| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
540 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: how to be Greek -- National hero -- State of war -- The Persian mule -- The shaking-off -- A friend of the poor -- Charioteers of the soul -- Inventing democracy -- Eastern raiders -- Fox as hedgehog -- Invasion -- "The acts of idiots" -- "O divine Salamis" -- League of Nations -- The falling out -- The kindly ones -- "Crowned with violets" -- The prisoners on the island -- The man who knew nothing -- Downfall -- The end of democracy? -- Sparta's turn -- Chaeronea: "fatal to liberty" -- Afterword: "a God-forsaken hole". |
| Summary |
Traces how Athens became the world's most influential civilization, charting the characteristics, flaws, and unique intellectual accomplishments of the ambitious city-civilization and how it helped establish the foundations of the modern world. |
| Subject(S) |
Athens (Greece) -- History.
|
| ISBN |
9780812994582 |
|
0812994582 |
|
Other Resources
