The Oxford History of Greece & the Hellenistic World

From the emergence of the Greek city-states in the eighth century BCE to the kingdoms created after Alexander the Great, this authoritative Oxford history presents the Greek world as a civilisation of politics, warfare, literature, philosophy, religion, society and art. Edited by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin and Oswyn Murray, it brings together leading classical scholars to survey both historical development and the cultural achievements that made Greek civilisation so influential.

Political and social chapters are interwoven with studies of Homer and Hesiod, lyric poetry, drama, historians, Plato and Aristotle, Greek religion, art and architecture, followed by dedicated treatments of Hellenistic history, literature, philosophy, science and Graeco-Roman art. Maps, illustrations, chronology and further reading support the text. Broad but scholarly, this volume works particularly well for readers who want a substantial single-volume overview rather than a narrowly political narrative of ancient Greece.