Screen LibraryPericles : a biography in context /
"Pericles was the most famous leader of the most famous ancient Greek democracy - and also the most controversial in his own time and ever since. Was he a brutal imperialist ready to oppress other Greeks, or a clear-eyed defender of Athens' need for power to survive in a relentlessly hosti...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | New York, NY, USA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"Pericles was the most famous leader of the most famous ancient Greek democracy - and also the most controversial in his own time and ever since. Was he a brutal imperialist ready to oppress other Greeks, or a clear-eyed defender of Athens' need for power to survive in a relentlessly hostile world? How did his intellectual training in ideas that many Athenians regarded as dangerous make him the most persuasive leader Athenian democracy ever knew? Why was his personal lifestyle so idiosyncratic? How should we evaluate his responsibility for the suffering and loss of the Peloponnesian War? Tho |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521133357 (paperback) : 0521133351 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | DF228 |
| CLC: | K835.457 |
| Call Number: | K835.457/P441M |
| Contents: | Introduction : A Biography of Pericles in the Context of the Ancient Sources -- The Notorious Family History of Pericles' Mother -- The Harsh Lessons of the Career of Pericles' Father -- Pericles Becomes a Teenager during a Family Crisis and National Emergency -- Pericles Becomes a Refugee during Athens' Greatest Peril -- Pericles Becomes an Adult as Athens Builds an Empire -- Pericles' Innovative Education for Leadership in Athenian Democracy -- Pericles Becomes a Leader as Athens and Sparta Become Enemies -- Pericles Becomes the First Man of Athens -- Pericles' Responsibility for the Samia |