This volume provides a challenging answer to the question: "Who were the Classical Greeks?", Paul Cartledge here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon.

Prologue ; 1. Significant Others: Us v. Them ; 2. Inventing the Past: History v. Myth ; Entr'acte: Others in Images and Images of Others ; 3. Alien Wisdom: Greeks v. Barbarians ; 4. Engendering History: Men v. Women ; 5. In the Club: Citizens v. Aliens ; 6. Of Inhuman Bondage: Free v. Slave ; 7. Knowing Your Place: Gods v. Mortals ; Epilogue ; Further Reading ; Bibliography ; Index

`Review from previous edition a useful antidote to British sentimentality about ancient Greece' Philip Howard, The Times `Paul Cartledge's sharp and unsentimental new introduction to [the Greeks'] mentality ... forcefully shows that freedom-loving citizens could live at ease among hordes of slaves.' Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman & Society `the lively and succinct development of many ancient nad modern arguments makes The Greeks a welcome and timely contribution to a number of continuing and important debates' Times Literary Supplement `lively, and very topical, book ... I know of no better book with which to introduce this 'portrait of self and others' to students at the sixth-form level or above.' Greece & Rome `He adopts a lightly unusual approach and discusses the 'dominant' group - male citizens - in its relations with woman, slaves, barbarians and the gods. It is an interesting approach.' Contemporary Review `With The Greeks Cartledge has achieved an up-to-date synthesis of Hellenic central concepts, thus furnishing teachers of ancient history and civilization with a valuable instrument, as I experienced in Greece when teaching European youth about their identity.' Mnemosyne `Cartledge's The Greeks is bracingly enthusiastic with inter-disciplinary influences and interests.' The Sunday Times `a study of the rise of a mentality, written in brilliant style, important, sometimes iconoclastic' Il pensiero politico

Paul Cartledge is 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) A short, lively introduction to the Greeks and their legacy Explores the fascinating development of 'the other' through the examination of 'the Greek' as adult, male, citizen, and 'non-Greek' as woman, non-citizen, slave. Traces the development of the basic concepts of democracy, theatre, philosophy, and history in Greece. Looks beyond the myths, to the mental and material achievements of the Greeks New addendum to Chapter 2, additional bibliography, and new Afterword

Paul Cartledge is 'one of the most theoretically alert, widely read and prolific of contemporary ancient historians' (TLS) A short, lively introduction to the Greeks and their legacy Explores the fascinating development of 'the other' through the examination of 'the Greek' as adult, male, citizen, and 'non-Greek' as woman, non-citizen, slave. Traces the development of the basic concepts of democracy, theatre, philosophy, and history in Greece. Looks beyond the myths, to the mental and material achievements of the Greeks New addendum to Chapter 2, additional bibliography, and new Afterword