The oxford <br>Illusturateyted hıstory of <br><br>GREECE AND THE HELLENİSTİC<br>WORLD<br><br><br>JOHN BOARDMAN<br>JASPER GRİFFİN<br>OSWYN MURRAY<br><br><br><br>CONTENTS<br>List of Colour Plates vii<br>List of Maps vii<br>Acknowledgements viii<br>INTRODUCTION ı<br>Jasper Griffin<br>1. GREECE: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD 13<br>George Forrest<br>2. HOMER 44<br>Oliver Taplin<br>3. GREEK MYTH AND HESIOD 72<br>Jasper Griffin<br>4. LYRIC AND ELEGIAC POETRY 93<br>Ewen Bowie<br>5. EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY 107<br>Martin West<br>6. GREECE: THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL PERIO’D 118<br>Simon Hornblower<br>7. GREEK DRAMA 150<br>Peter Levi<br>8. GREEK HISTORIANS 180<br>Oswyn Murray<br>9. LIFE AND SOCIETY IN CLASSICAL GREECE 198<br>Oswyn Murray<br>ID. CLASSICAL GREEK PHILOSOPHY 228<br>Julia Annas<br>n. GREEK RELIGION 248<br>Robert Parker<br>12. GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE 269<br>John Boardman<br>13. THE HISTORY OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 309<br>Simon Price<br>14. HELLENISTIC CULTURE AND LITERATURE 332<br>Robin Lane Fox<br>15. HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE 359<br>Jonathan Barnes<br>16. HELLENISTIC AND GRAECO-ROMAN ART 380<br>Roger Ling<br>Tables of Events 410<br>Descriptive List of Illustrations 436<br>Index 441<br> <br>LIST OF COLOUR PLATES<br>facing page<br>Caeretan hydria: Heracles leads Cerberus 88<br>Northampton amphora: Triton, floral fantasy 89<br>Athenian oil vase: a Muse on Helicon 120<br>Statue of a girl from the Athenian Acropolis 121<br>Bronze warrior from Riace 248<br>Iron corselet from the tomb of Philip II of Macedon 249<br>The Athenian Acropolis 280<br>The fourth-century theatre at Epidaurus 280<br>Engraved Greek gems, finger rings and jewellery 281<br>LIST OF MAPS<br>1. Greece and the Aegean World lo-n<br>2. Greek colonization 18-19<br>3. The Athenian Empire 128<br>4. Attica 212<br>5. The Hellenistic World 306-7<br>6. Alexander’s journeys 312-13<br>