288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this extensively updated second edition, including an up-dated index and bibliography, J. W. Roberts explores the main features of Athenian life in the latter half of the fifth century BC.
List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, The sources of knowledge, 1 Country and town, 2 Population, property, taxation, 3 Radical democracy, 4 The imperial ethos, 5 Schooling, literacy, books and history, 6 Religion, 7 Art and patronage, 8 Science, nature, culture and the sophists, 9 Philosophy, from Anaxagoras to Sokrates, Appendix 1: Athenian money, Appendix 2: Chronological table, Further reading, Index
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J.W. Roberts