24 hours in ancient Athens.
Payot| N° d'inventaire | 23548 |
| Format | 13 x 20 |
| Détails | 320 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782228928083 |
Here are 24 chapters, with one character per chapter, to tell the story of each of the 24 hours of a day in Athens in 416 BC, during a break in the Peloponnesian War. At that time, several great figures of the Greek world were gathered in the city, including Alcibiades, Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides, Hippocrates, Plato, and of course, Socrates.
But British historian Philip Matyszak doesn't forget ordinary Athenians, who also contributed to forging a civilization of which we are the heirs. Better still, it is through the eyes and daily lives of these ordinary people that he brings the celebrities of the time back to life.
Here are 24 chapters, with one character per chapter, to tell the story of each of the 24 hours of a day in Athens in 416 BC, during a break in the Peloponnesian War. At that time, several great figures of the Greek world were gathered in the city, including Alcibiades, Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides, Hippocrates, Plato, and of course, Socrates.
But British historian Philip Matyszak doesn't forget ordinary Athenians, who also contributed to forging a civilization of which we are the heirs. Better still, it is through the eyes and daily lives of these ordinary people that he brings the celebrities of the time back to life.