- A History of the Classical Greek World: 478-323 BC by P.J. Rhodes (2006). Partner to Jonathan Hall’s textbook on Archaic Greece, listed above. Both provide accessible and up-to-date overviews of the period they cover.
- The Greek World: 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower (4th ed. 2011). This is not an easygoing introduction; it is packed with cross-references and remarks on matters of philological interest that go a lot deeper than the beginner needs. Rather, once you have built up the basic background, this book is your one-stop shop for an overview of the sources (literary and epigraphic) and scholarly controversies around each topic. Hornblower also pays a nice amount of attention to cities other than Athens and Sparta.
- Classical Greece, edited by Robin Osborne (2000). A very accessible collection of short introductions to aspects of Greek history, written by some of the finest scholars active today.
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