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Phoenix : a father, a son, and the rise of Athens
- Title
- Phoenix : a father, a son, and the rise of Athens / David Stuttard.
- Author
- Stuttard, David
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- vii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Fifty years before its golden age, Athens was just another city-state in Sparta's shadow. David Stuttard tells the story of the father and son who lifted Athens. Miltiades defeated the Persians at Marathon; Cimon drove them from Greece, revitalized the war-torn city, and moderated its foreign policy, creating the conditions for Athenian greatness"--
- Subject
- Miltiades, approximately 550-489 B.C
- Cimon, -approximately 450 B.C
- 500-431 B.C
- Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C
- Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C
- HISTORY / Europe / Greece
- Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
- Greece > History > Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
- Athens (Greece) > History
- Greece
- Greece > Athens
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Out of the ashes -- I. Inheritance: Ancestors -- When the Persians came -- Trials of strength -- II. Athena's bridle: Between two wars -- Dedication -- Firestorm -- III. Strengths of men -- Hegemon -- Securing Athens -- 'I am Eurymedon' -- IV. Peripateia: Earthquake -- Aftershock -- At the right hand of Zeus.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7346
- ISBN
- 9780674988279
- 0674988272
- LCCN
- 2020042727
- OCLC
- 1198017361
- Author
- Stuttard, David, author.
- Title
- Phoenix : a father, a son, and the rise of Athens / David Stuttard.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 500-431 B.C.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7346