Phoenix a father, a son, and the rise of Athens
Introduction: Out of the ashes -- I. Inheritance: Ancestors -- When the Persians came -- Trials of strength -- II. Athena's bridle: Between two wars -- Dedication -- Firestorm -- III. Strengths of men -- Hegemon -- Securing Athens -- 'I am Eurymedon' -- IV. Peripateia: Earthquake -- A...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2021
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Out of the ashes -- I. Inheritance: Ancestors -- When the Persians came -- Trials of strength -- II. Athena's bridle: Between two wars -- Dedication -- Firestorm -- III. Strengths of men -- Hegemon -- Securing Athens -- 'I am Eurymedon' -- IV. Peripateia: Earthquake -- Aftershock -- At the right hand of Zeus "Fifty years before its golden age, Athens was just another city-state in Sparta's shadow. David Stuttard tells the story of the father and son who lifted Athens. Miltiades defeated the Persians at Marathon; Cimon drove them from Greece, revitalized the war-torn city, and moderated its foreign policy, creating the conditions for Athenian greatness"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | vii, 387 Seiten Karten, genealogische Tafel |
| ISBN: | 9780674988279 978-0-674-98827-9 |