Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy

by Donald Kagan

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy is Donald Kagan's, 20th century history of Athenian democracy, exploration of one of history's greatest subjects.

An incisive portrait of Pericles is set against the shifting political trends, international tensions and relations, and intellectual movements of the ancient Greek civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684863955
Publisher:	Free Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	707,095
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Donald Kagan was a historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War

Editorial Reviews

Democracy past and present is explored in this biography of Pericles, who governed Athens during the fifth century B.C., associated with such philosophers and artisans as Sophocles, Aeschylus and Phidias, and commissioned the Parthenon. Illustrated. (Dec.)

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