{"product_id":"pericles-of-athens-hardcover","title":"Pericles of Athens - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVincent Azoulay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePaul Cartledge\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePericles has had the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. \"Periclean\" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and achievements of the highest order in philosophy, drama, poetry, oratory, and architecture. Pericles of Athens is the first book in more than two decades to reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world.In this compelling critical biography, Vincent Azoulay provides an unforgettable portrait of Pericles and his turbulent era, shedding light on his powerful family, his patronage of the arts, and his unrivaled influence on Athenian politics and culture. He takes a fresh look at both the classical and modern reception of Pericles, recognizing his achievements as well as his failings while deftly avoiding the adulatory or hypercritical positions staked out by some scholars today.\u003cbr\u003eFrom Thucydides and Plutarch to Voltaire and Hegel, ancient and modern authors have questioned the great statesman's relationship with democracy and Athenian society. Did Pericles hold supreme power over willing masses or was he just a gifted representative of popular aspirations? Was Periclean Athens a democracy in name only, as Thucydides suggests? This is the enigma that Azoulay investigates in this groundbreaking book.Pericles of Athens offers a balanced look at the complex life and afterlife of the legendary \"first citizen of Athens\" who presided over the birth of democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a wonderful book, a must-read for anyone who cares about ancient Greece and its legacy. Vincent Azoulay gives us the complete Pericles--clever general, brilliant orator, crafty politician, cruel imperialist, and passionate lover. He offers us an eye-opening tour of Pericles' city of Athens in all its classical glory and with all of its ancient horrors intact. And he shows us why Pericles and Athens have never been forgotten. The scholarship is up to the minute and the story is told with great panache. Whether he is viewed from the perspective of ancient evidence or modern reinvention, Pericles of Athens will never look the same.\"\u003cb\u003e--Josiah Ober, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Azoulay's book is highly accessible to the general public, yet stimulating to the scholar for its insightful interpretations of the complexity of Pericles' relationship to the Athenian people. Azoulay hews a middle road between traditions that idealize Pericles and others that vilify him. Painting a subtle portrait of a man who was a key player in the most glorious years of the Athenian democracy, Azoulay succeeds in evoking both the man and the era.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Azoulay follows the many lives of Pericles--Athenian aristocrat, bruising young man in a hurry, charismatic and lonely democratic politician, visionary, confidence man, man with a plan at the start of an ultimately uncontrollable world war, and cipher for the Athens of our desires or our fears--in an extraordinarily surefooted, accessible, and shrewd work of deep history that has much to tell us about Pericles, ancient Athens, democratic politics, and our investment in ancient Greek history.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Ma, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This impressive book successfully strikes a critical balance between the excessive praise and hypercriticism that have dominated scholarship in recent decades. \u003ci\u003ePericles of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible to a broad readership including students and nonspecialists, but will be of interest to scholars as well.\"\u003cb\u003e--Kurt Raaflaub, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Azoulay\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of ancient Greek history at the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and a leading expert on the politics of classical Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.55 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47270789054713,"sku":"9780691154596","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c3BpNVp0dTZOeU1sVzJ6YkJYcnUzZz09.webp?v=1768918569","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pericles-of-athens-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}