10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERICLEAN»
Discover the use of
Periclean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Periclean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Thucydides, Pericles, and
Periclean Imperialism
Edith Foster compares Thucydides' narrative explanations and descriptions of the Peloponnesian War in Books One and Two of the History with the arguments about warfare and war materials offered by the Athenian statesman Pericles in those ...
2
The Great Sophists in
Periclean Athens
' Choice 'This is a fine work, indispensable for any study of Socrates, the Sophists or Plato . . . the interest of de Romilly's book lies not only with the combination of enthusiasm and sound scholarship in the use of a wide range of texts ...
Jacqueline de Romilly,
1998
3
The
Periclean entrance court of the Acropolis of Athens
This book populates the area in front of the Parthenon with a multitude of other buildings and sculptures using the archaeological traces of foundations and the testimony of Pausanias.
Gorham Phillips Stevens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
1936
4
Problems in
Periclean Buildings
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
George Wicker Elderkin,
2010
5
Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis
The organization and traditions of the Archaic Acropolis are at the heart of both
the form and the meaning of the shining fifth-century Acropolis of Periclean
Athens. At the dawn of Athenian democracy in the late sixth century, the Acropolis
was ...
Robin Francis Rhodes,
1995
6
The Pre-
Periclean Propylon of the Acropolis at Athens...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
7
Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
CHAPTER. 6. Slavery,. Empire,. and. the. Periclean. Fusion. Before moving to the
climactic point in the development of Greek freedom, we ought to step back and
briefly examine the sociopolitical background during the momentous interval ...
8
The Spring of Civilization
Periclean Athens
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
9
Art and Experience in Classical Greece
The Great Believers and also the spokesmen were Pericles the son of
Xanthippos and the artists like Pheidias and Sophocles who helped to make the
Periclean vision real by giving it witnessable form. Periclean Athens Not all
Classical art is ...
Jerome Jordan Pollitt,
1972
10
The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An ...
The spirit of daring innovation, that mania which transcends the limits of
moderation, comes into its own, or is legitimate, or is in accordance with nature,
only in the work of Thucydides — not in Periclean Athens as such. Not Periclean
Athens ...
Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle,
1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERICLEAN»
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Periclean is used in the context of the following news items.
Why the Jews Are the Canary in the Coal Mine
The Hebrew Bible also seems, at a superficial reading, to approve of slavery, as did other cultures at the time, including Periclean Athens. «Gatestone Institute, Jul 15»
OXI to NAI. NAI to OXI. OXI to OXI.
Modern Greece is far more the child of Byzantine and Turkish despotism than of Periclean Athens. Revering the classical past while ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»
Palestinians must commit to serious negotiations (Commentary)
Rather than degenerating into a Sparta-like garrison state, Israel more resembles Periclean Athens or Renaissance Florence. It exudes ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
The Greek Crisis Is About More Than Money
Greece is more properly viewed as the child of Byzantine and Ottoman despotism than of Periclean Athens. The mid-19th century revolutions in ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
Markets don't like national suicide: Spengler
Half of Periclean Athens' food supply was imported and paid for with tribute from subject cities. And as soon as the constraints of traditional ... «Asia Times, Jun 15»
Bogota, Athens of South America? Pah!
More dramatically, it is the city – and the nation's – clear perversion of the Periclean ideals of, “equal justice under law”, and democracy that so ... «Colombia Politics, Jun 15»
Liberals vs. Leftists on political correctness
... introspective suppression of dissent within the academy”—an assessment that ascribes Periclean eloquence and force to Bill Clinton's Sister ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity
Carved reliefs from ancient Mesopotamia, mythical beings from Periclean Athens and Hellenistic Greece and heroic figures from Imperial Rome ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
'Parrhesia': the radical destruction of impunity
Parrhesia was originally a political concept from the Periclean golden age of Athenian democracy, namely the right and duty of the citizen to ... «Open Democracy, May 15»
University names two new trustees
She's served as a resident assistant, university admissions guide, Periclean Scholar and president and director of the Elon University Gospel ... «Triad Business Journal, May 15»