The True Story of Pericles.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 12311 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 180 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2008 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040011 |
Pericles (495-429), Athenian strategist and statesman, is the emblematic figure of the golden age of ancient Greece. His influence was so significant that the period is often called "the age of Pericles." With his companion Aspasia, a woman of head and wit, they formed one of the great mythical couples of history. Around them, they gathered the most eminent thinkers and artists, the philosophers Anaxagoras and Socrates, and Phidias the sculptor who oversaw the construction of the Parthenon. However, the great man also had his detractors, starting with the comic poets who covered him in the worst sarcasms, making him a puppet governed by his courtesan mistress and the one responsible for a 27-year war between Athens and Sparta. Who was he? It's up to you to judge, thanks to the testimonies of Plutarch, Plato, Thucydides, Diodorus and the Greek comedians.
Pericles (495-429), Athenian strategist and statesman, is the emblematic figure of the golden age of ancient Greece. His influence was so significant that the period is often called "the age of Pericles." With his companion Aspasia, a woman of head and wit, they formed one of the great mythical couples of history. Around them, they gathered the most eminent thinkers and artists, the philosophers Anaxagoras and Socrates, and Phidias the sculptor who oversaw the construction of the Parthenon. However, the great man also had his detractors, starting with the comic poets who covered him in the worst sarcasms, making him a puppet governed by his courtesan mistress and the one responsible for a 27-year war between Athens and Sparta. Who was he? It's up to you to judge, thanks to the testimonies of Plutarch, Plato, Thucydides, Diodorus and the Greek comedians.