Pericles of Athens
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2015
312 pages
978-1-4008-5117-1 (ISBN)
Description
The definitive biography of the legendary "first citizen of Athens"
Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and achievements of the highest order in philosophy, drama, poetry, oratory, and architecture. Pericles of Athens is the first book in decades to reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world. In this compelling critical biography, Vincent Azoulay takes a fresh look at both the classical and modern reception of Pericles, recognizing his achievements as well as his failings. From Thucydides and Plutarch to Voltaire and Hegel, ancient and modern authors have questioned Pericles's relationship with democracy and Athenian society. This is the enigma that Azoulay investigates in this groundbreaking book. Pericles of Athens offers a balanced look at the complex life and afterlife of the legendary "first citizen of Athens."
Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and achievements of the highest order in philosophy, drama, poetry, oratory, and architecture. Pericles of Athens is the first book in decades to reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world. In this compelling critical biography, Vincent Azoulay takes a fresh look at both the classical and modern reception of Pericles, recognizing his achievements as well as his failings. From Thucydides and Plutarch to Voltaire and Hegel, ancient and modern authors have questioned Pericles's relationship with democracy and Athenian society. This is the enigma that Azoulay investigates in this groundbreaking book. Pericles of Athens offers a balanced look at the complex life and afterlife of the legendary "first citizen of Athens."
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Course Book
Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
1 b/w ill., 15 b/w illus., 1 map
File size
2,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-5117-1 (9781400851171)
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Persons
Vincent Azoulay is assistant professor of ancient Greek history at the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and a leading expert on the politics of classical Greece.
Content
List of Figures ix
Foreword: Introducing Azoulay's Pericles, Paul Cartledge xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 An Ordinary Young Athenian Aristocrat? 15
Chapter 2 The Bases of Periclean Power: The Strategos 28
Chapter 3 The Bases of Periclean Power: The Orator 40
Chapter 4 Pericles and Athenian Imperialism 51
Chapter 5 A Periclean Economy? 67
Chapter 6 Pericles and His Circle: Family and Friends 84
Chapter 7 Pericles and Eros: Caught between Civic Unity and Political Subversion 94
Chapter 8 Pericles and the City Gods 107
Chapter 9 After Pericles: The Decline of Athens? 127
Chapter 10 The Individual and Democracy: The Place of the "Great Man" 137
Chapter 11 Pericles in Disgrace: A Long Spell in Purgatory (15th to 18th Centuries) 157
Chapter 12 Pericles Rediscovered: The Fabrication of the Periclean Myth (18th to 21st Centuries) 192
Notes 227
Bibliography 265
Index 287
Foreword: Introducing Azoulay's Pericles, Paul Cartledge xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 An Ordinary Young Athenian Aristocrat? 15
Chapter 2 The Bases of Periclean Power: The Strategos 28
Chapter 3 The Bases of Periclean Power: The Orator 40
Chapter 4 Pericles and Athenian Imperialism 51
Chapter 5 A Periclean Economy? 67
Chapter 6 Pericles and His Circle: Family and Friends 84
Chapter 7 Pericles and Eros: Caught between Civic Unity and Political Subversion 94
Chapter 8 Pericles and the City Gods 107
Chapter 9 After Pericles: The Decline of Athens? 127
Chapter 10 The Individual and Democracy: The Place of the "Great Man" 137
Chapter 11 Pericles in Disgrace: A Long Spell in Purgatory (15th to 18th Centuries) 157
Chapter 12 Pericles Rediscovered: The Fabrication of the Periclean Myth (18th to 21st Centuries) 192
Notes 227
Bibliography 265
Index 287
