THE CITY OF ATHENA

A Companion for Classical Studies Students

by Raewyn Gilmour

ISBN 978-1-877332-43-2

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374 pages
75 pages in full colour
Index and Bibliography
15 Maps;
Many plans, diagrams, charts
Photographs
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The City of Athena is a broad introduction to the history of Athens and her empire in the 6^th and 5^th centuries BC.  The book is designed for Year 12 and 13 students in New Zealand schools and colleges.  It is suitable for all the units of study associated with Athens and any of the methods used to assess the students such as NCEA or Cambridge examinations.  The language is straight forward; technical terms are explained; the text is fully illustrated in both greyscale and colour.  There are good maps which will help the student and teacher to locate principal sites and trace the context of historical events.

Athens did not exist in a vacuum.  The book places events, political developments, social life and artistic, literary and philosophical advances in their wider context within the Greek world.  Early chapters summarise the history from the period of colonisation through the beginnings of political change with Solon and the Tyrants before the book embarks on the detail of the 5^th century.  Students will find that this book provides them with a sound background for subsequent studies at tertiary level.

The author is an experienced teacher of Classical Studies in New Zealand schools.

The book is designed as a resource for New Zealand secondary schools in Years 12 and 13. The units covered are as follows:

Year 12:
The development of democracy at Athens in 6C & 5C BC
Athenian social life
Art and architecture
Tragedy - Drama - Festivals

Year 13
Comedy - Drama - Festivals
Philosophy - Socrates etc
Greek vase painting

Part 1: Athens & Early Greece
Chapter 1
Greece

Chapter 2
Attica, 8th & 7th Centuries BC

Chapter 3
The Reforms of Solon

Chapter 4
Pisistratus and his Tyranny

Chapter 5
Cleisthenes

Chapter 6
Primary Source Materials

Chapter 7
Conflict Between the Greeks and Persians, Athenian Participation in the Wars Against Persia

Chapter 8
The Delian League & Athenian Empire

Chapter 9
Periclean Athens

Chapter 10
The Peloponnesian War

Chapter 11
The Operation of the Democracy

Chapter 12
The Building Programme

Chapter 13
Social Life in Athens

Chapter 14
Attic Festivals, Religion, Drama

Chapter 15
Literature in Context

Chapter 16
Philosophy

Chapter 17
Art

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Select Bibliography

Index