Identified by the publisher as the first English-language publication to systematically treat Panhellenism, this book argues that in archaic and classical Greece, both Panhellenism and barbarism defined the community of the Hellenes and gave it political substance. Mitchell (classics and ancient history, U. of Exeter) covers the period starting after the fall of the Mycenaean culture in the tenth century BCE to the conquests of Alexander in the late fourth century BCE, with an epilogue briefly considering later periods. The chapters first define the relationship of Panhellenism to the Hellenic community, then move to address the importance of the Persian Wars in forming the Hellenic identity, Greek cultural relationships with the non-Greek world, and the Alexandrian war against the barbarian. Distributed in the North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)