Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, here is a new history of ancient Greece that dynamically presents a generation of new scholarship on the birthplace of Western civilization.
Ranging from Greece's first beginnings in the Bronze Age through the tumultuous Hellenistic era dominated by Alexander the Great, this volume offers a truly wide-ranging portrait, blending the traditional political and military approach with a more modern accent on social and cultural history. Everything is included here--the sweeping philosophical systems of Plato and Aristotle, the daily lives of women in Athens, dramatic sea battles in the Aegean, the epic poetry of Homer, the rise of the city-state. The book offers illuminating descriptions of Sparta and Athens, recounts the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, evaluates the contributions of notable figures such as Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles, and Philip II of Macedon, and discusses the remarkable rise of Alexander the Great. Throughout the book, the editors trace the slow evolution of Greek culture, revealing how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors, but eventually developed a distinctive culture of their own, marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience.

Featuring 17 original maps, over 80 photographs, and numerous "document boxes" which highlight a variety of primary source material, this book provides an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated while remaining accessible to the nonscholar. A dynamic collaboration between four renowned scholars Sarah Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts it is the definitive portrait of the fountainhead of Western philosophy, literature, science, and art.

本书由古典世界的四位权威人士撰写，是一部新的古希腊史，有力地展示了关于西方文明发源地的一代新学术成果。

从希腊最初的青铜时代开始，到亚历山大大帝主导的动荡的希腊时代，本卷提供了一个真正广泛的肖像，将传统的政治和军事方法与更现代的社会和文化历史相结合。这里包含了一切--柏拉图和亚里士多德的全面哲学体系、雅典妇女的日常生活、爱琴海的戏剧性海战、荷马的史诗、城邦的崛起。本书对斯巴达和雅典进行了富有启发性的描述，叙述了波斯战争和伯罗奔尼撒战争，评估了索隆、克利西尼、伯里克利和马其顿的菲利普二世等著名人物的贡献，并讨论了亚历山大大帝的卓越崛起。在整本书中，编辑们追溯了希腊文化的缓慢演变，揭示了早期希腊人是如何从他们的邻居那里借来的，但最终发展出了自己独特的文化，其特点是惊人的创造力、多功能性和复原力。

本书有17张原始地图，80多张照片，以及许多突出各种原始资料的 "文件箱"，对希腊世界的描述既深思熟虑，又便于非学者阅读。本书是四位著名学者Sarah Pomeroy、Stanley M. Burstein、Walter Donlan和Jennifer Tolbert Roberts之间的动态合作，是对西方哲学、文学、科学和艺术的源头的权威描述。