Encyclopaedia of the Ancient Greek World (History and Politics) - Hardcover

Thirty-five articles have been added or edited since the previous edition (1995), with new entries expanding coverage of the Hellenistic era, art and architecture, non-Greek people, technology, and the role of women. In addition, short bibliographies of works for further reading have been appended to each entry, extending the bibliographic content of the encyclopedia as a whole. Spellings of headwords have been adjusted from Latinized forms to reflect transliterations of the ancient Greek, with the Latinized forms retained only when the term in question is much more frequently used in that form. Cross-references are noted in small capitals within entries, with see also references noted in the same form at the end of each entry. For example, the articles on Athens, Sparta, Alexander the Great, Theatre, and the Peloponnesian War are significantly longer than those for Eretria, Peisistratus, or Sestos. The volume opens with a detailed chronology (giving both historical and cultural information) and concludes with a lengthy updated bibliography and detailed, precise index.

Though not compelling reading, this is an excellent information source for libraries serving students at the high-school level and up as well as general readers. It would be especially appropriate in the collections of college and university libraries. Libraries holding the 1995 version may well wish to replace it with the revision. Ann Welton
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