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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Everitt, Anthony, author.     Subjects     Athens (Greece) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Everitt, Anthony, author.       by title:      The rise of Athens :...         MARC Display

The rise of Athens : the story of the world's greatest civilization / Anthony Everitt. by Everitt, Anthony, author. New York : Random House, c2016. Subjects Athens (Greece) -- History. ISBN:  9780812994582 (hardcover) : 0812994582 (hardcover) Description:  xxxiii, 540 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Introduction: how to be Greek -- National hero -- State of war -- The Persian mule -- The shaking-off -- A friend of the poor -- Charioteers of the soul -- Inventing democracy -- Eastern raiders -- Fox as hedgehog -- Invasion -- "The acts of idiots" -- "O divine Salamis" -- League of Nations -- The falling out -- The kindly ones -- "Crowned with violets" -- The prisoners on the island -- The man who knew nothing -- Downfall -- The end of democracy? -- Sparta's turn -- Chaeronea: "fatal to liberty" -- Afterword: "a God-forsaken hole". Requests:  0 Summary:  The achievements of Athens have left a profound impact on Western culture. The Athenians invented the first real democracy (albeit one that included only adult males) and, in doing so, transformed the very notion of government. They established the concept of philosophy, raising issues with which today's thinkers still wrestle, and shaped the arts of tragedy and comedy, architecture and sculpture, as well as the study of history. Just how did a tiny community of some two hundred thousand souls manage to give birth to towering geniuses across the range of human endeavor and lay the foundations of our contemporary intellectual universe? With Athens itself as his protagonist, Anthony attempts to answer this question. Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, this book celebrates the city-state that transformed the world--from the democratic revolution that marked its beginning, through the city's political and cultural golden age, to its decline into the ancient equivalent of a modern-day university town. Everitt also fills his history with unforgettable portraits of the talented, tricky, ambitious, and unscrupulous Athenians who fueled the city's rise: Themistocles, the brilliant naval strategist who led the Greeks to a decisive victory over their Persian enemies; Pericles, arguably the greatest Athenian statesman of them all; and the wily Alcibiades, who changed his political allegiance several times during the course of the Peloponnesian War--and died in a hail of assassins' arrows. Here also are riveting you-are-there accounts of the milestone battles that defined the Hellenic world: Thermopylae, Marathon, and Salamis among them. Everitt combines erudite, thoughtful historical analysis with stirring narrative set pieces that capture the colorful, dramatic, and exciting world of ancient Greece. Although the history of Athens is less well known than that of other world empires, the city-state's allure would inspire Alexander the Great, the Romans, and even America's own Founding Fathers. It's fair to say that the Athenians made possible the world in which we live today.--Adapted from dust jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Everitt Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Wahiawa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 938.5 Ev Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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