Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens: Religion and Politics During the Peloponnesian War

by Michael Vickers and Alexander Rubel

Book Overview

Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens, originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. The book explores an extraordinary range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367872218
• ISBN13: 9780367872212
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages