Demosthenes: Democracy's Defender - Hardcover
by James Romm
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300269383ISBN-10:300269382UPC:9780300269383Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Ancient, PoliticalBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.76 x 5.78 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCQFY0728V
Demosthenes: Democracy's Defender
The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could march on Athens. In the fierce debates about how to respond to the rising threat in the north, Demosthenes, the greatest orator of his day, convinced...
Series: Ancient Lives
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300269383ISBN-10:300269382UPC:9780300269383Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Ancient, PoliticalBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.76 x 5.78 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCQFY0728V
James Romm is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. He is the author of numerous books, including Demetrius: Sacker of Cities and Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece.
Publisher: Yale University Press
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