The school of history : Athens in the age of Socrates /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Munn, Mark Henderson
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, �2000.
• Θέματα: 479-431 B.C; Democracy > Greece > Athens > Historiography.; HISTORY > Ancient.; Civilization > Political aspects.; Democracy > Historiography.; Athens (Greece) > Civilization > Political aspects.; Greece > History > Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C.; Greece.; Greece > Athens.; Athene.; Electronic books.; History.

History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation--the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.). This remarkable age produced such luminaries as Socrates, Herodotus, Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Past of Democratic Athens; 2 The Aristocracy of Democratic Athens; 3 Servants of the Athenian Democracy; 4 The Expulsion of Alcibiades, 415-413; 5 Rationalizing Oligarchy, 413-411; 6 A Procession of Victories, 411-408; 7 The Limits of Democratic Imperative, 408-405; 8 Surrendering to Sparta, 405-404; 9 The Athenian Civil War, 404-403; 10 The Laws of Athens, 403-400; 11 Eliminating Socrates, 401-399; 12 Athenian Democracy and History, 399-395; Appendices; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; General Index.