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The more than two millennia history of Athens is brought to life through individuals who have shaped its past, from the period of classical greatness followed by occupying empires, to the modern era. 25,000 first printing.
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A history of the city that invented democracy and still resonates as a beacon of civilization, from the Golden Age of Pericles to the present
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Perhaps no other city looms larger in our cultural and historical imagination than Athens. For two and a half millennia, people have looked to the city's past as a beacon of genuine democracy, artistic expression, and the classical ideal. In this engaging narrative, noted classicist Robin Waterfield traces the life and history of Athens, a city whose idealized past continues to inspire the present.This is the only book to cover the entire history of Athens, from its brief period of classical greatness through its decline under a series of occupying empires-Macedonian, Roman, Byzantine, and Turkish-to its resurrection in the modern era. Waterfield brings the city vividly to life through the colorful and varied individuals who shaped her history, from Solon, the founder of her democracy, to Pericles, Socrates, Euripides, and the other geniuses of the fifth century, and right up to more recent figures, such as Lord Byron and Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics.As Waterfield shows, the memory of Athens' glorious past-even if that memory is a myth-has inspired generations, and offers vital lessons for the current era.
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List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Olympic ideal
The festival at ancient Olympia p. 3
Nineteenth-century Athens and the 1896 Olympics p. 20
The early city and the foundation of democracy
Athens in prehistory p. 33
Archaic Athens p. 40
Solon : poet and statesman p. 48
The peisistratid renaissance and the Athenian revolution p. 54
The Persian wars p. 63
The classical city : democracy and empire
Cold war, empire, and democracy p. 75
Periklean Athens p. 87
The city at leisure
Religion p. 107
Drama p. 120
Education : the Sophists and Sokrates p. 128
Indoor life : sex, symposia, and sandals p. 136
The city at work
Work, money, and taxes p. 149
The Agora, women, and slaves p. 159
The downfall of Athens : a greek tragedy
Open warfare p. 175
The Arkhidamian war p. 183
The tipping of the scales p. 192
Defeat and civil war p. 200
The Hellenistic and Roman city
Athens in the fourth century p. 217
Hellenistic Athens p. 231
The coming of the Romans p. 245
Athens reduced and reinvented
Athens under Byzantion p. 259
Athens under the Franks p. 273
Ottoman Athens and Elgin's Marbles p. 281
Byron and the war of independence p. 294
Epilogue
The 2004 Olympics p. 307
Envoi p. 325
Maps p. 329
Key dates p. 335
Glossary p. 339
Bibliography p. 343
Index p. 347
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Olympic ideal
The festival at ancient Olympia p. 3
Nineteenth-century Athens and the 1896 Olympics p. 20
The early city and the foundation of democracy
Athens in prehistory p. 33
Archaic Athens p. 40
Solon : poet and statesman p. 48
The peisistratid renaissance and the Athenian revolution p. 54
The Persian wars p. 63
The classical city : democracy and empire
Cold war, empire, and democracy p. 75
Periklean Athens p. 87
The city at leisure
Religion p. 107
Drama p. 120
Education : the Sophists and Sokrates p. 128
Indoor life : sex, symposia, and sandals p. 136
The city at work
Work, money, and taxes p. 149
The Agora, women, and slaves p. 159
The downfall of Athens : a greek tragedy
Open warfare p. 175
The Arkhidamian war p. 183
The tipping of the scales p. 192
Defeat and civil war p. 200
The Hellenistic and Roman city
Athens in the fourth century p. 217
Hellenistic Athens p. 231
The coming of the Romans p. 245
Athens reduced and reinvented
Athens under Byzantion p. 259
Athens under the Franks p. 273
Ottoman Athens and Elgin's Marbles p. 281
Byron and the war of independence p. 294
Epilogue
The 2004 Olympics p. 307
Envoi p. 325
Maps p. 329
Key dates p. 335
Glossary p. 339
Bibliography p. 343
Index p. 347
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