City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens

ISBN-13: 9780415167789 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str.

J. W. Roberts; John Roberts

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

J.W. Roberts