War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens

War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
Author: David Pritchard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2010-12-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521190339


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Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionized military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making.


War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-23 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionized military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making.
Athenian Democracy at War
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: David M. Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.
Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explains why the democracy of classical Athens generously sponsored elite sport and idolised its sporting victors.
Athenian Democracy at War
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: David Pritchard
Categories: Athens (Greece)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well kno
Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: David M. Pritchard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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In his On the Glory of Athens, Plutarch complained that the Athenian people spent more on the production of dramatic festivals and “the misfortunes of Medeas