| The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika Contributor(s): Harding, Phillip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415338093 ISBN-13: 9780415338097 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Europe - Greece (see Also Ancient - Greece) |
| Dewey: 949.512 |
| LCCN: 2011288499 |
| Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A leading authority in the field, Phillip Harding presents the very first English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthidographers. In his vivid and detailed history, Harding examines the remaining fragments of these historical writers' work - in chronological order - and how these writings, dating from the fifth and fourth century BC, reveal an invaluable wealth of information about early Athenian history, legend, religion, customs and anecdotes. Harding also goes on to study how these histories of Athens and its people were the source for later surviving historians such as Plutarch and Diodorus. With the aid of linking text and detailed annotation, anyone with an interest in Athenian history, classical Greece need look no further. |