Author: Peter John Rhodes File Type: pdf Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the classical period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.ullTwo important new chapters have been added, covering life and culture in the classical Greek worldllFeatures new pedagogical tools, including textboxes, and a comprehensive chronological table of the West, mainland Greece, and the AegeanllEnlarged and additional maps and illustrative materialllCovers the history of an important period, including the flourishing of democracy in Athens the Peloponnesian war, and the conquests of Alexander the GreatllFocuses on the evidence for the period, and how the evidence is to be interpretedlulReviewIt is superbly fitted for the purpose [of an undergraduate textbook] extremely full, clear and detailed... A model of how this sort of history should be written. (BBC History Magazine)A thoughtful and measured treatment, especially valuable for undergraduates. Beats its rivals for sheer thoroughness and sagacity. --David Whitehead, Queens University BelfastA reliable history, with an up-to-date bibliography concluding each chapter... well-fitted for an undergraduate survey course in the classical world. (Choice)Peter Rhodes is one of the most formidable living scholars of Classical (5th and 4th centuries BC) Greece and especially of the political institutions of the Athenian democracy Rhodess typically clear, sober and detailed accounts of the 5th-century Athenian empire, the Atheno-Peloponnesian War and the 4th-century Second Athenian League may well become the first port of call for undergraduate essay writers and more enduring resources for their mentors. (Times Higher Education Supplement)This volume is therefore a valuable resource for any teacher of this period of Greek History, so one for the departmental library would be helpful, and at university level any undergraduate would find that it provides an excellent overview. (Journal of Classics Teaching)Rhodes has written a very accessible work on the classical Greek world ... highly recommendable and very suitable for undergraduates, not only as an introduction to the Greek classical world but also as a textbook for the proper methodological approach. (Scholia)This book demonstrates a breadth of scholarship but remains easy to read and understand. (Ancient West & East)Readers of every variety, but especially those who take their ancient history seriously, owe a great debt to Peter Rhodes for a book which is a joy to read and which, because of its meticulous scholarship, deserves to become the first book a historian of Classical Greece turns to when seeking information that is thoroughly grounded and clearly explained.(Blaise Nagy, New England Classical Journal)ReviewA leading authority on Athens, Rhodes has written a superb narrative of Classical Greece for upper-level undergraduates lucid, concise, and balanced. Welcome additions to the second edition are chapters on life and culture, and brief selections from contemporary sources.Kenneth G. Holum, University of MarylandRhodes provides an excellent introduction to the history of the Greek world in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Of particular importance is the clarity of the narrative and the consistent citation of the primary source material.Hugh Elton, Trent UniversityP.J. Rhodes second edition of A History of the Classical World 478-323 BC is superior to its nearest competitors for the university and non-specialist audience, and noticeably improved from the first edition, e.g., smoother transitions into new topics the addition of two new chapters on culture and society the reader-friendly use of shaded boxed inserts of primary sources more illustrations, maps, figures, and a new glossary. This book will set the standard for introductions to the history of Classical Greece.Glenn R. Bugh, Virginia Tech