ABSTRACT

Studying from the Mycenean to the late Hellenistic period, this work includes new articles by twenty-seven specialists of ancient Greece, and presents an examination of the Greek cultures of mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Italy.

With the chapters sharing the theme of social history, this fascinating book focuses on women, the poor, and the slaves – all traditionally seen as beyond the margins of powerand includes the study of figures who were on the literal margins of the Greek world.

Bringing to the forefront the research into areas previously thought of as marginal, Anton Powell sheds new light on vital topics and authors who are central to the study of Greek culture.

Plato’s reforms are illuminated through a consideration of his impatient and revolutionary attitude to women, and Powell also examines how the most potent symbol of central Greek history – the Parthenon – can be understood as a political symbol when viewed with the knowledge of the cosmetic techniques used by classical Athenian women.

The Greek World is a stimulating and enlightening interaction of social and political history, comprehensive, and unique to boot, students will undoubtedly benefit from the insight and knowledge it imparts.

chapter |4 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

PART I THE GREEK MAJORITY

chapter 3|41 pages

HYBRIS, STATUS AND SLAVERY

chapter 6|23 pages

THE GREEK NOVEL

Towards a sociology of production and reception

chapter 7|26 pages

POLITICS AND THE BATTLEFIELD

Ideology in Greek warfare

chapter 8|20 pages

GREEK PIRACY

chapter 11|26 pages

ATHENS’ PRETTY FACE

Anti-feminine rhetoric and fifth-century controversy over the Parthenon

part |2 pages

PART II GREEKS (AND NON-GREEKS) AT THE MARGINS

chapter 12|28 pages

HERODOTUS ON EGYPTIAN BUILDINGS

A test case

chapter 13|22 pages

BEYOND THE POLIS

Women and economic opportunity in early Ptolemaic Egypt

chapter 14|24 pages

WHY PHILIP WON

chapter 16|17 pages

ROME IN THE GREEK WORLD

The significance of a name

part |2 pages

PART III GREEKS AND THEIR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

chapter 17|16 pages

DIET, DIAITA AND DIETETICS

chapter 18|29 pages

GREEK ENGINEERING

The case of Eupalinos’ tunnel

chapter 19|10 pages

BARBERS’ SHOPS AND PERFUME SHOPS

‘Symposia without wine’

chapter 20|19 pages

BIONIC STATUES

part |2 pages

PART IV RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

chapter 21|20 pages

GREEK SACRIFICE

Forms and functions

chapter 22|28 pages

EARLY ORPHISM

chapter 23|19 pages

ORDER, INTERACTION, AUTHORITY

Ways of looking at Greek religion

chapter 24|20 pages

IONIAN INQUIRIES

On understanding the Presocratic beginnings of science

chapter 25|18 pages

LAW AND SOCIETY IN THUCYDIDES

chapter 26|23 pages

PLATO’S OBJECTIONS TO THE SOPHISTS

chapter 27|19 pages

PLATO ON WOMEN IN THE LAWS