The Athenian Empire

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801467264

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The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan Pdf

"The fourth volume in Kagan's history of ancient Athens, which has been called one of the major achievements of modern historical scholarship, begins with the ill-fated Sicilian expedition of 413 B.C. and ends with the surrender of Athens to Sparta in 404 B.C. Richly documented, precise in detail, it is also extremely well-written, linking it to a tradition of historical narrative that has become rare in our time." ― Virginia Quarterly Review In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge. At the same time, Kagan assesses Thucydides' interpretation of the reasons for Athens’ defeat and the destruction of the Athenian Empire.

Author : Polly Low
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748631247

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Athenian Empire by Polly Low Pdf

In the fifth century BC, the Athenian Empire dominated the politics and culture of the Mediterranean world.This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the history and significance of the Athenian Empire. It starts by exploring possible answers to the crucial questions of the origins and growth of the empire. Subsequent sections deal with the institutions and regulations of empire, and the mechanisms by which it was controlled; the costs and benefits of imperialism (for both rulers and ruled); and the ideological, cultural and artistic aspects of Athenian power. The articles collected here engage with the full range of evidence available--literary, epigraphic, archaeological and art-historical--and offer a compelling demonstration of the range of approaches, and conclusions, for which that evidence allows.

Author : Robin Osborne,Simon Hornblower,M. C. Greenstock,London Association of Classical Teachers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042400377

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The Athenian Empire by Robin Osborne,Simon Hornblower,M. C. Greenstock,London Association of Classical Teachers Pdf

This very useful volume translates part of Hill's Sources for Greek History (478-431 BC) with other material relating to the Athenian Empire. This revised edition builds on the work of previous editors (Davies, Clayton and Meiggs) and includes a detailed bibliography.

Author : George William Cox (calling himself Sir George William Cox.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000562925

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The Athenian Empire by George William Cox (calling himself Sir George William Cox.) Pdf

Author : Lisa Kallet,John H. Kroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781107015371

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The Athenian Empire by Lisa Kallet,John H. Kroll Pdf

The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

Author : Lawrence A. Tritle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134524679

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The Greek World in the Fourth Century by Lawrence A. Tritle Pdf

The contributors in this volume present a systematic survey of the struggles of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to dominate Greece in the fourth century - only to be overwhelmed by the newly emerging Macedonian kingdom of Philip II. Additionally, the situation of Greeks in Sicily, Italy and Asia is portrayed, showing the geographical and political diffusion of the Greeks in a broader historical context. This book will provide the reader with a clearly drawn and vivid picture of the main events and leading personalities in this decisive period of Greek history.

Author : Harold B. Mattingly
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0472106562

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The Athenian Empire Restored by Harold B. Mattingly Pdf

Removes the foundations of classical Greek history, and begins creating new ones

Author : John T. Ma,Nikolaos Papazarkadas,Robert Parker
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076002802887

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Interpreting the Athenian Empire by John T. Ma,Nikolaos Papazarkadas,Robert Parker Pdf

This title explores new approaches to the key phenomenon of 5th-century Greek history, the growth and collapse of the Athenian Empire.

Author : George William Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWRHG2

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The Athenian Empire by George William Cox Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009383639

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The Athenian Empire by Anonim Pdf

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Athenian Empire in new English translations, with accompanying maps, tables and figures, a glossary and short contextualising introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts presented include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions and coin legends, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

Author : Angeliki Tzanetou
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292737167

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City of Suppliants by Angeliki Tzanetou Pdf

After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE, Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially it led the Delian League, a military alliance against the Persians, but eventually the league evolved into an empire with Athens in control and exacting tribute from its former allies. Athenians justified this subjection of their allies by emphasizing their fairness and benevolence towards them, which gave Athens the moral right to lead. But Athenians also believed that the strong rule over the weak and that dominating others allowed them to maintain their own freedom. These conflicting views about Athens’ imperial rule found expression in the theater, and this book probes how the three major playwrights dramatized Athenian imperial ideology. Through close readings of Aeschylus’ Eumenides, Euripides’ Children of Heracles, and Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, as well as other suppliant dramas, Angeliki Tzanetou argues that Athenian tragedy performed an important ideological function by representing Athens as a benevolent and moral ruler that treated foreign suppliants compassionately. She shows how memorable and disenfranchised figures of tragedy, such as Orestes and Oedipus, or the homeless and tyrant-pursued children of Heracles were generously incorporated into the public body of Athens, thus reinforcing Athenians’ sense of their civic magnanimity. This fresh reading of the Athenian suppliant plays deepens our understanding of how Athenians understood their political hegemony and reveals how core Athenian values such as justice, freedom, piety, and respect for the laws intersected with imperial ideology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004407671

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Empires of the Sea by Anonim Pdf

Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0801499844

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The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan Pdf

An overview of history in ancient Athens, beginning with the ill-fated Sicilian expedition of 413 B.C. and ends with the surrender of Athens to Sparta in 404 B.C.

Author : Sophie Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0198150636

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Theseus, Tragedy, and the Athenian Empire by Sophie Mills Pdf

This book traces the development of the Theseus myth and its importance for Athens. Mills examines all extant tragedies in which Theseus appear in order to assess the significance of his role as mythological representative of Athenian greatness. She argues that the Theseus of most Athenian tragedy is carefully drawn to exemplify the idealized image of the Athenian "national character" that was prevalent in the age of the empire.

Author : Richard A. Bauman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000082937

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Political Trials in Ancient Greece (Routledge Revivals) by Richard A. Bauman Pdf

During the inspired years of the Athenian empire, through the tragedy of its collapse, to the more prosaic era that followed, most of the great names in Athenian history were involved in the procedures of criminal law. Political Trials in Ancient Greece, first published in 1990, explores the relationships between historical process, constitution, law, political machinations and foreign policy, concentrating on fifth and fourth century Athens and on Macedonia. These trials contribute significant details to our knowledge of such towering figures as Aeschylus, Pericles, Thucydides, Alcibiades, Socrates, Demosthenes and Aristotle, as well as a diverse collection of Macedonian defendants. The jurisdiction of the Areopagus, trials of communities, and the personal jurisdiction of the Macedonian king are also examined. Richard Bauman’s original account broadens our understanding of Greek legal institutions and of the ancient Greek approach to the law, as well as the general ethos of Athenian and Macedonian society.