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Aeschines and Athenian politics / Edward M. Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Edward Monroe, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Greece.
- Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.
- Athens (Greece).
- Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
- Philip.
- Aeschines.
- Demosthenes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a detailed study of the Athenian politician Aeschines. Often overshadowed by his more famous rival Demosthenes, Aeschines played a major role in the events that marked the rise of Macedonian power in Greece and the transition from the classical to the Hellinistic period.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Whom to Believe?; 2. Family, Early Career, and Start in Politics; 3. Getting to Know Philip; 4. Peace at Last; 5. The End of the Third Sacred War; 6. Entre Deux Guerres; 7. Decline and Exit; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliography: p.217-224. _ Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1995.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770422-0
- 1-280-44346-4
- 0-19-535950-X
- 1-60129-928-1
- OCLC:
- 475957575
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