The work of the greatest German historian J. Beloch “Greek History” still remains the most complete general history of Greece of the Archaic and Classical eras (VIII-IV centuries BC) existing in Russian. In most general courses of ancient Greek history it most often comes down to the history of Athens and Sparta. This work gives the history of Ancient Greece as a whole.

Contents Volume two. Ending with Aristotle and the conquest of Asia.

Reaction. The Fall of Democracy. Oligarchy in the Greek East. Military Monarchy in Sicily and Pontus. The Corinthian War and the Peace of Antalcis. The Revival of Democracy. The Collapse of the Great Powers of Hellas. Economic Development Since the Peloponnesian wars. Literature and art. The rise of Greek science. Society and its organization. The new northern power. The unification of Greece. The struggle of the Western Hellenes for freedom. The conquest of Asia.