Pericles A Sourcebook and Reader

Name: Pericles A Sourcebook and Reader
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ISBN: 9780520256040

ISBN-10: 0520256042

ISBN-13: 9780520256040

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stephen V. Tracy

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Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? InPericles: A Sourcebook and Reader,Stephen V. Tracy visits the fifth century B.C. to find out. Tracy compiles and translates the scattered, elusive primary sources relating to Pericles. He brings Athens's political atmosphere to life with archaeological evidence and the accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch.…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/11/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Passages Translated


List of Illustrations


Abbreviations and Primary Sources


Preface


Introduction: A Brief History of Athens in the Fifth Century


Chronology


The Life of Pericles


the primary sources Pericles' Writings


The Archaeological Evidence Inscriptions and Ostraca


Portrait Busts


The Building Program on the Acropolis


Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles I: Prelude to War


Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles II: The First Campaign and the Funeral Oration


Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles III: Plague, Last Speech, and Final Tribute


Aristophanes and Old Comedy: Caricature and Personal Attack


Herodotus


Protagoras


Sophocles' Oedipus: In the Image of Pericles


Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato


Plutarch and the Biographical Tradition


Afterword: The Legend of Pericles


Appendix: The Dryden Translation of Plutarch's


Life of Pericles


Recommended Reading


Glossary


Index