This is an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively rewritten and revised his original text, bringing it up to date for another new generation of readers.

Simon Hornblower is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He was previously Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. His many publications in Greek history and classical civilization include a Commentary on Thucydides in three volumes (1991-2008). He is now working on commentaries on Herodotus books 5 and 6, and on Lykophron's Alexandra.

1. Introduction 2. The beginning of the Delian League 3. Empire 4. South Italy and Sicily 5. Kyrene and Egypt 6. The Persian Empire, especially Asia Minor 7. Argos 8. Macedon, Thessaly and Boiotia 9. The run-up to the war 10. Corinth 11. Sparta 12. Athens 13. The Peloponnesian War 14. The effects of the Peloponnesian War 15. The Corinthian War 16. The King's Peace to Leuktra; the Second Athenian Confederacy 17. Leuktra to Mantineia and the Revolt of the Satraps 18. Philip 19. Alexander