Miscellaneous

Athens-Sparta Debate Materials

• Online Databases
• Reserve Books
• Helpful Websites

Online Databases

Ancient and Medieval History Online
Provides thorough coverage of ancient Greece. If you plan to use this database from home, please ask Mrs. Naro or Mrs. Faus for a Login name and a password.

World History in Context
More than 10,000 pages of primary source materials, full-text periodicals, and reference works help you explore more than 4,900 years into the past.

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Reserve Books in the Library

These books are located on the rolling cart by the bulletin board in the library and can be taken out for one night only.

301.6 TOY—

War and Civilization

, Toynbee (chapter 3: “Sparta, The Military State”)

355.4 GRA—

Battle: A Visual Journey through 5,000 Years of Combat

, Grant

709.38 ATH—

Athens-Sparta

, National Archaeological Museum, Athens

880 AGA—

The Greek Mind

, Agard

901.9 BIR—

The Birth of Civilization: Greece and Rome

901.9 CIV v.1—

Civilization Past and Present: Prehistory to 1650

901.9 MAI v.1—

The Mainstream of Civilization: To 1500

901.9 WIL v.1—

Western Civilization: An Urban Perspective

, vol. 1 From the Rise of Athens through the Late Middle Ages, Willis

909 ASP v.1—

Aspects of Western Civilization

, vol. 1 Problems and Sources in History

909 SHE—

The West in the World: A Mid-Length Narrative History

, Sherman and Salisbury

909 VAN—

The Story of Mankind

, Van Loon

910.03 HOL—

River Through Time: The Course of Western Civilization

, Hollister

930 BAR—

Barbarian Tides: TimeFrame 1500-600 BC

930 ROB—

Ancient History from Prehistoric Times to the Death of Justinian

, Robinson

930 SOA—

A Soaring Spirit: TimeFrame 600-400 BC

938 ADK—

Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece

, Adkins and Adkins

938 BAK—

Ancient Greeks: Creating the Classical Tradition

, Baker and Baker

938 BOW—

Classical Greece

, Bowra

938 BUD—

The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction

, Budin

938 CAR—

Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities

, Cartledge

938 CHI—

The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

, Chisholm et al.

938 DUR—

The Life of Greece

, Durant

938 FIN—

The Ancient Greeks

, Finley

938 GAR—

Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

, Garland

938 GOD—

The Greek Historians: The Complete and Unabridged Historical Works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian

, 2 vols.

938 HAM—

The Echo of Greece

, Hamilton

938 HAM—

The Greek Way

, Hamilton

938 HAN—

A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

, Hanson

938 LAN—

The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian

, Lane Fox

938 MAR—

Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

, Martin

938 NAR—

The Ancient Greeks at Home and at Work

, Nardo

938 PEA—

The Greeks

, Peach and Millard

938 QUE—

Everyday Things in Ancient Greece

, Quennell and Quennell

938 ROB—

Everyday Life in Ancient Greece

, Robinson

938 SHE—

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

, Sheehan

938 THU—

The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

, Strassler, ed.

938 THU—

The Peloponnesian War

, Thucydides

938 VIV—

Events the Changed Ancient Greece

, Vivante

938 WAT—

Athens: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City

, Waterfield

938 WHO—

Who Was Who in the Greek World

, ed. by Bowder

938.03 BRA—

Thermopylae: The Battle for the West

, Bradford

938.03 CAR—

Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World

, Cartledge

938.05 BAG—

The Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

, Bagnall

938.05 HER—

The History of Herodotus

, Herodotus

938.05 HER—

The History of Herodotus; The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides

938.05 KAG—

The Peloponnesian War

, Kagan

938.08 OXF—

The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

938.5 POW—

Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC

, Powell

938.5 WOR—

The World of Athens: An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture

938.5 WYC—

The Stones of Athens

, Wycherley

938.504 KAG—

Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy

, Kagan

938.9 CAR—

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient

, Cartledge

938.9 CAR—

On Sparta

, Plutarch

R 355.8 WAR—

Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome

, Warry

R 911 OXF—

Oxford Atlas of World History

R 912.38 LEV—

Atlas of the Greek World

, Levi

R 938 OXF—

The Oxford History of the Classical World

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Helpful Websites

• “From The Delian League To The Athenian Empire” by Thomas Ash
• “Sparta Reconsidered: Foreign Policy” by Helena Schrader
• “Lessons From The Past: The Spartan-Athenian Rivalry” by Moti Nissani
• “Lecture 7: Classical Greece, 500-323BC” by Steven Kreis
• “Lecture 6: The Athenian Origins of Direct Democracy” by Steven Kreis
• “Women in Sparta” by James C. Thompson
• “The Role of Spartan Women in Ancient Greece” by Lisa Thibault Pietsch
• “Ancient Athenian Women of the Classical Period” by Moya K. Mason
• “Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece” compiled by Paul Halsall
• “Women in Classical Athens” by Jørgen Christian Meyer
• The Story of Mankind, chapter 19: “Athens vs. Sparta” by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
• “Introduction to Ancient Greek History” by Donald Kagan
• “The Nature of Athenian Democracy” by Nick Ewbank
• “The Origins of the Peloponnesian War” by Robert Joseph
• “Slavery in Ancient Greece” by Ursula Cliff
• “Ancient Greece” by The History Channel

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