"This book is about the life and times of Eleftherios Venizelos, one of the greatest political leaders of Greece in the twentieth century. It covers first his upbringing, education, and political apprenticeship in Ottoman Crete. Venizelos played a major part in the Cretan strugg…
Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates pers…
"Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates per…
Duff offers a unique insight into the reception of classical Greece and Republican Rome in the Greek world of the second century A.D. The text also explores and challenges issues of psychology, education, morality and cultural identity.
Dans la culture occidentale, Périclès a le rare privilège de donner son nom à un « Siècle », incarnant l'apogée politique et culturel du monde grec. Pour autant, faut-il croire l'historien Thucydide lorsqu'il soutient, à propos d'Athènes : « C'était, de nom, une démocratie, mais…
