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Athens A History: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City

Door Robin Waterfield

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#330235-VB34
Titel	Athens A History: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City
Auteur	Waterfield, Robin
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Basic Books
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	046509063X
ISBN13	9780465090631
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, b/w illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting	A history of the city that invented democracy and still resonates as a beacon of civilization, from the Golden Age of Pericles to the present. Perhaps no other city looms larger in our cultural and historical imagination than Athens. For two and a half millennia, people have looked to the city's past as a beacon of genuine democracy, artistic expression, and the classical ideal. In this engaging narrative, noted classicist Robin Waterfield traces the life and history of Athens, a city whose idealized past continues to inspire the present. This is the only book to cover the entire history of Athens, from its brief period of classical greatness through its decline under a series of occupying empires-Macedonian, Roman, Byzantine, and Turkish-to its resurrection in the modern era. Waterfield... (Lees verder) brings the city vividly to life through the colorful and varied individuals who shaped her history, from Solon, the founder of her democracy, to Pericles, Socrates, Euripides, and the other geniuses of the fifth century, and right up to more recent figures, such as Lord Byron and Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics. As Waterfield shows, the memory of Athens' glorious past-even if that memory is a myth-has inspired generations, and offers vital lessons for the current era.
Pagina's	362
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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