Alcibiades and Athens: A Study in Literary Presentation

Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BC)--general, statesman, adopted son of Pericles, lover of Socrates, profaner of the Mysteries-- was called by some the saviour of Athens and by others its greatest enemy. This book is a study of the explosive mixture of fear and fascination he excited in his
contemporaries and in classical texts. It examines the acute tension between the classical city and the individual of superlative power, status, and ambition.


Author: David Gribble
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/10/1999
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780198152675

About the Author

David Gribble was Senior Scholar at Merton College, Oxford (1994); no academic affiliation at present

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