Pericles, Son of Athens
Author | : Dionysios A. Kounas |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Dionysios A. Kounas |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Vincent Azoulay |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2017-10-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 069117833X |
The definitive biography of the legendary "first citizen of Athens" Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and achievements of the highest order in philosophy, drama, poetry, oratory, and architecture. Pericles of Athens is the first book in decades to reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world. In this compelling critical biography, Vincent Azoulay takes a fresh look at both the classical and modern reception of Pericles, recognizing his achievements as well as his failings. From Thucydides and Plutarch to Voltaire and Hegel, ancient and modern authors have questioned Pericles’s relationship with democracy and Athenian society. This is the enigma that Azoulay investigates in this groundbreaking book. Pericles of Athens offers a balanced look at the complex life and afterlife of the legendary "first citizen of Athens."
Author | : Donald Kagan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0684863952 |
"Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles . . . gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds".--Allan Bloom, author of "The Closing of the American Mind".
Author | : Jim Whiting |
Publisher | : Mitchell Lane |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1545748462 |
Greek soldiers defeated numerically superior Persian armies in several battles near the beginning of the fifth century BCE. That set the stage for what is known as the Golden Age of Greece, several decades of almost unparalleled accomplishments in art, politics, and civil affairs. The leader during this inspired era was a citizen of Athens named Pericles. He led many important political changes in the city. He was also largely responsible for the development of the Acropolis. Buildings such as the Parthenon still inspire awe and admiration among countless numbers of visitors to the site every year.
Author | : Arthur James Grant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Greece |
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Author | : Walter Savage Landor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1836 |
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Author | : William Watkiss Lloyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Art, Greek |
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Author | : Barry Strauss |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134952457 |
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating historical reappraisal, the author explores the consequences, for Athens and us, of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics.
Author | : Stephen V. Tracy |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2009-05-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0520256042 |
Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? In Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader, Stephen V. Tracy visits the fifth century B.C. to find out. Tracy compiles and translates the scattered, elusive primary sources relating to Pericles. He brings Athens's political atmosphere to life with archaeological evidence and the accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Readers will discover Pericles as a formidable politician, a persuasive and inspiring orator, and a man full of human contradictions.