Athens : a portrait of the city in its Golden Age

Author(s)

• Meier, Christian
• Kimber, Robert
• Kimber, Rita

Bibliographic Information

Athens : a portrait of the city in its Golden Age

Christian Meier ; translated by Robert and Rita Kimber

J. Murray, 1999

Other Title

Athen : ein Neubeginn der Weltgeschichte

Note

Originally published: Siedler Verlag, 1993

Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-592) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA42645491
• ISBN:
  • 0719559596
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 628 p., [4] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 938.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. -- Influence
  • LCSH : Athens (Greece) -- History
  • LCSH : Greece -- History -- Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
  • LCSH : Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C