Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981); M. H. Hansen, The Athenian
Ecclesia: a collection of articles, 1976-1983 (Copenhagen,.1983) and The Athenian Assembly (Oxford,
1987); M.I. Finley, Politics in the Ancient World (Cambridge, 1983); and J.K. Davies, Wealth and the
Power of Wealth in Classical Athens (New York, 1981: a supplement to his Athenian Propertied
Families, Oxford, 1971). On denies see D. Whitehead's splendid The Denies of Attica (Princeton, 1986).
On the Peloponnesian War, A. W. Gomme's Historical Commentary on Thucydides, completed after
Gomme's death by A. Andrewes and K.J. Dover (Oxford, 5 vols. 1945-80) is fundamental. G. E. M. de
Ste. Croix, The Origins of the Peloponnesian War (London, 1972, paperback 1982) is rich in discussions
which go beyond the scope of the title; he returns to some relevant themes of classical Greek history in
ch. 5 of his Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World (London, 1981, paperback, 1982). On the final
phase of the war, D. M. Lewis, Sparta and Persia (1977) ch. 4 and 5 are crucial.
The fourth century has been worked on more in articles than books until recently; but T. T. B. Ryder's
Koine Eirene (Oxford, 1965) is useful on the complicated diplomatic history (especially relations with
Persia) in the period. The second Athenian confederacy is re-examined with perhaps too kindly an eye in
J. Cargill, The Second Athenian League, Empire or Free Alliance (California, 1981); J. Buckler, The
Theban Hegemony 371-362 B.C. (Harvard, 1980) has much chronological and political detail; but it is
still necessary to consult works like J. A. O. Larsen, Greek Federal States (Oxford, 1968) for the
importance of federal developments in the 360s. For Thessaly, H. D. Westlake, Thessaly in the Fourth
Century B.C. (London, 1935) is good and has not yet been surpassed. S. Hornblower, Mausolus
(Oxford, 1982) discusses, in ch. 7, the Athenian and Persian aspects to the 370s and 360s and treats the
Social War and (in ch. 6) the Satraps' Revolt in detail.
Philip II has been well served recently in monographs; the best is probably G. L. Cawkwell, Philip of
Macedon (Faber, 1978); more detailed discussion of modern views in G. T. Griffith's contribution to N.
G. L. Hammond and G. T. Griffith, History of Macedonia ii (Oxford, 1979).
Finally, a book which contains contributions of importance on several themes covered in this chapter: P.
Garnsey and C. Whittaker, (edd.), Imperialism in the Ancient World (Cambridge, 1978); see especially
Andrewes on Sparta, Finley on the fifth-century Athenian Empire (this is reprinted in his Economy and
Society in Ancient Greece: London, 1981; Pelican edn., 1983), and Griffith on the second Athenian
League.
- Greek Drama (By Peter Levi)
Albin Lesky's History of Greek Literature (London, 1966) discusses all the Greek theatrical writers and
the general problems that they raise. He is useful even when one disagrees with him. His Greek Tragic
Poetry (Yale, 1983) goes into considerable detail about every play. More challenging is Brian Vickers,
Towards Greek Tragedy (London, 1973), which uses both anthropological and Shakespearean material