A History of Greece

As indicated in its title, this book is a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece prior to Alexander. The author is thorough and clearly an excellent historian. However, one should be warned that the writing style reflects the book's age (written over a century ago), hence sometimes seems tedious. In addition, as with all summaries of ancient Greece, the sheer complexity of material requires real effort of the reader's behalf.

All in all, recommended reading for those with a background in this area, however for the novice I suggest other books which are easier reads with less dense factual material.

1453 A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, by J. B. Bury (3rd Edition - Revised by Russell Meigs) (read 4 June 1977) When I finished this book I said to myself it was one of the best books I had read in a long time. It gave good sense of the chronology of ancient Greek history, and goes to the death of Alexander the Great. It ends: "The brilliant day of the Greek city states had indeed drawn to a close so suddenly that they could not be expected to grasp the fact; and no people that has ever borne the torch of civilization has been willing, or even able, to recognize that the hour of relinquishing sovereignty has come. The Greeks may well be excused if they were reluctant to acquiesce in the vicissitude which forced show more them to sink into a subordinate place. But it is thus that the austere laws of history reward the meritorious. The republics of Greece had performed an imperishable work; they had shown mankind many things, and, above all, the most precious thing in the world, fearless freedom of thought." show less

A decent recap of the history which finds itself lacking in some particulars ala The Sacred Band of Thebes were just really good friends.

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the revised text is presented in a modern format. the original maps have been redraw and new ones added with the inclusion of a fold-out map at the end of the book.

Edition: // Descr: xxv, 909 p. : ill., maps 19.5 cm. // Series: Call No. { 948 B72 1 copy #1 } Contains Chronological Table, Notes and References, and Index. // //

Edition: // Descr: xxii, 885 p. : ill., maps 21 cm. // Series: The Modern Library of the World's Best Books Call No. { 948 B72 1 copy #2 } Contains Chronological Table, Notes and References, and Index. // //