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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450542603321

Autore

Roberts J. W (John Willoby), <1932-2005., >

Titolo

City of Sokrates : an introduction to classical Athens / / J.W. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

0-203-19479-9

1-134-70480-1

1-280-18494-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

938/.5

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Athens (Greece) History

Athens (Greece) Civilization

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The sources of knowledge; Country and town; Population, property, taxation; Radical democracy; Cohesion; The imperial ethos; Schooling, literacy, books and history; Religion; Art and patronage; Tragedy; Comedy; Visual art; Science, nature, culture and the sophists; Philosophy, from Anaxagoras to Sokrates; Athenian money; Chronological table; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this extensively updated second edition, including an up-dated index and bibliography, J. W. Roberts explores the main features of Athenian life in the latter half of the fifth century BC.