The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 5: The Fifth Century BC (Volume 5)

Volume V of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History encompasses the first Classic age of European civilization--the fifth century BC. This 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 center 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 that brought them down, are divided by a series of studies in which the artistic and literary achievements of the fifth century are described. Cover Title Copyright Contents List of maps List of text-figures Preface CHAPTER 1 Sources, chronology, method CHAPTER 2 Greece after the Persian Wars CHAPTER 3 The Delian League to 449 B.C. I. The foundation of the League II. The early history of the League III. The ambitions of the Athenian democrats IV. The mid-century crisis CHAPTER 4 The Athenian revolution I. Athens after the Persian Wars II. The reform of the Areopagus III. Periclean democracy IV. The mid-century crisis CHAPTER 5 Mainland Greece, 479-451 B.C I. From 479 to 461 II. The 'First Peloponnesian War' CHAPTER 6 The Thirty Years' Peace I. The Peace of Callias II. The empire established III. 446 B.C. IV. After the Peace CHAPTER 7 Sicily, 478-431 B.C. I. Sicily in the age of Hiero II. The fall of the tyrannies III. The Sicel movement IV. Democracy and culture at Syracuse and Acragas CHAPTER 8 Greek culture, religion and society in the fifth century B.C. CHAPTER 8a Art: Archaic to Classical I. Style and iconology II. Artists and patrons CHAPTER 8b Classical cities and sanctuaries CHAPTER 8c Rebuilding in Athens and Attica CHAPTER 8d Panhellenic cults and panhellenic poets I. The panhellenic festivals in the fifth century B.C. II. The religious character of the games III. The order and development of the festivals 1. Olympia 2. Pythia 3. Isthmia 4. Nemea IV. The athletes: background and careers V. Poets and patrons VI. The poems VII. Aftermath CHAPTER 8e Athenian cults and festivals I. Continuity and change II. Note on the sources III. The cycle of the year IV. Polis religion: cults defining identity V. Divination VI. The Mysteries VII. Private piety CHAPTER 8f Athenian religion and literature I. Introduction II. Tragedy III. Comedy CHAPTER 8g Society and economy CHAPTER 8h Athens as a cultural centre I. The economic and social background II. Religion and empire III. The visual arts IV. Literature V. Philosophy, rhetoric and science VI. The impact on Athens CHAPTER 9 The Archidamian War I. The causes of the war II. War 1. Athenian strategy and its problems 2. Peloponnesian strategy and its problems 3. General considerations 4. 431 B.C. 5. 430 B.C. 6. 429 B.C. 7. 428 B.C. 8. 427 B.C. 9. 426 B.C. 10. 425 B.C. 11. 424 B.C. 12. 423 B.C. 13. 422 B.C. CHAPTER 10 The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition I. The failure of the Peace II. Mantinea and the aftermath III. Athenian policy and politics IV. Melos V. Sicily: the first phase VI. Sicily: Gylippus and the turn of the tide VII. Sicily: the final disaster CHAPTER 11 The Spartan resurgence I. War in Ionia and Persian intervention II. The beginnings of the Athenian revolution III. The Four Hundred IV. The Five Thousand replace the Four Hundred V. The Hellespont campaigns and the return of Alcibiades VI. Lysander and the collapse of Athens VII. Epilogue Chronological notes Chronological table BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbreviation A. General B. Chronology C. Sources I. Historiography II. Inscriptions III. Coinage D. Athens: internal affairs E. The Athenian empire F. The Greek states G. The Peloponnesian War H. Sicily I. General II. Hiero and Theron III. Fall of tyrannies, constitutional history IV. Sicel movement V. Syracuse and Tyrrhenian affairs VI. Coinage I. Art and architecture J. Literature and philosophy K. Religion and festivals L. Society and economy Over the past half century The Cambridge Ancient History has established itself as a definitive work of reference. The original edition was published in twelve text volumes between 1924 and 1939. Publication of the new edition began in 1970. Every volume of the old edition has been totally re-thought and re-written with new text, maps, illustrations and bibliographies. Some volumes have had to be expanded into two or more parts and the series has been extended by two extra volumes (XIII and XIV) to cover events up to AD 600, bringing the total number of volumes in the set to fourteen. Existing plates to the volumes are available separately. *Profusely illustrated with maps, drawings and tables. *Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the history of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East from prehistoric times to AD 600 by an international cast of editors and contributors As far as source material is concerned, the period covered by this volume falls, for the writer of political history, into three sections, which present sharply contrasting problems of method.