Pericles : a Sourcebook and Reader /
Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? In Pericles: A...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, California :
University of California Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : A brief history of Athens in the fifth century
- Chronology
- The life of Pericles
- The primary sources. Pericles' writings
- The archaeological evidence
- Thucydides' portrait of Pericles I : prelude to war
- Thucydides' portrait of Pericles II : the first campaign and the funeral oration
- Thycydides' portrait of Pericles III : plague, last speech, and final tribute
- Aristophanes and old comedy : caricature and personal attacke
- Herodotus
- Protagoras
- Sophocles' Oedipus : in the image of Pericles
- Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato
- Plutarch and the biographical tradition
- Afterword : The legend of Pericles
- Appendix : The Dryden translation of Plutarch's Life of Pericles
- Recommended reading
- Glossary.
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Passages Translated; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Primary Sources; Preface; Introduction; A Brief History of Athens in the Fifth Century; Chronology; The Life of Pericles; THE PRIMARY SOURCES; Pericles' Writings; The Archaeological Evidence; Inscriptions and Ostraca; Portrait Busts; The Building Program on the Acropolis; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles I: Prelude to War; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles II: The First Campaign and the Funeral Oration; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles III: Plague, Last Speech, and Final Tribute.
- Aristophanes and Old Comedy: Caricature and Personal AttackHerodotus; Protagoras; Sophocles' Oedipus: In the Image of Pericles; Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato; Plutarch and the Biographical Tradition; Afterword: The Legend of Pericles; Appendix: The Dryden Translation of Plutarch's Life of Pericles; Recommended Reading; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; X; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; S; T; X.