Format:
1 online resource (xxx, 358 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009490979
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9781009490962
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9781009490993
Series Statement:
Classical scholarship in translation
Uniform Title:
Athènes 403
Content:
At the end of the fifth century BC, the Peloponnesian War resulted in Athens' shattering defeat by Sparta. Taking advantage of the debacle, a commission of thirty Athenians abolished the democratic institutions that for a century had governed the political life of the city and precipitated a year-long civil war. By autumn 403 BC, democracy was restored. Inspired by the model of the ancient chorus, this strikingly innovative book interprets a crucial moment in classical history through the prism of ten remarkable individuals and the shifting groups which formed around them. The former include more familiar names like the multifaceted Sokrates, the oligarch Kritias and the rhetorician Lysias, but also lesser-known figures like the scribe Nikomachos, the former slave Gerys and the priestess Lysimakhe. What leads a community to tear itself apart, even disintegrate, then rebuild itself? This question, explored through profound reflection on the past, echoes our tormented present.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Feb 2025). - First published in 2020 as Athènes 403. Une histoire chorale by Flammarion
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009490962
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781009490962
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781009490979
Author information:
Azoulay, Vincent 1972-
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