The rise of Athens : the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt.
The rise of Athens : the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt.
The rise of Athens : the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt.
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New York : Random House, [2016]
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G 2016/4911
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English
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Physical content
xxxiii, 540 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 di...
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New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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"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.
The achievements of Athens have left a profound impact on Western culture. The Athenians invented the first real democracy (albeit one that included only adult males) and, in doing so, transformed the very notion of government. They established the concept of philosophy, raising issues with which today's thinkers still wrestle, and shaped the arts...
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The rise of Athens : the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-522) and index.
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G 2016/4911
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74VKVvQ7KW0X
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ISBN
0812994582 hardcover
9780812994582 hardcover
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938.5
MMS ID
991024039014602626
