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Article: The Greek World 479-323 BC. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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The Greek World 479-323 BC. Simon Homblower. Routledge. [pounds sterling]50.00. 396 pages. ISBN 0-415-16326-9. This is a third edition of a study first published in 1983 and last revised in 1991. This edition is 'a completely rewritten version' and has a new chapter on Argos as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter on the Peloponnesian War which reflects the author's own work on Thucydides. The rest of the text has been thoroughly revised whilst the whole book is less concentrated on Athens -- although Athens, Sparta and Alexander the Great necessarily dominate much of the period -- than the ...
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