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 · 56,564 words
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I. On the death of Cimon (B. C. 449) the aristocratic party in Athens felt that the position of their antagonists and the temper of the times required a leader of abilities widely distinct from those which had characterized the son of Miltiades. Instead of a skilful and enterprising general, often absent from the city on dazzling but distant expeditions, it was necessary to raise up a chief who could contend for their enfeebled and disputed privileges at home, and meet the formidable Pericles, with no unequal advantages of civil experience and oratorical talent, in the lists of the popular assembly, or in the stratagems of political intrigue. Accordingly their choice fell neither on Myronides nor Tolmides, but on one who, though not highly celebrated for military exploits, was deemed superior to Cimon, whether as a practical statesman or a popular orator.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edward Bulwer-lytton
- Date: 1837 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: History, Non-fiction, Political Science, Philosophy, Biography
- Length: 56,564 words
- Structure: 4 chapters, 671 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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Genres
- History — The work is a comprehensive historical account of Athens from its inception to its downfall.
- Non-fiction — The work is based on factual events and real people, not on imagination or speculation.
- Political Science — The work discusses the political systems, governance, and power dynamics of Athens.
- Philosophy — The work delves into philosophical ideas and theories prevalent in Athens during its rise and fall.
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Athens · history · ancient Greece · politics · philosophy · culture · democracy · war · society · architecture · literature · tragedy
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