Periclean Athens

by P.J. Rhodes

In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city's public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its politics were reshaped by the new institution of democracy.

These changes inspired religious developments, while the sophists revolutionised philosophy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350014958
• ISBN13: 9781350014954
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"