Essays in Greek History and Literature

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Author(s): Gomme, Arnold Wycombe
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Year: 1937

Language: English
Pages: 308
City: London

Introductory.--The topography of Boeotia and the theories of M. BeĢrard.--Traders and manufacturers in Greece.--The law of citizenship at Athens.--The position of women in Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.--Thucydides: 'The greatest war in Greek history.' Sphakteria. Mantineia. The speeches.--A forgotten factor in Greek naval strategy.--The end of the city-state.--Menander.--Two letters to the Times: i. The smuggling of antiquities. ii. The return of the Elgin marbles.