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The Fifth Century B.C.

Series The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 5

Edited by D. M. Lewis, John Boardman, J. K. Davies and M. Ostwald

Publication Date 1992

Hardback ISBN-10 052123347x

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521233477

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521233477

Overview

The fifth century BC was not only the first Classic age of European civilisation. It was the first and last period before the Romans in which great political and military power was located in the same place as cultural importance. This volume therefore is more narrowly focused geographically than its predecessors and successors, and hardly strays beyond Greece. Athens is at the centre of the picture, both politically and culturally, but events and achievements elsewhere are assessed as carefully as the nature of our sources allows. Two series of narrative chapters, one on the growth of the Athenian empire and the development of Athenian democracy, the other on the Peloponnesian War which brought them down, are divided by a series of studies in which the artistic and literary achievements of the fifth century are described. This new edition has been completely replanned and rewritten in order to reflect the advances in scholarship and changes in perspective which have been taking place in the sixty years since the publication of its predecessor.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Fifth Century B.C. in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 5: The Fifth Century B.C.

Frontmatter

Sources, chronology, method by D. M. Lewis

Greece after the Persian Wars by J. K. Davies

The Delian League to 449 b. c. by P. J. Rhodes

The Athenian revolution by P. J. Rhodes

Mainland Greece, 479–451 b. c. by D. M. Lewis

The Thirty Years' Peace by D. M. Lewis

Sicily, 478-431 b.c. by D. Asheri

Art: Archaic to Classical by J. J. Pollitt

Classical Cities and Sanctuaries by R. E. Wycherley

Rebuilding in Athens and Attica by R. E. Wycherley

Panhellenic Cults and Panhellenic Poets by N. J. Richardson

Athenian Cults and Festivals by Walter Burkert

Athenian Religion and Literature by B. M. W. Knox

Society and Economy by J. K. Davies

Athens as a Cultural Centre by M. Ostwald

The Archidamian War by D. M. Lewis

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by A. Andrewes

The Spartan Resurgence by A. Andrewes

Chronological Notes by D. M. Lewis

Chronological Table

Bibliography

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