Author Description

First published in 1882 as a translation by George Chawner from Carl Peter's original German text, this series of concurrent chronological tables charts the history of the ancient Greek world from mythological events to the conquest by the Romans in 146 BC. The timelines record artistic and literary achievement alongside prominent historical and military developments, and are heavily footnoted with quotations from the original sources in ancient Greek, as well as commentary in English. This book will be indispensable to any student of ancient Greece.