Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age

by: Meier, Chr.

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The 5th century was a glorious era for Athens. The unprecedented evacuation of the city in 480 BC as the Persians advanced was followed by Athens' first and greatest victory at sea which established her as a major naval power. During the following years Athens dominated innovation, commerce, science, philosophy, art, architecture and literature. Meier brings this tumultuous and unique period in history to life by his imaginative use of the sources and lively comment.

In 480 BC the population of Athens evacuated to avoid the Persians, trusting their newly built navy to defeat the enemy at sea. This work describes the evacuation and the glorious era of four generations that followed victory, establishing Athens as the cradle of democracy.

Subjects:
500-431 B.C
Athens (Greece) History
Athènes (Grèce) Histoire
Bataille de Salamine, Grèce, 480 av. J.-C
Greece
Greece Athens
Greece History Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
Greece History Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C
Grèce Histoire 479-431 av. J.-C. (Apogée d'Athènes)
Grèce Histoire 500-449 av. J.-C. (Guerres médiques)
History
Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C

Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age

by: Meier, Chr.

• ISBN-13: 9780719559594 / 978-0-7195-5959-4
• ISBN-03: 0719559596 / 0-7195-5959-6
• John Murray, London, 1999

Price: 49,30 EURO

1 copy in stock