Robin Waterfield

Biographic Data

ID1190785
NAMERobin Waterfield
GIVEN NAMESRobin
FAMILY NAMEWaterfield
SIGNATUREWATERFIELD R
AFFILIATIONSTeddington Memorial Hospital
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT15
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments

    Epictetus Epictetus, Robin WaterfieldBOOKComplete Works2022

  • Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments

    Epictetu, Epictetus Epictetus et al.BOOKComplete Works2022

  • The Disarray of Macedon

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    In the less than fifty years between Alexander the Great’s death and Antigonus’s gaining the throne in 276, Macedon had twelve rulers. This chapter charts these decades of chaos, while interleaving details of Antigonus’s immediate family and his early years. Alexander was replaced by a dual kingship of his half-brother Philip III, and his infant son Alexander IV. Olympias, Alexander the Great’s mother and the guardian of Alexander IV, briefly sei…

  • The Democratic Spirit of Athens

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    Athens was the leader, along with the Aetolians, of the Greeks’ first resistance to Macedon after Alexander the Great’s death, the Lamian War. But the Greeks lost. In this chapter I trace the gradual weakening of Athenian democratic structures in the subsequent decades. Democracy came and went. It was replaced successively by an oligarchy, by a regime of a Macedonian puppet ruler called Demetrius of Phalerum, by the tyranny of Lachares, and by th…

  • Antigonus and the Greeks

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    Antigonus lacked any institutional means of controlling the Greeks, such as the League of Corinth, so he resorted to more repressive measures. Even under the kings, the Greek states had considerable local freedom, and the pace of local political life scarcely slackened in the third century. But many of the states were impoverished, so that they became dependent on handouts from the kings, and came also to rely on their wealthy citizens to supply …

  • A Time of Transition

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    I start with a vignette that illustrates some of the major themes and characters of the book. In 251 Aratus of Sicyon expelled the current ruler of his native town and brought it into the Achaean Confederacy, despite the fact that Sicyon was not ethnically Achaean, but Dorian. He needed money and he approached the two kings on whom he thought he could count. Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon refused, but Ptolemy II of Egypt gave generously. Antigonus …

  • King of Macedon

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    I begin by reconstructing the operations in the northern Aegean that enabled Antigonus to keep Antiochus of Asia at bay while he attempted to recover Macedon. At first, he was defeated by Ptolemy Ceraunus, but he returned. It took several attempts, but he did eventually succeed. In this he was aided by the peace accord reached with Antiochus, and by a stroke of luck: he came upon a band of marauding Celts, and by defeating them in the battle of L…

  • The Wheel of Fortune

    Open AccessRobin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    Antigonus was at the height of his power. He made his son Demetrius the joint ruler of Macedon. After the Chremonidean War, Athens effectively came under his direct control. The Spartans lay low, and the rest of the Peloponnesians remained under pro-Macedonian sole rulers or garrisons. Antigonus used his brother, Demetrius the Fair, for an abortive attempt to make trouble for Ptolemy in North Africa, and as a result of the battle of Andros effect…

  • Court and Culture

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    I discuss the roles of the inner circle of Antigonus’s courtiers, his Friends. His decision was final, but he listened to his counsellors’ advice and they formed in effect the senior layer of government. Court life was risky for courtiers, and I illustrate the tightrope they walked by their behavior when hunting and drinking with the king. I discuss the handbooks that were being written for Antigonus and other kings by philosophers, that attempte…

  • The Vigor of Confederacies

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    The chief way in which the Greeks united in the third century in order to be able to offer resistance to Macedon was by forming large federal states. The two greatest of these were based in Achaea and in Aetolia, but both quickly spread well beyond these ethnic borders. “Aetolia” came to mean almost all of central Greece, and “Achaea” much of the Peloponnese. I discuss the differences between confederacies and the most familiar form of ancient Gr…

  • The Pride of Sparta

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    After control of the mainland Greeks passed into Macedonian hands in 338, Sparta stayed aloof from the League of Corinth and the organizational structures put in place to keep the Greeks in order. This stance was prompted by the Spartans’ awareness of their proud history, but the reality was that Sparta was no longer as strong as it had been, and indeed was suffering from a severe decline in the number of its citizens, and therefore in the size o…

  • A Glimpse of the Future

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    In a brief final chapter, I cover Antigonus’ death in 239, and the reign of his son, Demetrius II. By the end of Demetrius’ reign, Macedonian power was severely reduced, but it recovered under Antigonus III Doson (229-221). However, by now the Romans were developing an interest in cutting out Macedon and being the arbiters themselves of Greek fortunes. Doson’s successor, Philip V, and then his son Perseus were in constant conflict with the Romans…

  • The Empire of the Ptolemies

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERMaking of a King2021

    By the end of the 280s, there were three major players in the eastern Mediterranean: Antigonus in Macedon, Antiochus I in Asia, and the Ptolemies in Egypt. Antigonus and Antiochus came to an agreement, leaving the Ptolemies as Antigonus’s main enemy. They had already expanded far beyond Egypt. Even much of the coastline of Asia Minor was in their hands, and they consistently demonstrated their hostility toward Macedon. I set the background to thi…

  • The Making of a King: Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks

    Robin WaterfieldBOOKMaking of a King2021Cited by: 1

    In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, son of one of Alexander the Great's Successors, finally defeated the Celts and laid the foundations for a long but troubled reign (276-239 BCE). In order to achieve stability, he adopted repressive mea…

  • Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece

    Robin WaterfieldBOOKTaken at the Flood2014

    Preface Prelude: Clouds in the West 1. Rome Turns East 2. The Illyrian Wars 3. Barbarians, Go Home! 4. King Philip of Macedon 5. The Freedom of the Greeks 6. The Road to Thermopylae 7. The Periphery Expands 8. Remote Control 9. Perseus' Choice 10. The End of Macedon 11. Imperium Romanum 12. The Greek World after Pydna Key Dates Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

  • Xenophon on Socrates’ Trial and Death

    Robin WaterfieldCHAPTERXenophon2012

    This chapter is taken up with historical analysis?with the attempt to uncover some of the facts about Socrates? trial and see if Xenophon?s assertion, that Socrates had chosen to die before coming to court, is compatible with these facts. If so, the compatibility between Plato?s and Xenophon?s evidence becomes more significant. An important aspect, perhaps the central aspect, of Socrates? mission was political: to train one or more philosopher-ki…

  • Oxford World's Classics: Xenophon: The Expedition of Cyrus

    Xenophon Xenophon, Robin Waterfield et al.BOOKThe Expedition Of Cyrus2009

  • On "Fussy Authorial Nudges" in Herodotus

    Robin WaterfieldARTICLEThe Classical World2009

    I suggest that Herodotus is an even more intrusive author than is generally recognized-that he subtly steers his audience's reactions by distancing himself in meta-narratalogical ways from the truth of certain of the tales he tells. I further suggest that this is another trait typical of an oral performer, or left over from an oral background, in the sense that any oral performer needs to give such subtle nudges to his audience

  • Oxford World's Classics: Plato: Meno and Other Dialogues: Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Meno: Oxford World's Classics: Plato: Meno and Other Dialogues: Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Meno

    Plato Plato, Robin WaterfieldBOOKMeno and Other Dialogues2005

  • Oxford World's Classics: Euripides: Alcestis; Heracles; Children of Heracles; Cyclops

    Euripides Euripides, Euripides et al.BOOKAlcestis, Heracles, children of…2003

    The first three plays in this volume are typical of Euripides, filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, 'Cyclops', is a satyr play, full of crude and slapstick humour

  • Children of Heracles

    Euripides, Robin WaterfieldCHAPTEROxford World's Classics:…2003

    "Children of Heracles" published on by null.

  • Hercules

    Euripides, Robin WaterfieldCHAPTEROxford World's Classics:…2003

  • Oxford World's Classics: Plato: Phaedrus

    Plato Plato, Robin WaterfieldBOOKPhaedrus2002

  • Oxford World's Classics: Euripides: Ion, Orestes, Phoenician Women, Suppliant Women

    Euripides, Robin Waterfield et al.BOOKIon Orestes Phoenician Women…2001

  • Orestes

    Euripides, Robin Waterfield et al.CHAPTERIon Orestes Phoenician Women…2001

    "Orestes" published on by null.