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Ancient Athens: Five Intriguing Lives: Socrates, Pericles, Aspasia, Peisistratos & Alcibiades

Ancient Athens: Five Intriguing Lives: Socrates, Pericles, Aspasia, Peisistratos & Alcibiades

Holst, Sanford

Hardcover

Historical FiguresAncient Greece

ISBN10: 1945199024
ISBN13: 9781945199028
Publisher: Santorini Books
Published: Nov 22 2016
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The lives of five fascinating people were woven so deeply into the fabric of ancient Athens that their compelling stories reveal rich details of how the Golden Age of Greece came into being.

Socrates was a stonemason who became a philosopher while having encounters with rich and powerful people in Athens. Pericles was a cautious young man who grew into a strong leader--in a city known for driving out leaders who became too strong. Aspasia was derided as an outsider and sex worker, but became the consummate insider as lover to Pericles and friend of Socrates. Peisistratos made himself tyrant of Athens in its early years, but he also planted seeds that flourished in the city's Classical age. Alcibiades was mentored by Pericles and Socrates, then contributed some of Athens' greatest military victories as the city's golden years declined.

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