Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership

Informationen zum Autor Matthew A. Sears is Theodore Bedrick Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. His articles have appeared in Classical World, Hesperia and Mouseion. Klappentext This book explores the social, political and cultural importance of Thrace to prominent Athenian individuals from the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE. Zusammenfassung This book explores the social! political and cultural importance of Thrace to prominent Athenian individuals from the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE. It examines the unique opportunities that ties with Thrace afforded these important men! and the resulting significance of Thrace to the political! cultural and social history of Athens. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: egalitarianism, ambition, and the disciples of Thrace; 2. Thrace as resource and refuge I: the Pisistratids to Thucydides; 3. Thrace as resource and refuge II: Alcibiades to Iphicrates; 4. Athenian ambivalence towards Thracians and Thracophiles; 5. The cultural appeal of Thrace for the Athenian elite; 6. Thrace as military academy; 7. Epilogue: Chares and Charidemus in the Macedonian world.

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• Authors: Matthew A Sears, Matthew A. Sears, Matthew A. (Wabash College Sears, SEARS MATTHEW A, Sears Matthew A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107030534
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03053-4
• No. of pages: 341
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Social & cultural history, Political leaders & leadership, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE