1. Introduction -- 2. The Formation of the Greek People -- 3. The Country -- 4. Homer -- 5. The Polis -- 6. Classical Greece: The Early Period -- 7. Classical Greece: The Fifth Century -- 8. The Greeks at War -- 9. The Decline of the Polis -- 10. The Greek Mind -- 11. Myth and Religion -- 12. Life and Character
Summary
The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece
