Nemesis - Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens

Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of Athens' Golden Age. A friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic, a skilled general, and a ruthless politician. He was also a serial traitor. David Stuttard tells a spellbinding story of Alcibiades' life and the turbulent world he set out to conquer.

A propos de l'auteur

David Stuttard is an independent scholar, theater director, and Fellow of Goodenough College who has written more than ten books about ancient Greece, including Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens.

Résumé

Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of Athens's Golden Age. A friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic, a skilled general, and a ruthless politician. He was also a serial traitor. David Stuttard tells a spellbinding story of Alcibiades's life and the turbulent world he set out to conquer.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Stuttard, Stuttard David
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780674660441
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66044-1
• Pages: 372
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Biography: historical, political and military, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts