Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book V Vol II

The book narrates the history of Athens from its mythical beginnings to its conquest by Macedon in 322 BCE. It explores the city's development, its Golden Age under Pericles, and its downfall due to internal conflicts and external pressures. The narrative focuses on the lives and achievements of prominent Athenians, including Solon, Cleisthenes, and Socrates, as well as the Peloponnesian War and its devastating consequences for Athens.

By Edward Bulwer-lytton · First published 1837 · Genre: History, Non-fiction, Political Science · 4 chapters

Contents

• Thucydides chosen by the Aristocratic Party to oppose Pericles. - His Policy. - Munificence of Pericles. - Sacred War. - Battle of Coronea. - Revolt of Euboea and Megara. - Invasion and Retreat of the Peloponnesians. - Reduction of Euboea. - Punishment of Histiaea - A Thirty Years' Truce concluded with the Peloponnesians. - Ostracism of Thucydides
• Causes of the Power of Pericles. - Judicial Courts of the dependant Allies transferred to Athens. - Sketch of the Athenian Revenues. - Public Buildings the Work of the People rather than of Pericles. - Vices and Greatness of Athens had the same Sources. - Principle of Payment characterizes the Policy of the Period. - It is the Policy of Civilization. - Colonization, Cleruchia
• Revision of the Census. - Samian War. - Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Athenian Comedy to the Time of Aristophanes
• The Tragedies of Sophocles

More by Edward Bulwer-lytton

• A Strange Story (1861)
• Rienzi (1834)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)
• The Coming Race (1871)
• The Lady of Lyons (1838)
• Zanoni (1842)
• Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book I Vol I (1837)
• Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book II Vol I (1837)
• All works by Edward Bulwer-lytton