Table of Contents
List of Maps and Credits ix
Author's Note xi
Preface 1
1 Of Ledgers and Legends (1500 BCE-c. 1180 BCE) 7
2 'Homer's World, Not Ours' (c. 1180 BCE-c. 720 BCE) 41
3 Inventing Politics, Discovering the Cosmos (c. 720 BCE-494 BCE) 71
4 The First World Wars and the 'Classical' Age (494 BCE-404 BCE) 103
5 Cultural Capital (404 BCE-322 BCE) 141
6 'Becoming Greek' (322 BCE-27 BCE) 181
7 Rome's Greek Empire (27 BCE-337 CE) 217
8 Becoming Christian (337-630) 253
9 'The Eyes of the Universe' (630-1018) 285
10 'City of the World's Desire' (1018-1204) 307
11 Hopeful Monsters (1204-1453) 329
12 Between Two Worlds (1453-1669) 357
13 'Greek Revival' (1669-1833) 385
14 European State, Global Nation (1833-1974) 415
15 New Ledgers, New Legends (1974-2021) 445
Epilogue 463
Acknowledgements 467
List of Illustrations and Photo Credits 471
Permissions 477
Notes 479
Further Reading 551
Index 559