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Pericles : a biography in context
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- Creator
- Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
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- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016
- Physical Details
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- xix, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521133357, 0521133351, 9781139022255, 0521116457, 9780521116459
- OCLC
- ocn941583425
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: a biography of Pericles in the context of the ancient sources -- The notorious family history of Pericles' mother -- The harsh lessons of the career of Pericles' father -- Pericles becomes a teenager during a family crisis and national emergency -- Pericles becomes a refugee during Athens' greatest peril -- Pericles becomes an adult as Athens builds an empire -- Pericles' innovative education for leadership in Athenian democracy -- Pericles becomes a leader as Athens and Sparta become enemies -- Pericles becomes the first man of Athens -- Pericles' responsibility for the Samian Revolt and the Peloponnesian War -- Pericles' fate, then and later