The Greeks: crucible of civilization

Time Line 11

Preface: Introducing the Greeks 17

1. Homer (of Chios) 39

2. Sappho (of Lesbos) 51

3. Cleisthenes (of Athens) 63

4. Artemisia (of Halicarnassus) 77

5. Pericles (of Athens) 93

6. Aspasia (of Miletus and Athens) 109

7. Socrates (of Athens) 123

8. Cynisca (of Sparta) 139

9. Epaminondas (of Thebes) 151

10. Diotima (of Mantinea) 163

11. Pasion (of Syria and Athens) 175

12. Neaera (of Corinth and Athens) 187

13. Aristotle (of Stagira and Athens) 199

14. Olympias (of Epirus and Macedon) 211

15. Alexander (of Macedon) 219.