The Historical Overview is a narrative history of ancient Greece and the Golden Age of Athens in the fifth century B.C. Highlighted words and phrases in the text are linked to the primary text sources, images, maps, and plans that comprise Perseus. Use the Historical Overview to investigate interrelated items from a historical context.
Introduction
Clash Between Greeks and Persians
Athenian Empire in the Golden Age
Athenian Religious and Cultural Life in the Golden Age
Continuity and Change in Athenian Social and Intellectual History
The Peloponnesian War and Athenian Life
The Table of Contents (figure 4.1) shows the organization of topics within each
section in outline form.
Figure 4.1 Historical Overview Table of Contents
To follow along with the example described in this guide, click topic III A.5,
The Rebellion of Thasos.
Figure 4.2 Topic III A.5, The Rebellion of Thasos
Each topic card is titled "The Golden Age of Athens in the Fifth Century BC."
The topic's location in the outline is shown above the narrative. Below the
main title bar are two buttons, Table of Contents and Hide Links/Unlock Text.
In this example, you must click the right arrow six times to progress from
topic III A to topic III A.5.
Narrative in the Historical Overview is linked thematically to other Perseus
resources. Linked text is underlined in gray and appears when the text field is
locked. Text may also be unlocked so that you can use the text select tool
(indicated by an I-beam cursor) to select text. After selecting text, you can
use the Links Menu to find connections in other resources or the Perseus Menu
to add the card to a Perseus path. For more information, see chapter 2,
"Basics," on the Links Menu and chapter 9, "Utilities," on Paths.
Note that the name of the button changes (toggles). When text is unlocked, you
can change as well as select the text on the screen. These changes are not
permanent, and they disappear when you leave the card.
In figure 4.2, the phrase "case of the city-state of the island of Thasos" is
linked to other parts of Perseus.
To follow the example here, hold the mouse button down on the phrase "case of
the city-state of the island of Thasos."
Links in the Historical Overview are coded according to category. Links to
other parts of Perseus include the Atlas, site plans, texts, and views. Links
to primary texts are indicated by the standard system of abbreviations, which
includes the author, work, and references to the book, chapter, and line, as
applicable. Appendix C contains the standard system of abbreviations used in
the Historical Overview links.
A pop-up menu for the linked text is depicted below (figure 4.3). The phrase in
this figure is linked to a primary text reference, a site plan, and a view.
Figure 4.3 Pop-up menu for linked text
Try each available link in this example.
Because you have activated this choice on the Links Menu while a word was
selected in your current location, Perseus goes to the selected resource (the
Sites catalog) and searches for Thasos. Within seconds, you will see a catalog
entry for the site Thasos.
Try other types of links, such as links with other art and archaeology
catalogs, the philological tools, and the word searches.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Historical Overview is divided into six major sections:
TOPICS
Each topic in the Historical Overview appears on a separate card. Topic III
A.5, The Rebellion of Thasos, is depicted below (figure 4.2).
Location in outline
The topic you selected and its location in the outline are shown above the
narrative. The location is indicated by the major topic headers preceding the
topic you have selected. In the example of figure 4.2, topic III A.5 is
preceded by the more general topics III A and III.
Table of Contents
Linked Text and Locked Text
A toggle button changes the state of the text between shown and hidden links
and between locked and unlocked text. This button is named Hide Links/Unlock
Text or Show Links/Lock Text, depending on the state of the toggle.
Use an existing link
Try your own link
As with almost all of the Perseus resources, you can explore the relations of
narrative, primary texts, maps, and images by using the Links Menu.