The Fall of the Athenian Empire / Donald Kagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kagan, Donald, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

Greece.

Athens (Greece)--History.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.) : maps

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge. At the same time, Kagan assesses Thucydides' interpretation of the reasons for Athens' defeat and the destruction of the Athenian Empire.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Maps

Abbreviations and Short Titles

1. After the Sicilian Disaster

2 . The War in the Aegean

3 . Athens Responds

4. Sparta's Riposte

5 . The Revolutionary Movement

6 . The Coup

7 . The Four Hundred in Power

8 . The Es tablishment of the Five Thousand

9 . The War in the Hellespont

10. The Restoration

11 . The Return of Alcibiades

12 . Cyrus , Lysander, and the Fall of Alcibiades

13 . The Battle of Arginusae

14. The Trial of the Generals

15 . The Fall of Athens

16 . Conclusions

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Ancient Authors

Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780801467264

0801467268

9780801467271

0801467276

OCLC:

650013233