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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, overall very good and clean. / Leicht berieben, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1: The Epic Age -- 1. Minoan Civilization -- 2. The Mycenaean Period -- 3. The Invasions -- 4. The World of Homer -- 5. The Homeric Attitude toward Peace and War -- 6. Peace and War in the Epic Cycle -- 7. The Views of Hesiod -- Chapter 2: The Early Period of the City-State -- 1. The Growth of the City-state -- 2. Causes of Disunion -- 3. Elements of Union -- 4. Life and Literature in the Asiatic Cities -- 5. The Asiatic Cities at War with Lydia and Persia -- 6. Cultural Conditions in Sparta -- 7. The Significance of Theognis of Megara -- 8. The Development of Athens -- 9. The Greeks of Sicily and Italy -- Chapter 3: I. The Persian Wars and Hellenic Peace -- 1. Historical Survey of the Period 490-461 B. C. -- 2. Peace and War in Literature -- a. Aeschylus -- b. Bacchylides -- c. Pindar -- d. Heraclitus -- II. The Age of Pericles -- 1. Athens and Sparta, 461-431 B. C. -- 2. The Attitude of Sophocles -- 3. The Views of Herodotus -- Chapter 4: The Peloponnesian War -- 1. The Causes of the War and the Failure of Arbitration -- 2. The Events of the War and their Effects -- 3. Aristophanes and the Peace Party -- 4. Thucydides and the War -- 5. The Attitude of Euripides -- Chapter 5: The Fourth Century -- 1. Wars and Peace, 404-338 B. C. -- 2. War and Peace in Fourth-Century Literature -- a. Xenophon -- b. Demosthenes -- c. Socrates -- d. Plato -- e. Aristotle -- f. Isocrates -- 3. Conclusion.