Dunstan, William : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Summary
Ancient Greece is the second volume of Harcourt's new three-volume series on ancient civilizations. Written
for the student of history and the general reader, this study of ancient Greece brings together the findings of
historians, archaeologists, linguists, geographers, art historians, scientists, and other specialists. The book
is intended to be thought-provoking and does not shy away from controversial issues and topics. Volume II on the
ancient Greeks follows Volume I, The Ancient Near East and precedes Volume III, Ancient Rome. Appropriate for classes
on ancient Greece or the first half of courses titled "The Ancient World" or "Ancient History."
Table of Contents
1. The Aegean Civilization of Minoan Crete.
2. Mycenaean Greece.
3. The Dark Age.
4. The Ferment of Archaic Greece.
5. Sparta and Athens.
6. Religion in Archaic Greece.
7. Literature, Philosophy, and Art in Archaic Greece: A Cultural Renaissance.
8. The Persian Wars.
9. The Athenian Empire.
10. The Peloponnesian War.
11. Periclean Athens: Life and Society.
12. Periclean Athens: Art, Literature, and Philosophy.
13. The Greek City-States Lose Political Autonomy in the Fourth Century BCE: From Spartan Domination to the Rise
of Macedonia.
14. Cultural Developments in the Fourth Century BCE.
15. Alexander the Great.
16. The Successors of Alexander the Great.
17. The Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Third Century BCE.
18. Hellentic Society, Religion, Philosophy, and Science.
19. Hellenistic Literature and Art.
