Pericles and the Conquest of History

Pericles and the Conquest of History

A Political Biography

Samons, Loren J., II

Cambridge University Press

01/2016

346

Dura

Inglês

9781107110144

15 a 20 dias

Under the leadership of Pericles in the fifth century BC, the Athenians sought to become the preeminent power in Greece. How did Pericles become both the greatest and the most dangerous leader Athens ever produced? Loren J. Samons, II uses the events of Athenian history of the period to analyze the career and legacy of this pivotal historical figure.
1. To be an Athenian; 2. Curses, tyrants, and Persians (c.500-479); 3. The dominance of Kimon (c.479-462/1); 4. The democratic revolution (c.462/1-444/3); 5. A Greek empire (c.460-445); 6. Pericles and Sparta: the outbreak of the Great War (444/3-431); 7. Pericles and Athenian nationalism: the conquest of history; 8. Athenian culture and the intellectual revolution: Pericles and the people; Epilogue: the Periclean tradition.
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