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Pericles and the Conquest of History - A Political Biography (Paperback)
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Pericles and the Conquest of History - A Political Biography (Paperback)
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As the most famous and important political leader in Athenian
history, Pericles has featured prominently in descriptions and
analysis of Athenian democracy from antiquity to the present day.
Although contemporary historians have tended to treat him as
representative of values like liberty and equality, Loren J.
Samons, II demonstrates that the quest to make Athens the
preeminent power in Greece served as the central theme of Pericles'
career. More nationalist than humanist and less rationalist than
populist, Pericles' vision for Athens rested on the establishment
of an Athenian reputation for military success and the citizens'
willingness to sacrifice in the service of this goal. Despite his
own aristocratic (if checkered) ancestry, Pericles offered the
common and collective Athenian people the kind of fame previously
available only to heroes and nobleman, a goal made all the more
attractive because of the Athenians' defensiveness about Athens'
lackluster early history.
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