Ebook: Hellas : a short history of ancient Greece

Darkness and light -- Farmer, townsman and mariner -- Body and mind -- From oligarchy to democracy -- Unity or annihilation -- The age of Pericles -- The Peloponnesian war -- Democracy's balance-sheet -- Changing times -- The break-up of Greece -- Macedon and Persia -- Hellenistic culture -- The Greek genius Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork