Hubris : Pericles, the Parthenon, and the invention of Athens /
"The so-called Golden Age of Athens, during and after the primacy of Pericles, was in fact a time of ruinous culture wars. Hubris shows how Pericles's circle used the Parthenon as a propaganda vehicle to flatter the Athenians, and how internal clashes hastened the rise of Alcibiades, the e...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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Table of Contents:
- The Girls and the Rock
- Laying the Foundations
- Powerhouses
- Building Democracy
- Burnt Offerings
- City of Gods
- Embracing Past, Present, and Future
- Athens on the Cusp
- Fractures and Fissures
- The Road to War
- Convulsions
- Battle Lines
- Catharsis?