Phoenix : : A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Stuttard, David,
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

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