The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles
by Loren J. Samons II (Editor)
Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
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Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenian empire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through the empowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through a massive and expensive building program, the classical age of Athenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novel approaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end of the Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning of open hostilities between the two greatest powers show more of ancient Greece. The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many of these developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to view Periclean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of the history, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athens remains central to any understanding of Greek history. This collection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic, social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and military infrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible. show lessTags
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Loren J. Samons II is Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Associate Dean for Students, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles
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- Pericles
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- History, Nonfiction, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
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- 938.04 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Athenian Supremacy (479-431 BC)
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- DF227 .C35 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Greece History of Greece History By period Athenian supremacy. Age of Pericles. 479-431 B.C.
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