Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian WarCharles W. Fornara The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis. This 1983 book will be welcomed by students and teachers of ancient history. |
Contents
Ancient chronology | 3 |
The date of Lykourgos of Sparta | 4 |
The establishment of the Olympic Games | 5 |
Pheidon of Argos | 6 |
The foundation of Naxos and Megara in Sicily | 8 |
The Lelantine War | 9 |
The use of the word tyrant | 11 |
Orthagoras Tyrant of Sicyon | 13 |
The Peace of Kallias | 97 |
Aspasia | 103 |
Athenian decree enforcing the use of Athenian coins weights and measures | 105 |
Decree on the payment of tribute passed on the motion of Kleinias | 107 |
An Athenian treaty with Colophon | 109 |
The foundation of an Athenian colony at Brea | 110 |
Memorial for Pythion of Megara | 112 |
Athenian regulations for Chalcis | 113 |
Law of the city of Dreros Crete | 14 |
Spartan treatment of helots | 17 |
Memorial to a Locrian proxenos at Corcyra | 18 |
The First Sacred War | 20 |
Battos the founder of Cyrene | 21 |
The foundation of Cyrene | 22 |
Law from Chios | 24 |
Gravestone of Phanodikos of Prokonnesos | 25 |
The Athenian naukrariai | 26 |
The Athenian archon list | 27 |
Greek mercenaries in Egyptian service | 28 |
Alliance between Elis and Heraia in Western Arcadia | 29 |
Spartan treaty with Tegea | 30 |
Kroisos gifts to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | 31 |
The wives of Hippias and Hipparchos the sons of Peisistratos of Athens | 32 |
The nature of Peisistratos rule | 33 |
Law from a Locrian community settling new territory | 34 |
A list of Dareios subjects | 36 |
Letter of Dareios | 37 |
Dedication of Peisistratos Son of Hippias | 38 |
The liberation of Athens | 39 |
The rebuilding of the Temple at Delphi by the Alkmeonidai | 40 |
Ostracism at Athens | 41 |
Epigrams celebrating an Athenian victory over Boeotia and Chalcis | 44 |
Dedication of the Athenian portico at Delphi | 45 |
Rations for Ionian mothers working at Persepolis | 46 |
An Ionian contractor at Persepolis | 47 |
The Persian cavalry at Marathon | 49 |
Dedication of Kallimachos | 50 |
Athenian epigrams on the Persian Wars | 51 |
The Greek embassy to Gelon | 52 |
A supplication by Corinthian women during Xerxes war | 53 |
Contribution of the Naxians to the war effort against the Persians | 56 |
The number of the Athenian dead at Plataea | 57 |
Greek thankoffering for victory in the Persian War | 58 |
Pausanias regent of Sparta and his actions after the victory at Plataea | 59 |
Attempts at colonizing Ennea Hodoi in Thrace | 61 |
Regulations of the Teians | 62 |
Hierons thankoffering for the victory at Cumae | 63 |
Themistokles ostracism and flight to Persia | 64 |
Political expulsions from Miletus | 65 |
The Messenian Revolt | 66 |
Athenian relations with Phaselis | 68 |
A Halicarnassian law concerning disputed property | 69 |
Regulations imposed by the Athenians on Erythrae | 70 |
Egypt rebels from Persia | 73 |
Spartan aid to Thebes | 74 |
Athenian regulation of the Eleusinian Mysteries | 76 |
Kimons return from ostracism | 77 |
Samians fight in Egypt | 78 |
The building of the Long Walls and the Middle Wall at Athens | 79 |
Thankoffering by the Lacedaemonians for the victory at Tanagra | 80 |
Alliance of Athens and Egesta | 81 |
Athenian compact involving the Delphic Amphictyony or Phocis | 82 |
Tolmides circumnavigation of the Peloponnesus | 83 |
Limitation of Athenian citizenship | 84 |
Treaty between Oianthia and Chaleion and law of Chaleion | 85 |
The civil laws of Gortyn | 86 |
Relations between Argos Cnossus and Tylissos | 88 |
Nemesis and the accounts of her temple in the Attic deme of Rhamnous | 90 |
A victory of Selinus | 91 |
Regulations for Miletus | 92 |
Appointment of the priestess and building of the temple of Athena Nike | 94 |
The financing of public expenditures through Athenas treasury | 95 |
The bribery of Pleistoanax and Kleandridas of Sparta | 115 |
The establishment of a board of Eleusinian superintendents | 116 |
Extracts from PseudoXenophon | 117 |
The foundation of Thurii | 123 |
The ostracism of Thoukydides son of Melesias | 124 |
The board of Athenian generals at Samos | 126 |
Victory of Tarentum over Thurii | 127 |
Accounts of Pheidias goldandivory statue of Athena | 128 |
Athenian treaty with Samos | 129 |
Attacks against Pheidias Anaxagoras and Aspasia | 130 |
Work on the Athenian water supply | 131 |
The cost and construction of the Propylaia | 132 |
Financial decrees moved by Kallias | 134 |
Building accounts of the Parthenon | 136 |
Accounts of the Delian Temples when Delos was under Athenian control | 138 |
The murder of Anthemokritos and the decree of Charinos | 139 |
The Megarian decree or decrees | 140 |
Athenian alliance with Rhegium | 141 |
Athenian alliance with Leontini | 142 |
Expenses of the Athenian squadrons sent to Corcyra | 143 |
Athenian relations with Methone and Macedon | 144 |
Resettlement of Potidaea | 146 |
The fining and reinstatement of the Athenian general Phormion | 147 |
Contributions to the Spartan war fund | 148 |
Appointment of tribute collectors | 149 |
Loans to the Athenian state from the treasury of Athena Polias | 150 |
Thankoffering of the Messenians and Naupactians | 153 |
Reassessment of the tribute of the Athenian Empire | 154 |
An agreement between Andros and Delphi | 158 |
Athens honors Herakleides for help in concluding a treaty with the King of Persia | 159 |
Payment to the priestess of Athena Nike | 160 |
Inventory of the treasures in the Parthenon | 163 |
Athenian tribute quota list | 164 |
Inventory of treasures in the Hekatompedon | 165 |
Payments from Athenas treasury for public purposes | 166 |
Ostracism and death of Hyperbolos | 168 |
Decrees relating to the Sicilian Expedition | 169 |
Confiscation of the property of Athenians convicted of sacrilege | 170 |
The Athenian commissioners of 411 BC | 176 |
Expenditures of the treasurers of Athena under the oligarchy | 177 |
The trial of Antiphon | 178 |
Eretria revolts from Athens | 179 |
Expenditures of the treasurers of Athena | 181 |
Phrynichos assassins honored | 183 |
Athens honors Neapolis in Thrace | 185 |
A contract for the ransoming of prisoners of war | 187 |
Expenditures of the treasurers of Athena | 188 |
The date of Alkibiades return to Athens | 190 |
Athens honors Oiniades | 191 |
Athens orders the building and manning of ships and honors Archelaos ? of Macedon | 192 |
Athens ratifies a treaty with Selymbria | 193 |
Athenian treaty with the Clazomenians at Daphnus | 194 |
Athens and Carthage | 195 |
Athens honors the Samians | 196 |
The influx of gold and silver into Sparta | 198 |
Laws regulating the wine trade at Thasos | 199 |
The rule of the Ten in Athens | 200 |
Athenian Archons 500403 BC | 201 |
Athenian demes | 202 |
Glossary | 203 |
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