Pericles

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A Sourcebook and Reader

By Stephen V. Tracy

Summary

Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader offers a compelling journey into the life of Pericles, Athens's eminent statesman during its Golden Age. Stephen V. Tracy compiles and translates a diverse array of primary sources, weaving together the voices of contemporaries such as Thucydides, Aristophanes, and Plato. The book explores Pericles's political prowess, his eloquence as an orator, and the complex human traits behind his legendary status, making the political and cultural atmosphere of fifth-century B.C. Athens vividly accessible.
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This insightful sourcebook is ideal for students and enthusiasts of ancient history, classical studies, and political science who seek a deeper understanding of Pericles and Athenian democracy through primary texts and scholarly context.

Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch.

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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?

In Pericles: 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.

Readers will discover Pericles as a formidable politician, a persuasive and inspiring orator, and a man full of human contradictions.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

New England Classical Journal praises the book as "easily readable and thoroughly engaging." Susan Downie in Mouseion notes that "Tracy has produced a useful short introduction to the sparse sources on Pericles and some of the modern interpretations of his career and personality."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520256040

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 May 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 6 b-w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 248

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Ancient & Classical History Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Stephen V. Tracy

About the Author

Stephen V. Tracy is Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University and Professor and Director Emeritus at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He is the author of several books, including Athens and Macedon: Attic Letter-Cutters of 300 to 229 B.C. (UC Press); Athenian Democracy in Transition: Attic Letter-Cutters of 340 to 290 B.C. (UC Press); and The Story of the Odyssey.