| Alcibiades and Athens: A Study in Literary Presentation Contributor(s): Gribble, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198152671 ISBN-13: 9780198152675 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $261.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BC)--general, statesman, adopted son of Pericles, lover of Socrates, profaner of the Mysteries-- was called by some the saviour of Athens and by others its greatest enemy. This book is a study of the explosive mixture of fear and fascination he excited in his contemporaries and in classical texts. It examines the acute tension between the classical city and the individual of superlative power, status, and ambition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 880.901 |
| LCCN: 98-42427 |
| Lexile Measure: 1650 |
| Series: Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BC)--general, statesman, adopted son of Pericles, lover of Socrates, profaner of the Mysteries-- was called by some the saviour of Athens and by others its greatest enemy. This book is a study of the explosive mixture of fear and fascination he excited in his contemporaries and in classical texts. It examines the acute tension between the classical city and the individual of superlative power, status, and ambition. |