Phocion good citizen in a divided democracy
Chapter One. Phocion and the Ruin of Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Two. Discovering a Dangerous World -- Chapter Three. Meeting Expectations as a Teenage Boy -- Chapter Four. Training for the Military -- Chapter Five. Learning About Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Six. Starting a Public Career -- Chap...
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New Haven ; London
Yale University Press
2024
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Chapter One. Phocion and the Ruin of Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Two. Discovering a Dangerous World -- Chapter Three. Meeting Expectations as a Teenage Boy -- Chapter Four. Training for the Military -- Chapter Five. Learning About Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Six. Starting a Public Career -- Chapter Seven. Winning Glory as a Young Naval Commander -- Chapter Eight. Facing Midlife Challenges -- Chapter Nine. Dealing with Macedon -- Chapter Ten. Enduring a Catastrophe -- Chapter Eleven. Approaching the Beginning of the End -- Chapter Twelve. Confronting Disaster and Revenge -- Chapter Thirteen. The Memory of Phocion, Ten, Later, Now "Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall. Phocion (402-318 BCE) won Athens's highest public office by direct democratic election an unmatched forty-five times and was officially honored as a "Useful Citizen." A student at Plato's Academy, Phocion gained influence and power during a time when Athens faced multiple crises stemming from Macedonia's emergence as an international power under Philip II and his son Alexander the Great. Following Athens's defeat by Macedonia, Phocion unsuccessfully sought mild terms of surrender. Oligarchy was imposed on democratic Athens, and more than twelve thousand "undesirable" Athenians were exiled. When the oligarchic regime was overthrown and the exiles returned, dispossessed Athenians took out their volcanic anger on Phocion, who throughout his career had often been a harsh critic of the citizens' political decisions. His inflammatory rhetoric contributed to the popular conclusion that he lacked a genuine sense of belonging to the community he wished so desperately to preserve. When he was eighty-four, the Athenians convicted him of treason and condemned him to die by hemlock. In this fresh biography, Thomas R. Martin explores how and why Phocion ultimately failed as a citizen and as a leader. His story offers unsettling lessons for citizens in democracies today." -- Amazon |
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| Beschreibung: | xiii, 219 pages map 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300256635 0300256639 |