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Description edit
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander.
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Characters/People edit
- Alcibiades: Add a description of this character.
- Aristides
- Lysander
- Themistocles
- Cimon
- Pericles
- Agesilaus
- Cleon
- Cyrus
- Aegeus
- Anaxagoras
- Damon
- Theseus
- Socrates
- Gylippus
- Helen
- Hyperbolus
- Callias
- Aethra
- Mardonius
- Lycurgus
- Antiope
- Themistodes
- Minos
- Lamachus
- Antiochus
- Leotychides
- Ariadne
- Phamabazus
- Pisistratus
- Philochorus
- Phrynichus
Setting & Locations edit
- Athens
- Solon
- Sparta
- Greece
- Attica
- Salamis
- Syracuse
- Samos
- Sicily
- Aspasia
- Plataea
- Persia
- Thrace
- Piraeus
- Euripides
- Euboea
- Egypt
- Aegina
- Crete
- Thebes
- Cyprus
- Ionia
- Boeotia
- Miletus
- Megara
- Byzantium
- Marathon
- Chios
- Ephesus
- Chaeronea
- Italy
- Corinth
- Phalerum
- Aphidnae
- Thessaly
- Pittheus
- Hera
- Libya
- Thurii
- Pylos
- Sestos
- Callicratidas
- Sardis
- Haliartus
- Troezen
First Sentence edit
You know, Sosius Senecio, how geographers, when they come to deal with those parts of the earth which they know nothing about, crowd them into the margins of their maps with the explanation, 'Beyond this lie sandy, waterless deserts full of wild beasts', or 'trackless swamps', or 'Scythian snows', or 'ice-looked sea'.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. Theseus
2. Solon
3. Themistocles
4. Aristides
5. Cimon
6. Pericles
7. Nicias
8. Alcibiades
9. Lysander
Maps
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 938.00992
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