The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles

by Loren J. Samons III and Loren J. Samons II

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052100389X
• ISBN13: 9780521003896
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"