Athens A History
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Athens A History
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Author : Robin Waterfield
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-07-26
Athens A History written by Robin Waterfield and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with History categories.
An up-to-date accessible history of the phenomenal rise and fall of the greatest city of antiquity, describing its rise to pre-eminence and rapid demise as the greatest of all Greek tragedies. The first history of the city to continue the story through 1500 years of obscurity to its romantic revival under Byron's influence and up to the present day, is eminently qualified to write this book. A classicist by training, he has translated many of the key texts for Penguin Classics and OUP, is intimate with the latest scholarship and travels to Greece every year.
The Rise Of Athens
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Author : Anthony Everitt
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-02-15
The Rise Of Athens written by Anthony Everitt and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-15 with History categories.
The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy
Athens And Sparta
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Author : Anton Powell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-24
Athens And Sparta written by Anton Powell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-24 with History categories.
Athens and Sparta has established itself as a handbook to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period. It deals not only with the established areas of political history, but also with some of the most important aspects of Greek social history and historical methods to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period.
Athens
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Author : Thomas N. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Athens written by Thomas N. Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Athens (Greece) categories.
A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how a radical new political order was born out of the revolutionary movements that swept through the Greek world in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., how it took firm hold and evolved over the next two hundred years, and how it was eventually undone by the invading Macedonian conquerors, a superior military power. Mitchell's superb history addresses the most crucial issues surrounding this first paradigm of democratic governance, including what initially inspired the political beliefs underpinning it, the ways the system succeeded and failed, how it enabled both an empire and a cultural revolution that transformed the world of arts and philosophy, and the nature of the Achilles heel that hastened the demise of Athenian democracy.
Ancient Athens Its History
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Author : Dyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Ancient Athens Its History written by Dyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
Ancient Athens
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Author : Thomas Henry Dyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Ancient Athens written by Thomas Henry Dyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Athens (Greece) categories.
Ancient Athens
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Author : Thomas Henry Dyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Ancient Athens written by Thomas Henry Dyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Athens (Greece) categories.
The School Of History
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Author : Mark H. Munn
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-09-01
The School Of History written by Mark H. Munn and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-01 with History categories.
History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation--the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.). This remarkable age produced such luminaries as Socrates, Herodotus, Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and the sophists, and set the stage for the education and early careers of Plato and Xenophon, among others. The School of History provides the fullest and most detailed intellectual and political history available of Athens during the late fifth century b.c.e., as it examines the background, the context, and the decisive events shaping this society in the throes of war. This expansive, readable narrative ultimately leads to a new understanding of Athenian democratic culture, showing why and how it yielded such extraordinary intellectual productivity. As both a source and a subject, Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War is the central text around which the narrative and thematic issues of the book revolve. Munn re-evaluates the formation of the Greek historiographical tradition itself as he identifies the conditions that prompted Thucydides to write--specifically the historian's desire to guide the Athenian democracy as it struggled to comprehend its future. The School of History fully encompasses recent scholarship in history, literature, and archaeology. Munn's impressive mastery of the huge number of sources and publications informs his substantial contributions to our understanding of this democracy transformed by war. Immersing us fully in the intellectual foment of Athenian society, The School of History traces the history of Athens at the peak of its influence, both as a political and military power in its own time and as a source of intellectual inspiration for the centuries to come. A Main Selection of the History Book Club
Athens After Empire
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Author : Ian Worthington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Athens After Empire written by Ian Worthington and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
"When we think of ancient Athens, the image invariably coming to mind is of the Classical city, with monuments beautifying everywhere; the Agora swarming with people conducting business and discussing political affairs; and a flourishing intellectual, artistic, and literary life, with life anchored in the ideals of freedom, autonomy, and democracy. But in 338 that forever changed when Philip II of Macedonia defeated a Greek army at Chaeronea to impose Macedonian hegemony over Greece. The Greeks then remained under Macedonian rule until the new power of the Mediterranean world, Rome, annexed Macedonia and Greece into its empire. How did Athens fare in the Hellenistic and Roman periods? What was going on in the city, and how different was it from its Classical predecessor? There is a tendency to think of Athens remaining in decline in these eras, as its democracy was curtailed, the people were forced to suffer periods of autocratic rule, and especially under the Romans enforced building activity turned the city into a provincial one than the "School of Hellas" that Pericles had proudly proclaimed it to be, and the Athenians were forced to adopt the imperial cult and watch Athena share her home, the sacred Acropolis, with the goddess Roma. But this dreary picture of decline and fall belies reality, as my book argues. It helps us appreciate Hellenistic and Roman Athens and to show it was still a vibrant and influential city. A lot was still happening in the city, and its people were always resilient: they fought their Macedonian masters when they could, and later sided with foreign kings against Rome, always in the hope of regaining that most cherished ideal, freedom. Hellenistic Athens is far from being a postscript to its Classical predecessor, as is usually thought. It was simply different. Its rich and varied history continued, albeit in an altered political and military form, and its Classical self lived on in literature and thought. In fact, it was its status as a cultural and intellectual juggernaut that enticed Romans to the city, some to visit, others to study. The Romans might have been the ones doing the conquering, but in adapting aspects of Hellenism for their own cultural and political needs, they were the ones, as the poet Horace claimned, who ended up being captured"--
24 Hours In Ancient Athens
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Author : Philip Matyszak
language : en
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date : 2019-04-18
24 Hours In Ancient Athens written by Philip Matyszak and has been published by Michael O'Mara Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with History categories.
During the course of a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the fish-seller to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company.