Pericles a sourcebook and reader / Stephen V. Tracy.

Author/creator Tracy, Stephen V., 1941-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Description1 online resource (xxiii, 219 p.)
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SeriesThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Contents A brief history of Athens in the fifth century -- Chronology -- The life of Pericles -- The primary sources -- Pericles' writings -- The archaeological evidence. Inscriptions and Ostraca ; Portrait busts ; The building program on the Acropolis -- Thucydides' portrait of Pericles I: prelude to war -- Thucydides' portrait of Pericles II: the first campaign and the funeral oration -- Thucydides' portrait of Pericles III: plague, last speech, and final tribute -- Aristophanes and old comedy: caricature and personal attack -- Herodotus -- Protagoras -- Sophocles' Oedipus: in the image of Pericles -- Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato -- Plutarch and the biographical tradition -- Afterword: the legend of Pericles.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Pericles Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. 9780520256033 (cloth : alk. paper)
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021696925
ISBN9780520943629 ebook

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