| Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins Contributor(s): Lendon, J. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465031439 ISBN-13: 9780465031436 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 938.05 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation. |