The Athenians and their empire / / Malcolm F. McGregor

• Autore: McGregor Malcolm Francis <1910-1989>
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 938/.04
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History; Greece History Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C; Athens (Greece) History; Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: "The sources": p. [1]-7.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Contents; Preface; Glossary; I. THE SOURCES; II. HELLENES AND PERSIANS IN ASIA MINOR; III. THE PERSIAN INVASIONS; IV. THE MEETING ON DELOS; V. THE CONFEDERACY IN ACTION; VI. THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR; VII. THE PEACE OF CALLIAS; VIII. THE PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE; IX. A NEW IMPERIALISM; X. FROM ARMISTICE TO PEACE; XI. THE ACME OF EMPIRE; XII. IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION; XIII. GOVERNMENT IN ATHENS; XIV. PRELUDE TO WAR; XV. THE GREAT WAR; XVI. EMPIRE: A VERDICT; Appendices; Index of Places; Index of People; 1. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF MAJOR EVENTS; 2. THUCYDIDES' PENTEKONTAËTIA; 3. THE ATHENIAN CALENDAR 4. COINAGE; 5. THE MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE; 6. THE QUOTA-LISTS
• Sommario/riassunto: Malcolm McGregor draws on a life-time of scholarship to write a comprehensive account of the most celebrated period in classical Greek history -- 'The Golden Age' -- in which military and political advances of the Athenians coincided with their greatest achievements in art, literature, philosophy, and social theory. McGregor explains how democracy was nurtured in Athens and how effective government was achieved by a balance of open public debate and the role of individual decisive statesmen such as Pericles. This genuinely democratic government brought peace and prosperity to the Athenians and their allies and, as McGregor asserts, contributed to the extraordinary cultural ascendancy of fifth-century Greece. In this straightforward but colourful narrative, McGregor avoids the detailed complexities of scholarly controversy. The Athenians and Their Empire is the only critical study of its kind and will be of equal interest to students, teachers, general readers and travellers with a keen desire to understand the most crucial and fascinating period of ancient Greek history and culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Athenians and their empire
• ISBN: 9786613225627; 1-283-22562-X; 0-7748-5436-7; 7-7480-2693-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780686403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II