Recreating the world of Ancient Greece
The formation of the Greek world
Homer's world: heroes and the coming of the city-state
An expanding world: 800-500 B.C.
New identities: the consolidation of the city-state
Underlying patterns: land and slavery
Underlying patterns: spiritual life
Revolution in wisdom: new directions in the archaic age
Creating the barbarian: the Persian wars
The fifth century: the politics of power 479-404 B.C.
Homage to Dionysus: the drama festivals
Man is the measure: philosophers and speculators, 450-330 B.C.
Transitions: the Greek world in the fourth century B.C.
Mathematics, science, and medicine
The Greeks in the Roman Empire
Conclusion the Greek achievement.