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Athens in the Age of Pericles

Author : Charles Alexander Robinson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806109350
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Athens in the Age of Pericles written by Charles Alexander Robinson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge of Periclean Athens to the students of civilizations is unmistakable: the city and its empire reached a level of culture and well-being scarcely paralleled in the history of man elsewhere. And like the characters in a Greek tragedy, the city and its leaders and citizens were busy in their time of glory making provision for their own tragic decline. "I have tried to suggest in general terms," says the author, "the meaning of Periclean Athens, addressing my interpretation to laymen. . . With the increasing mass of specialized research on ancient Athens, it is imperative to catch a general notion of the significance of the whole. . . The result is a picture of a complex society, as any great civilization is bound to be, with its magnificent achievements and its faults." This first volume in The Centers of Civilization Series does indeed give a clear picture of Athenian civilization, its literature, philosophy, and political and judicial writing; its painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and drama; and even the arts of war. Above all, the book suggests to modern readers the supreme importance of decision in all of man's affairs, and the frightful consequences of wrong decision, once it is made.

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles

Author : Loren J. Samons II
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139826697
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles written by Loren J. Samons II and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenian empire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through the empowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through a massive and expensive building program, the classical age of Athenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novel approaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end of the Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning of open hostilities between the two greatest powers of ancient Greece. The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many of these developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to view Periclean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of the history, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athens remains central to any understanding of Greek history. This collection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic, social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and military infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible.

Pericles

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766025615
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Pericles written by Don Nardo and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of the great Athenian orator and statesman.

Pericles of Athens

Author : Vincent Azoulay
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069117833X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Pericles of Athens written by Vincent Azoulay and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."

Pericles

Author : Thomas R. Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521116457
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Pericles written by Thomas R. Martin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a provocative explanation of why Pericles insisted power was the only guarantee of Athens' survival and flourishing.

Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684863952
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy written by Donald Kagan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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".

The Fall of the Athenian Empire

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801467268
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Athenian Empire written by Donald Kagan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fourth volume in Kagan's history of ancient Athens, which has been called one of the major achievements of modern historical scholarship, begins with the ill-fated Sicilian expedition of 413 B.C. and ends with the surrender of Athens to Sparta in 404 B.C. Richly documented, precise in detail, it is also extremely well-written, linking it to a tradition of historical narrative that has become rare in our time." ― Virginia Quarterly Review In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge. At the same time, Kagan assesses Thucydides' interpretation of the reasons for Athens’ defeat and the destruction of the Athenian Empire.

Book Bulletin

Author : San Francisco Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Bulletin written by San Francisco Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater

Author : Graham Ley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226477614
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater written by Graham Ley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the author discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. This edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts.

Religious Experience and the Modernist Novel

Author : Pericles Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521856507
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Religious Experience and the Modernist Novel written by Pericles Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the development of modernism in the novel in relation to changing attitudes to religion.

A War Like No Other

Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812969707
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A War Like No Other written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present. Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. Hanson’s perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like America’s own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century’s “red state—blue state” schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present. Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war.

Bulletin

Author : Washington (State) library association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Washington (State) library association and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Athenian Democracy at War

Author : David Pritchard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108422918
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Athenian Democracy at War written by David Pritchard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.

A History of Western Society, Volume 1

Author : John P. McKay
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312640595
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book A History of Western Society, Volume 1 written by John P. McKay and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now from Bedford/St. Martin's, A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past and ties social history to the broad sweep of politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised to strengthen the text's readability, heighten its attention to daily life, and incorporate the insights of new scholarship, including an enhanced treatment of European exploration and a thoroughly revised post-1945 section. With a dynamic new design, new special features, and a completely revised and robust companion reader, this major revision makes the past memorable and accessible for a new generation of students and instructors.

A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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The Publisher

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1096 pages
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Download or read book The Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Periclean Athens

Author : PJ Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350014966
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Periclean Athens written by PJ Rhodes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city's public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its politics were reshaped by the new institution of democracy. These changes inspired religious developments, while the sophists revolutionised philosophy, analysed human affairs in human terms, and Athenian tragedy became the principal Greek poetic form. This volume's illustrations further show the numerous artistic and sculptural developments in Pericles' time, as the building programmes attracted architects, builders and sculptors to Athens, and Athenian red-figure pottery reached new heights of skill in the scenes painted on it. This concise and accessible introduction guides students through the key aspects of this most-studied period of ancient Greek history, focusing on the major developments, political and cultural, that took place in Pericles' time.