Athens : its rise and fall ; with views of the literature, philosophy, and social life of the Athenian people / / Edward Bulwer Lytton ; bicentary edition edited by Oswyn Murray
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| Autore: |
Lytton Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, <1803-1873., >
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| Titolo: |
Athens : its rise and fall ; with views of the literature, philosophy, and social life of the Athenian people / / Edward Bulwer Lytton ; bicentary edition edited by Oswyn Murray
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (629 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 938/.5 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Athens (Greece) History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
MurrayOswyn
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p.596-598) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Welcome; Preface; Introduction; Dedication; Advertisement; BOOK I From the earliest period to the legislation of Solon to BC 594; BOOK II From the legislation of Solon to the battle of Marathon, bc 594-bc 490; BOOK III From the battle of Marathon to the battles of Platæa and Mycale, bc 490-bc 479; BOOK IV From the end of the Persian invasion to the death of Cimon, bc 479-bc 449; BOOK V From the death of Cimon, bc 449, to the death of Pericles, in the third year of the Peloponnesian war, bc 429 |
| BOOK VI (a fragment) From the start of the Peloponnesian war to the battle of Delium, BC 432/1-BC 424/3Bibliography of works cited by the author; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Athens: Its Rise and Fall, originally published in 1837, is the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. It stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great historical work of British Romanticism, and anticipates the thinking of George Grote and John Stuart Mill on Greek history by over a decade.Originally published in two volumes, this new one-volume edition includes the text of the never-before published 'third volume' on which he was working at the time of his death, recently rediscovered by Oxford academic Oswyn Murray.An absolute |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Athens |
| ISBN: | 1-134-35998-5 |
| 0-203-60194-7 | |
| 1-280-07757-3 | |
| 0-203-49044-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450375803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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