Bibliograph

The rise of Athens, the story of the world's greatest civilization, Anthony Everitt

Type

Label

The rise of Athens, the story of the world's greatest civilization, Anthony Everitt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-522) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise of Athens

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

965545589

Responsibility statement

Anthony Everitt

Sub title

the story of the world's greatest civilization

Summary

"A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian"--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

How to be Greek -- Three's company. National hero ; State of war ; The Persian mule -- The invention of democracy. The shaking-off ; A friend of the poor ; Charioteers of the soul ; Inventing democracy -- The Persian threat. Eastern raiders ; Fox as hedgehog ; Invasion ; "The acts of idiots" ; "O divine Salamis" -- The empire builders. League of Nations ; The falling out ; The kindly ones ; "Crowned with violets" -- The Great War. The prisoners on the island ; The man who knew nothing ; Downfall ; The end of democracy? -- A long farewell. Sparta's turn ; Chaeronea : "fatal to liberty" ; Afterword : "a God-forsaken hole"

Classification