The Allure of Antiquity

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Notes

1. Hansen and Nielsen, eds., Archaic and Classical Poleis; and Bintliff, Complete Archaeology of Greece.

2. In The Greek World, Hornblower argues that “The Peloponnesian War had been won because of Persian money. ... Economic weakness was, therefore, not simply caused by the Peloponnesian War, but was shown up by it” (207). See further, 208–13.

3. In “Classical Greece: Production,” Davis cautions that “even for such a relatively well-documented epoch as the classical period, our sources do not lend themselves to straightforward assemblage, let alone to coherent analysis” (335). Indeed, Ober rarely cites or discusses specific ancient sources and only rarely notices alternative modern interpretations or arguments.

4. North, Structure and Change, 3.

5. The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece includes a list of abbreviations (xxv); two Appendices—“Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame” (317–20), and (with Barry Weingast), “King, City, and Elite Game” (321–28); thirty-six pages of notes, most citing modern scholarship (329–65); an extensive bibliography (367–400); and a good index (401–16). In addition to numerous graphs and tables, there is a series of helpful maps.