i\u003e would give readers access to the newest thinking about the ancient Greece, and make it possible to situate the contents in the landscape of current events and concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Professor Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are all in huge debt to Anton Powell as publisher-scholar extraordinaire. With this new edition of \u003ci\u003eAthens and Sparta\u003c\/i\u003e he increases that debt mountain yet further. Intended as an ambitious combination of handbook for relative novices and provocation for established aficionados of Classical Greek history and culture, this accessibly written survey will in its revised form continue to inform and stimulate for many more years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Professor P.A. Cartledge, Clare College, Cambridge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote for Second and Third editions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Delian League: Its Origins and Early History \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. from Delian League to Athenian Empire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Athenian Empire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Sparta: Her Problems and Her Ingenuity, 478–431 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Peloponnesian War, 431–404\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Life within Sparta \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Athenian \u003ci\u003eDe¯ mokratia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Citizen Women of Athens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Religious Prophecy at Athens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019523457367,"sku":"9781138778467","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138778467.jpg?v=1750780523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/athens-and-sparta-9781138778467","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}