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Focusing on the sociological landscape of Athens during its peak, this book utilizes Old Attic Comedy and Aristophanes' plays to vividly depict the era. It delves into various aspects of Athenian life, including social structure, family dynamics, religious practices, and political relationships. The author also explores the significant transformations that shaped Athenian society, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of its cultural and historical context.

Focusing on the political evolution during the era of Greek immigration to the Aegean, the book explores how these developments shaped significant political structures. It delves into the character and impact of these forms, highlighting their historical importance and the lasting influence they had on subsequent political systems.

Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, the author covers a rich and diverse range of political, economic, military and cultural issues in the Greek world, from the early history of the Greeks, including early Sparta and the wars with Persia, to the ascendancy of Athens and the Peloponnesian War.

This book charts the development and character of the political forms that grew out of the age of Greek immigration into the Aegean, and establishes the forms which in the course of history were decisive. It also examines the impact which the various forms of state exerted on Greek civilization and in so doing strengthens the bridge between political history and the history of civilization. This volume encompasses many disciplines: political, social history, and religious history, law, administration and geography.