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Everitt, Anthony.
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Athens (Greece) -- History.
Athens (Greece) -- Guidebooks.
Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.
Greece -- Athens.
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Everitt, Anthony.
Athens (Greece) -- History.
Athens (Greece) -- Guidebooks.
Athens (Greece) -- Civilization.
Greece -- Athens.
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The rise of
Athens
: the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt.
by
Everitt, Anthony.
Random House, c2016.
Call #:
938.5 E93ra
Subjects
Athens
(
Greece
)
--
History.
Athens
(
Greece
)
--
Guidebooks
.
Athens
(
Greece
)
--
Civilization.
Greece
--
Athens
.
ISBN:
9780812994582
0812994582
Edition:
1st. ed.
Description:
xxxiii, 540 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-522) and index.
Contents:
How to be Greek
--
Three's company. National hero ; State of war ; The Persian mule
--
The invention of democracy. The shaking-off ; A friend of the poor ; Charioteers of the soul ; Inventing democracy
--
The Persian threat. Eastern raiders ; Fox as hedgehog ; Invasion ; "The acts of idiots" ; "O divine Salamis"
--
The empire builders. League of Nations ; The falling out ; The kindly ones ; "Crowned with violets"
--
The Great War. The prisoners on the island ; The man who knew nothing ; Downfall ; The end of democracy?
--
A long farewell. Sparta's turn ; Chaeronea : "fatal to liberty" ; Afterword : "a God-forsaken hole".
Summary:
A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient
Greece
became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian.
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