Ancient History and Interpretation Of The Classics
Mary Beard and John Henderson The Classics: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP). As it says; an excellent overview. A.R. Burn History of Greece (Penguin). Probably the best general introduction to ancient Greece, though for fuller analysis you'll do better with one or other of the following more specialized titles. Paul Cartlege Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (Cambridge UP). Large-format, pricey volume packed with information useful for both novices and experts. George Cawkwell Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War (Routledge). Recent, revisionist overview of Thucydides' work and relations with main personalities of the war, challenging previous assumptions of his infallibility. M.I. Finley The World of Odysseus (Pimlico, UK). The latest reprint of a 1954 warhorse, pioneering in its investigation of the historicity (or otherwise) of the events and society related by Homer. Breezily readable and stimulating, with prejudices apparent rather than subtle. Michael Grant and John Hazel Who's Who in Classical Mythology (Routledge). A gazetteer of over 1200 mythological personalities, together with historical and geographical background. Pierre Grimal , ed Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Penguin). Though translated from the French, still considered to have the edge on the more recent Grant/Hazel title. Simon Hornblower The Greek World 479-323 BC (Routledge). An erudite survey of ancient Greece at its zenith, from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander; now a standard university paperback text. John Kenyon Davies Democracy and Classical Greece (Fontana; Harvard UP). An established and accessible account of the Classical period and its political developments. Robin Lane Fox Alexander the Great (Penguin). An absorbing study, which mixes historical scholarship with imaginative psychological detail. Oswyn Murray Early Greece (Fontana; Harvard UP). The Greek story from the Mycenaeans and Minoans through to the beginning of the Classical period. Robin Osborne Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC (Routledge). A well-illustrated paperback on the rise of the city-state. John Purkis Teach Yourself Classical Civilisation (Teach Yourself Books). A nice, succinct introduction to the subject. Tony Spawforth Greece, an Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford UP). An interpretive guide, by the co-author, with Simon Hornblower, of the also-recommended Oxford Classical Dictionary (Oxford UP). F.W. Walbank The Hellenistic World (Fontana; Harvard UP). Greece under the sway of the Macedonian and Roman empires.
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