PART III: THE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF GREEK HISTORY
CHAPTER III THE FOOD SUPPLY OF GREECE
The Economic Geography of Greece, past and present. Economics in Greek Literature. Deficiency of home food supply in Ancient Greece. Evidence of Hesiod. Greek Colonisation. How colonis- ing activity reacted on itself. Home purchasing power for foreign supplies: evidence of Plutarch's 'Solon.' Archaeological evi- dence on trade. The vine and olive. An economic reaction. Capital and slavery. Miscellaneous evidence on Greek food supply. The Pontus corn trade. The Megarean decrees. Attica during the Peloponnesian War. Significance of Greek mercenary service abroad, especially in reference to Peloponnese. Evidence on food supply drawn from Greek warfare. Isokrates' evidence. General effect of the food question on Greek politics.
Athenian statesmen and the Economic question. Prosperity and Slavery. Slavery in manufactures. Evil effects on free labour. Economic distress and politics. Economic evidence for the Fifth Century. Economic distress and politics (continued). The ideal and the material in Greek history. Inevitability of the Economic situation. The right to live.
CHAPTER V ECONOMIC POSITION OF CLASSES IN ATTICA IN THE SIXTH CENTURY
Change in Economic position in Athens during the Century. Effect of Solonian legislation. Classes and parties in the earlier part of the Sixth Century. Peisistratos' policy. Vine culture. The traders--change in politics in the Sixth Century. Economic cause of the change.
CHAPTER VI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY IN ATTICA B.C. 510 TO B.C. 462
Summary of the Economic conditions discussed in the previous chapters. From Kleisthenes to Marathon. Defects of govern- ment by Ekklesia. From Kleisthenes to Marathon (continued): the Kleisthenic reforms. Themistokles as a statesman. The- mistokles' policy in the West. His naval policy. Economic element in his policy. Evidence as to the economic position in Athens in the middle of the Fifth Century. The Fourth Century treatise Περὶ Πρσόδων. Political influence of the urban popula-tion. Themistokles and the Economic problem as stated in the treatise Περὶ Προσόδων. Themistokles and the question of food supply. General view of his policy. The policy of Aristides. Causes of his second quarrel with Themistokles. Aristides and the Economic question. The Eurymedon and its consequences
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Publication Information: Book Title: Thucydides and the History of His Age. Volume: 1. Contributors: G. B. Grundy - author. Publisher: Basil Blackwell. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 1948. Page Number: x.
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