Specifications
| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198152675 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198152671 |
| Author | David Gribble |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | A Study In Literary Presentation |
| Book Description | It is not the aim of this book to add to the extensive literature on Alcibiades' life and career. Instead the author focuses on the explosive mix of fear and fascination excited by Alcibiades in his contemporaries and in particular in key literary texts: Thucydides, the mysterious pseudo-Andocides 4, the encomium of Isocrates 16, the final scene of Plato's Symposium. The book is about the acute tension between the classical city and the individual of superlative power, status, and ambition. It looks at the way Alcibiades is approximated to archetypes of the individual 'outside' the city: the tyrant, the athletic victor, the ostracism victim, the scapegoat, the barbarian. |
| Edition Number | 1st Edition |
| Publication Date | 22-Feb-13 |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
Alcibiades And Athens hardcover english - 22-Feb-13
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