Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
Donald Kagan, Donald Kagen. Touchstone Books, $12 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-671-74926-2
Democracy past and present is explored in this biography of Pericles, who governed Athens during the fifth century B.C., associated with such philosophers and artisans as Sophocles, Aeschylus and Phidias, and commissioned the Parthenon. Illustrated. (Dec.)
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Reviewed on: 12/02/1991
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 287 pages - 978-0-02-916825-7
Hardcover - 302 pages - 978-0-436-23052-3
Paperback - 320 pages - 978-0-684-86395-5
