Oxford illustrated history of greece and the hellenistic world

The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast - it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science. This beautifully illustrated study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later. Chapters dealing with political and social history are interspersed with chapters on philosophy and the arts, including Homer, Greek myth, Aristotle and Plato, Greek dramatists such as Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the flourishing of the visual and plastic arts. List of colour plates -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Jasper Griffin -- 1. Greece : the history of the archaic period / George Forrest -- 2. Homer / Oliver Taplin -- 3. Greek myth and Hesiod / Jasper Griffin -- 4. Lyric and elegaic poetry / Ewen Bowie -- 5. Early Greek philosophy / Martin West -- 6. Greece : the history of the classical period / Simon Hornblower -- 7. Greek drama / Peter Levi -- 8. Greek historians / Oswyn Murray -- 9. Life and society in classical Greece / Oswyn Murray -- 10. Classical Greek philosophy / Julia Annas -- 11. Greek religion / Robert Parker -- 12. Greek art and architecture / John Boardman -- 13. The history of the Hellenistic period / Simon Price -- 14. Hellenistic culture and literature / Robin Lane Fox -- 15. Hellenistic philosophy and science / Jonathan Barnes -- 16. Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman art / Roger Ling -- Table of events -- Descriptive list of illustrations -- Index