Phoenix : : A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens / / David Stuttard.
A vivid, novelistic history of the rise of Athens from relative obscurity to the edge of its golden age, told through the lives of Miltiades and Cimon, the father and son whose defiance of Persia vaulted Athens to a leading place in the Greek world. When we think of ancient Greece we think first of...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- MAPS
- The Philaid Family
- Introduction: Out of the Ashes
- I INHERITANCE
- 1 Ancestors
- 2 When the Persians Came
- 3 Trials of Strength
- II ATHENA’S BRIDLE
- 4 Between Two Wars
- 5 Dedication
- 6 Firestorm
- III STRENGTHS OF MEN
- 7 Hegemon
- 8 Securing Athens
- 9 ‘I Am Eurymedon’
- IV PERIPATEIA
- 10 Earthquake
- 11 Aftershock
- 12 At the Right Hand of Zeus
- Timeline
- Glossary
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Map and Illustration Credits
- Index