THE LIFE OF THEMISTOCLES A Critical Survey of the Literary and Archaeological Evidence Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Mcgill-Queen's University Press, 1975

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Year of publication

1975

Author

Podlecki, Anthony J

Publishers

Mcgill-Queen's University Press

Keyword

Greece Ancient Classical Greek & Roman Athenian Athens Greek, History Archaeology Literary Criticism Naval War

Cover description

Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0773501851

Description

Dustjacket is protected in mylar. One closed tear along front panel of dustjacket. Edgewear to head of DJ. Back panel has one small piece missing of DJ. ; 250 pages; Themistocles (ca. 525 BC-460 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian War. Themistocles favored the expansion of the navy to meet the Persian threat and persuaded the Athenians to spend the surplus generated by their silver mines on building new ships - the Athenian navy grew from 70 to 200 ships. Despite the importance of this enigmatic figure in Greek history, our knowledge still largely comes from the ancient accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. Podlecki provides the first modern comprehensive assessment of Themistocles, based on literary and archaeological evidence.