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Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? In Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader, Stephen V. Tracy visits the fifth century B.C. to find out. Tracy compiles and translates the scattered, elusive primary sources relating to Pericles. He brings Athens's political atmosphere to life with archaeological evidence and the accounts of those close to Pericles, including

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Passages Translated; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Primary Sources; Preface; Introduction; A Brief History of Athens in the Fifth Century; Chronology; The Life of Pericles; THE PRIMARY SOURCES; Pericles' Writings; The Archaeological Evidence; Inscriptions and Ostraca; Portrait Busts; The Building Program on the Acropolis; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles I: Prelude to War; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles II: The First Campaign and the Funeral Oration; Thucydides' Portrait of Pericles III: Plague, Last Speech, and Final Tribute

Aristophanes and Old Comedy: Caricature and Personal AttackHerodotus; Protagoras; Sophocles' Oedipus: In the Image of Pericles; Lysias, Xenophon, and Plato; Plutarch and the Biographical Tradition; Afterword: The Legend of Pericles; Appendix: The Dryden Translation of Plutarch's Life of Pericles; Recommended Reading; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; X; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; S; T; X

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