A selection of the most important papers of the eminent historian of ancient Greece George Cawkwell. Cawkwell focuses upon the history, warfare, and politics of the fourth century BC, and subjects the key ancient sources - Xenophon, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Demosthenes - to close scrutiny, revealing when they can be trusted and when not. INDICE: Simon Hornblower: Introduction; 1: Early colonisation; 2: Early Greek tyranny and the people; 3: Sparta and her allies in the sixth century; 4: Cleomenes; 5: The fall of Themistocles; 6: NOMOPHYLAKIA and the Areopagus; 7: Thucydides' judgment of Periclean strategy; 8: The peace between Athens and Persia; 9: The King's Peace; 10: The foundation of the Second Athenian Confederacy; 11: Notes on the failure of the Second Athenian Confederacy; 12: Agesilausand Sparta; 13: The decline of Sparta; 14: Epaminondas and Thebes; 15: Eubulus; 16: The decline of Olynthus; 17: Athenian naval power in the fourth century; 18: Orthodoxy and hoplites; 19: The crowning of Demosthenes
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959328-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés